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rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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I haven't been on bookcrossing for ages and ages - just thought I'd peek and not even sign in - but here is this message! So I must PM our friend.
If you're reading this, Tom, you're also getting a big hug and smooch …
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Shaking my head over weird online bullying stuff - and returning to the link you included so I can admire the picture again.
R.B.
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Vibes/thoughts/prayers, please, for FoolMan's surgery *UPDATE*
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I'm sending strong healing vibes...
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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and holding you both in the light, as we Quakers do.
Hugs!!
colleen
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Congrats! It's a novella!! :-)
I am SO looking forward to its publication and to getting it into my hands. My TBR pile is, admittedly, quite large, so I can wait for the process to unfold - but I'll be waiting impatie…
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Drummer: Stunning news to report!
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I haven't been around and thus didn't know I should be sending vibes, but...
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
I like to think that at some level I'm on permanent "vibe mode" for my friends (and their friends!) when they are in need :-)
FSR, I am SO happy that the news is good!
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I'm glad they like my daughter but (rant warning)
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Hugs to you and your son, BigKat! Oh, my, and your situation is SO similar to mine
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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These weird family dynamics are SO painful!! I am sorry that your son has to experience this favoritism. I wonder if it's hard on your daughter, too - mine is very much aware of the negative attitude to her brother (she'…
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Our computer is down and I rarely get on bookcrossing these days - so glad I spotted this call for vibes!! I am VERY fond of the Wren family! :-)
The whole Babe family, including our flat friend Stanley, of course, is…
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
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Beauty School Gives Armed Robber Extreme Makeover
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This Quaker felt a bit of guilty pleasure as she read this story... but not much
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Not much guilt, that is!
Okay, I'm a bit too wimpy for the blood and urine part, but I do feel a certain satisfaction that the guy told the (understandably) crying woman that she'd be the first to go, and he turned ou…
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Maybe you've found out more since you posted.
I have never actually been to this event, though I'm sure I would LOVE it. I'm just posting because someone gave me a great New York is Book Country poster several years a…
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Can I ask for vibes for Barry? (Rainbowbabe's son's hamster)
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Thank you all for the vibes!! And Shadie, thank you for requesting them!
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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Amazingly, Barry is hanging in there - we are definitely nursing him back to health. I also credit the BC vibes, Mom's prayer chain, AND the healing blue light RDJr. and I have been surrounding Barry with in our meditati…
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Have your beliefs changed over the years?
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This is a hard one to write about, but such a good question
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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I heard a lot of racist beliefs as I was growing up, from someone very close to me. I remember being puzzled quite often. Once when I was playing with some girls in a playground at my aunt's house in Washington, D.C., th…
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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I've given you a star and encouraging smiles! :-) (there's another one.)
How was the move? I'm sorry if you've already posted about it - my brain is NOT too with it, and I don't remember reading any details. I hope it…
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Journaleer Roll Call: Week #18
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Star awarded, Tom-M! And some bonus inspirational stickers below...
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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Bingo!
Way To Go!
You Are a Star!!
:-)
Thanks so much for the stickers, Tom-m!! I love them. And the t-shirt is PERFECT!! It's quite funny, even though it strikes very close to home... guess what time my summ…
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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I just wrote a long post and then the library computer kicked me off just as I was about to click "Post." Arggghhh...
Anyway, my semester has ended, all except for the grading, calculating of final grades and grade po…
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Sorry to hear about your wrist.
Do you have computer time everyday, just not Internet time? If so, you could start a word processing file for your daily journal, and then whenever you CAN go on the Internet, you can p…
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really stupid names to call your child:
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A friend of mine teaches kindergarten in Philly
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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One of her students is named Ninety-Five South. Actually, I'll have to ask my friend; don't know if the name is spelled Ninety-Five or 95. For those who haven't visited the east coast of the U.S., I-95 is a major interst…
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Music to my ears!! Go, KatColorado, Go! :-)
One of my students, a young guy who has a bit of a bad-ass attitude (at least that was my first impression of him), told me he thinks he might keep writing in the journal I …
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
Is that a yearly event in your area? Must be pretty - and fun! (I'm sure you journaled about it :-)
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
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(Adult) I wonder what the Hallmark cards for THIS holiday are like?
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A lovely myth - a woman must have an orgasm to get pregnant
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
I read the above in Woman: An Intimate Geography.
I think the belief about women's orgasms may have been prevalent during the Middle Ages, somewhere in Europe. My daughter has the book now, or I'd look it up. Anyway, …
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please help me with childhood anecdotes for my project...
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lol - my son, aged 10, still calls his suitcase his briefcase
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
He sounds so lawyerly when we head off on vacations :-)
Oh, and once when he was playing with his toys and talking to himself, I heard him say, "Stop in the name of the mom at the mall!" (He was pretty little then - a…
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies -- Alexander McCall Smith
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I've noted the title and author on my "must read list"
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
I often *lose* this list, but I have noticed that once I write down some info about a book, I'm more likely to remember it when I'm standing at the computer in the library thinking, "Now, what were the names of those 12 …
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please help me with childhood anecdotes for my project...
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Still haven't thought of any words specifically relating to a possession, but...
rainbowbabe
18 yrs ago
This thread reminds me of my daughter's reaction to Toy Story II. If you haven't seen this movie, you might want to as part of the plot is what happens to toys when their owners/friends grow up.
My daughter saw the mo…