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Why I subscribe to Oprah’s magazine.

3 Oct 2008

Sure, the profuse periodical requires the sacrifice of too many trees. And I can never get the whole thing read before the next issue arrives. But the woman devotes regular column space to Martha Beck, a life coach who always gives me something to think about. And this month her column “Urgent! Urgent! (Or is [...]

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West Wing advice for Obama

25 Sep 2008

My friend Doug Borsch at A Little Chaos tipped me off to this clever NY Times op-ed piece. Regardless of which presidential candidate you’re voting for, if you miss watching The West Wing since it went off the air — and who doesn’t? Really, the writing was incredible — here’s a quick fix. Enjoy. (I [...]

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Learning Curve

18 Sep 2008

This morning I saw the funniest thing: young geese learning to fly in formation. A flock of them came swooping over our deck, heading south, honking and squawking like crazy. When I looked up I saw the leader in what should have been the point of the V. But the entire rest of the flock, [...]

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Julie Long is a freelance writer and published author, and a writing coach, presenter and workshop leader. Her manuscript Maharishiville has been named semi-finalist in the James Jones First Novel Fellowship 2007. Read a sample.
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