Killer open. A black Corvette Zero One sears the screen while a disbelieving small town deputy eats a big, sloppy sandwich in his patrol car. Sweet. I’m in already. THE LAST STAND features fast cars, an escaped leader of a drug cartel, and a semi-retired sheriff who says – and you know it will be… Continue Reading
I See Your Soul Mate: An Intuitive’s Guide To Finding And Keeping Love
I See Your Soul Mate: An Intuitive’s Guide To Finding And Keeping Love Published by: St Martin’s Press By Sue Frederick Sign up to take Sue Frederick’s Saturday, September 29th Workshop at New Renaissance Books http://www.newrenbooks.com/events/sep_reg.html#fre Go to Sue’s website: http://careerintuitive.org/ Listen to The Open Book with DianaPageJordan Show, to hear Sue Frederick. The… Continue Reading
5 Steps to Getting What You Really Want: Monte Farber’s Quantum Affirmations
Quantum Affirmations: The New Energy Science of Conscious Manifestation By: Monte Farber April 1, 2012 (Paperback) Weiser Books What do you really want? I mean really. Then, why don’t you have it yet? Hey, why don’t I have it yet? Confession: I’ve been writing this BookBlog for a month. Another confession: I can splash… Continue Reading
Library My OldNew Friend
Hello Library, my old friend. You were my safe hiding place when I was a kid. And, today, accidentally dressed in a shift much like those I wore when I was ten and thirteen, I walked into the library near my home for the first time in probably a decade. So close to my home… Continue Reading
Reliving Rape Because of A Brutal News Week
Brutal news week. I used to draw down a wall between my life and the news. As I anchored the news, reading about others’ pain, I didn’t feel my own. I was inured from the intrusions of decades of sexual abuse. I could focus on WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyHow and script the stories, read my own words, tell… Continue Reading
Gift Books for Martha Stewart Living Show – and For You!
We just wrapped. Betsy and Brian and I – on the Martha Stewart Living show. Asked to prepare a Gift Book segment, I have so many gorgeous, stimulating books that we didn’t get to them all. Hence, the list here! I’ll begin with Non-Fiction…because that’s where we left off on the show. And, in fact,… Continue Reading
Six Sizzling Summer Reads on Studio Six
While most of the nation swelters, we in the Pacific Northwest are still waiting for summer. I thought, well, hey, if I do a segment on KOIN Studio 6 on summer reads, then summer has to appear sometime. Soon. We hope. In any case, I’ve come up with six sizzling summer reads. Here’s the… Continue Reading
Taking Time To Live
Funny thing about taking time to live. More stuff gets done. It’s like pulling your feet off the brakes, and putting them on your handlebars, like you did when you were a kid. And just rolling with it. And, that process allows for magic. Hey, I’m a journalist, and I observe magic all the time.… Continue Reading
14 Rules for the Little Kid Inside You
For years, I hid it, never spoke about it. Until finally, it pushed up out of me like a beach ball you press down in the water – it pops out. Has to. And, one day, the gift of that childhood trauma becomes apparent. First, the damage and danger twists synapses, neural pathways, belief systems,… Continue Reading
Dan Millman, Peaceful Warrior
The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World By Dan Millman PublishedApril 14, 2011 (Hardcover) H J Kramer Dan Millman’s life looked spelled out. A trampoline artist, his next stop was the Olympics. But, weeks before he was to leave, another life plan intervened – Dan was in a motorcycle… Continue Reading
