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May 31

It’s Summer and the Feeling is Fine

By Susan  May  I believe I look forward to the summer with the same anticipation of a student taking a break from school.  That feeling of flinging the doors open and being released to freedom is sublime. Summer is the time I manage to catch up and slow down at the same time.                 Outside of going on vacation where I travel out of town, I enjoy going to my mother’s place on Lake Weiss in north Alabama the most. There I can relax. In the mornings, you can find me in a chair on the deck dressed in my [...]

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May 29

Baring It All by Sandra Chastain

Baring It All Sandra Chastain Harlequin ISBN-10: 0373810946 Romance If you’re looking for another reason to take Sandra Chastain’s advice, look up her novel Baring It All.  An investigative reporter has to pay her dues by covering a high-price benefit performance by an enigmatic local male stripper named Lord Sin.  She wants to prove herself by discovering his true identity; he is helplessly drawn to her despite the fact she could destroy his carefully crafted new public persona. In the midst of this great conflict, Chastain weaves in enough sensuous detail that I’m surprised my copy doesn’t exu2de smoke.  You’ll [...]

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May 29

The Journey Home by Michael Baron

The Journey Home By Michael Baron Publisher: The Story Plant ISBN-13: 978-0981956862 Joseph, a man in his late thirties, awakens disoriented and uneasy in a place he doesn’t recognize. He sets out on a journey to find his home with no sense of where he’s going and only the precious, indelible vision of the woman he loves to guide him. Antoinette is an elderly woman in an assisted living facility who has retreated inside her head. There, her body and mind haven’t betrayed her. There, she’s a young newlywed with a husband who dotes on her and an entire life [...]

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May 28

So. I went to Europe and…read a book.

by Carol Burnside After the sight-seeing, note-taking, picture-snapping, sun-basking, gut-stuffing and smooching with hubby, what’s a girl to do, if not curl up with a good book? Besides, it’s difficult for me to sleep while sunbathing on a cruise ship with music blaring from the family deck. So, I read a book to escape. Two books, actually. I know. Big deal, right? At this point, I should probably confess that my reading time has greatly diminished over the last few years. (I know! GASP, Wheeeeeze!) It seems the more I write, the less I read, which is weird for me. I’ve been [...]

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May 27

Thong in a Wad

By Anna Steffl You say, “Thongs don’t get in a wad.  They…er…shimmy deep into the Mariana Trench.”  I say, “Check out the thong I crushed to the size of a gumball and flung on the bedroom floor.” It’s in a wad. I dare say I’m not the first woman to get a thong in a wad. Who invented the thong, anyway? They look good on three women. Three. If you’re one of the three, good for you. Wear your thong with gusto under those white shorts. For the rest of us, they’re just another reason to feel crappy about ourselves. [...]

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May 26

Karen White Asks, “Am I a Celebrity?”

    After playing hooky one day in the seventh grade to read Gone with the Wind, Karen White knew she wanted to be a writer—or become Scarlett O’Hara. In spite of these aspirations, Karen pursued a degree in business and graduated cum laude with a BS in Management from Tulane University. Ten years later, after leaving the business world, she fulfilled her dream of becoming a writer and wrote her first book. In the Shadow of the Moon was published in August, 2000. This book was nominated for the prestigious RITA award in 2001 in two separate categories. Her books [...]

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May 25

5 Lessons Learned from My Brief Stint in Exotic Dancing

That got your attention didn’t it?  In the interest of keeping our reader-writer relationship honest, I first have to confess that my brief stint has consisted of two hour-long lessons taken at the PoleLaTeaz studio in Atlanta.  That, and the woman over there isn’t me.  PoleLaTeaz is a facility for women only that specializes in using exotic and sensual dance techniques for exercise and confidence building.  That, and it’s actually kinda fun. So I was watching a news segment on a Carmen Elektra workout tape a few years ago, and I made the mistake of commenting that her exotic dance [...]

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