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Don’t Pee in the Pool and Other Life Lessons at the Aquatic Centre.
Don’t Pee in the Pool and Other Life Lessons at the Aquatic Centre.
The quaint community centre offers a reprieve from the coffin-esque feel of January and February in the valley with its bloated clouds and…
Melanie Maure
Jun 16, 2018
What Do a Scam Artist, a Fox, and a Tinfoil Hat Have in Common?
What Do a Scam Artist, a Fox, and a Tinfoil Hat Have in Common?
“It’s a scam, you buffoon.”
Melanie Maure
Mar 26, 2018
Being Trapped in a Shipwreck is One Way to Find Your Soul.
Being Trapped in a Shipwreck is One Way to Find Your Soul.
“Stay with your partner. And whatever you do, don’t go inside the ship.” The immortal words of our middle-aged dive master who appears to…
Melanie Maure
Feb 23, 2018
Are you a mansion, a villa, an artist’s loft in SoHo, a thatch-roof bungalow by the sea?
Are you a mansion, a villa, an artist’s loft in SoHo, a thatch-roof bungalow by the sea?
“What does it feel like to be your self?” she asks me. What follows is that unique abysmal cell phone silence, different than the old…
Melanie Maure
Jan 31, 2018
Expectations and Epiphanies and the Eiffel Tower
Expectations and Epiphanies and the Eiffel Tower
I had an epiphany about expectations over the holidays. I realized that having my expectations met, getting the holiday I dream of, depends…
Sandra O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Dec 29, 2017
You Can Be a Guitar Hero, Just Don’t Ask For Anyone Else’s Opinion
You Can Be a Guitar Hero, Just Don’t Ask For Anyone Else’s Opinion
It has been five years. It went from painful to bearable. At some point, it turned the corner from bearable to tolerable. Recently…
Melanie Maure
Dec 28, 2017
A Few Days Ago a Christian Organization Threw Out Their Values Along with a 93-year-old Woman
A Few Days Ago a Christian Organization Threw Out Their Values Along with a 93-year-old Woman
Giving Us Another Example of How We Have Become a Nation of Scrooges
Sandra O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Dec 17, 2017
New York City, Higher Consciousness, and a Slice of Pizza as Big as Your Head
New York City, Higher Consciousness, and a Slice of Pizza as Big as Your Head
She lowers her copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and sees I am daunted, lost, nervous and facing the spiky shrew that is my own…
Melanie Maure
Dec 16, 2017
3 Tips for Marketing Your Book
3 Tips for Marketing Your Book
It’s never too early or too late to start!
Sandra O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Nov 29, 2017
Leg Warmers and Other Deep Desires
Leg Warmers and Other Deep Desires
The sweater hanging off one tanned shoulder is what grabs me. That grey sweatshirt, and how she magically removes her bra without taking…
Melanie Maure
Oct 25, 2017
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