Tag: family
member name: Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R.
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May 29, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
Over the weekend I found out that the younger son of the principal of the school I work in has died.
He had various health issues and was on medication for nerve damage in his legs.
His parents found . . . more
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March 03, 2007 07:02 PM EST --
Written by Guillermo Martínez
I left the house without a book, so bought this at the thrift shop before coming home. I read it on the bus, then at home until I finished it - less than 200 . . . more
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May 17, 2007 03:33 AM EDT --
There are three teachers who deal with self-contained special education classes in my school. I teach science, one teaches history and the other teaches math. We all decided to have a trip . . . more
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January 24, 2007 07:08 AM EST --
ORLANDO (AP) - Flight attendants often deal with obnoxious passengers who won't listen to instructions by kicking them off the plane. But a Massachusetts couple think AirTran Airways went overboard . . . more
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May 12, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
I have worked in special education classes for almost 25 years.
I worked on elementary and high school level. I've been a classroom teacher, a second teacher in the room - to help special ed. kids . . . more
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August 22, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
I am currently on vacation - I was in San Diego with my mother for a week. After a few days her computer died. I was able to access the Internet (and gather) at the library, but then schedules didn't . . . more
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January 02, 2007 04:07 AM EST --
By Elizabeth Lynn
A(nother) book review
Took a bit of getting involved with, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
There are changelings - hawk, wolf, dragon - kings, nobles, vengeful wars, family . . . more
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January 17, 2007 09:54 AM EST --
My apartment is usually very cold in the winter. It doesn't help that some of the windows are still open - kitchen, cats' room, living room, dining room and until last night bedroom. I live . . . more
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March 02, 2007 06:03 AM EST --
First to ask, first to receive - leave me your address, and I'll send the books out.
Homeless Bird- Gloria Whelan - a young woman in India is forced into a marriage. Cultural differences. . . . more
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April 01, 2007 01:16 PM EDT --
Author, Edwidge Danticat
I have read various books by this author - she is a Haitian young woman who has been writing about her country, it's history and culture especially as the two . . . more
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July 16, 2007 03:13 PM EDT --
Author: Emily Fox Gordon
Subtitle: My life in and out of therapy
This is a similar book to Girl Interrupted in time and situation. Another girl out of control in the 50s and 60s sent . . . more
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September 03, 2007 07:43 PM EDT --
Author: Adeline Yen Mah
A beautifully written book of a horrific family situation. The step-mother is a woman who seems to love to pit one sibling against another, never ending, . . . more
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February 23, 2007 03:26 AM EST --
This is the best time to see the Oscar contenders - right before the awards ceremony, before the lines get long. This way I know what the pundits are discussing - I am knowledgeable.
I . . . more
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March 21, 2007 09:26 PM EDT --
Author - Laurence Yep
I've read other books by this author - he concentrates on Chinese culture often within the American environment. He also puts together books of Chinese legends and . . . more
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April 19, 2008 06:33 AM EDT --
Allergies arrived on time - April 15th. Then yesterday evening I realized I was getting a fever and felt cold. Ah, a cold on top of the allergies - what fun.
And I fly out today to see my . . . more
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May 04, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
A compilation of short essays about the relationship between in-laws.
I'd first heard about this book at a course my mother takes (she snuck me in) given by a woman who discusses the books she's . . . more
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July 09, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
(yes the title is not in caps on the cover of the book)
Author: judy budnitz
Four generations of women - great-grandmother, all the way down to great-granddaughter. The family originated . . . more
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July 19, 2007 08:04 AM EDT --
When my parents moved from NYC to California, they left behind most of their furniture. They did take the dining room set - the table and the chairs.
As humans are creatures of habit, my mother . . . more
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July 28, 2007 07:31 AM EDT --
Author: Ursula Hegi
I've read a number of books by this author - the "voice" is very different in each one. I'd been at a reading of hers once - she read from a . . . more
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August 04, 2008 08:18 AM EDT --
We have a difficult relationship. Much of who I am is her, much is as far away as I can get from being her.
Yet, she's the only parent I have left and her health is not so good.
She's . . . more
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