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May.18.2013
THE VOID
  Her long golden hair whipped in the breeze. Flying into her face as it came loose from the black ribbon that had tied it, she watched the ribbon fly off, clinging to a tiny branch out of her reach. She couldn’t climb further out, those branches were too slight to hold her small frame. The...
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Apr.20.2013
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The Boston Marathon has been a landmark event for one hundred and nineteen years. It is not just a local event, though it is an event that all people in the state hold dear, even if they aren’t runners. It is something we as residents of Massachusetts hold dear and draws runners from all over the...
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May.08.2011
PATRICIA MORAN
You could have rivaled Betty Grable With the beauty of your legs, Elizabeth Taylor with your eyes And still come out the winner. I knew a beautiful lady,  You gave birth to and raised nine children, Worked three jobs, struggled and scrapped Then you would dance till dawn, laugh and sing, And home...
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Apr.21.2011
Smudge
This week we lost our dear sweet Smudge. She was the third of our Elder cats that we lost in the last year. Now I know many people think of their animals as their children as we do, while others consider them just an animal. But it got me thinking on the importance of every life, be it human or a...
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Feb.05.2011
There are many things in life that we all lose. Parents, partners, siblings, friends, pets, personal items and unfortunately sometimes children, for me my greatest loss was my mother. My mother Pat lived with me disabled for twenty years. She had MS, during the early years of her MS, her energy...
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Oct.10.2010
I am pleased to be a guest on Dellani's Tea Time on Robin Falls Kids - Red River Radio Internet Blog Talk Radio, at 4pm 10/11/2010 with my wonderful Illustrator Hazel Mitchell. We will be discussing our soon to be released book Wee Three: A Mother's Love in Verse http://www.blogtalkradio.com/...
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