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Quotations

I've loved powerful quotations all my life. One of my favorites:

"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that…

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Dear, dear Mercury Retrograde...

Dear, dear Mercury Retrograde....

Yesterday, I laughingly texted a friend, "As frustrating as Mercury Retrograde can be, I'm almost going to miss it when it leaves tomorrow. 'Cause ironically, I get so much good writing done when it's here. And…

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Learning To Fly

I used to joke that I was footloose and fancy free. I still joke about it. But sometimes I feel like a square peg without even a round hole. So I keep on carving my own. Sometimes it feels pioneering…

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Because Diversity Adds Life To Our Lives

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Without diversity, we would be reduced to robots, and the world would fade to blah. Since the flip side of goodness is not an option for us, I'm trying to wrap my arms (via my words) around all…

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Miracles Do Happen

Right now, because so many of us need to know, or remember, that miracles do happen—I want to share that my daughter, Jennifer Strulowitz, is living proof. 45 years ago today, she was born three months prematurely, at 2 lbs…

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Tribute/Letter To Elie Wiesel

Dear, dear Elie Wiesel....

The entire time that I sat reading NIGHT, the sky raged with a thunderstorm. I read the last page, closed the book—and in that instant—watched as sunlight suddenly filled the sky. You will always serve as…

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P.S. To You About Maurice's Valises

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I truly believe that J.S. Friedman's Maurice's Valises series, and its magical illustrations by Chris Beatrice, is destined to become an evergreen...a classic that our grandchildren will share with their grandchildren. Because it is timeless, ageless, and one…

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Maurice's Valises

I never expected to fall in love with a mouse. Or to let him burrow into my heart and soul. But when J.S. Friedman gave us Maurice's Valises and its magical illustrations by Chris Beatrice—like the ta-da of a fairy’s…