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Monthly Archives: June 2011
When You Touch It Right
Six months ago when my daughter suggested that I start a blog, I was so skeptical. “Me? A blog? I don’t know anything about blogs! I don’t know if I’ll be able to post an article every day.” “I’m sure … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, article, author, blog, book, books, creative, Danielle Steel, daughter, Facebook, friends, Harlan Ellison, idea, innovation, internet, life, memories, mom, moment, mother, mystery, notebook, online, people, post, publisher, read, reader, reading, Sidney Sheldon, story, style, theme, Tom McGuane, visitors, William Styron, writer, writing
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Rendezvous With William Saroyan
“Well for God’s sake, what’s that lousy Armenian son of a bitch doing here?” stated Ernest Hemingway. The more I tried to hush him, the worse it got. Finally Saroyan’s companion… began to come back at Ernest. I am not … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Award, Amazon, Amazon UK, Anjar, Armenian, author, bestseller, book, books, change, drama, e-book, English, Ernest Hemingway, high school, humans, innovation, journalist, Lebanon, library, life, Mark twain, news, Nobel prize, notebook, novel, Paris, play, publisher, Pulitzer Prize, read, reader, short story, story, theme, William Saroyan, writer, writing, young
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Rendezvous With Robert Fisk
In December 10 2005, Robert Fisk was in Dubai for the signing of his book ‘The Great War For Civilization’ in the Jashanmal bookstore in Emirates Mall, the mall with the indoor ski slopes. I didn’t want to miss him … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Anjar, Armenian, audience, Beirut, bestseller, book, books, bookstore, children, civil war, Civilization, December, Dubai, e-book, home, honesty, husband, independent, indoor, journalist, kids, McGill, Middle East, news, notebook, opinion, Paulo Coelho, publisher, read, reader, reading, Robert Fisk, story, style, University, war, young
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There Is No Such Thing As Normal
“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridges to cross and which to burn.” David Russell Unfortunately most of us don’t realize that we have crossed the wrong bridge until it is too late. At some point in … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, answer, Atlantic Ocean, Beirut, bridge, burn, Canada, city, country, cross, die, dream, Dubai, experiment, happiness, home, hope, human being, husband, job, Lebanon, library, life, memories, minute, Montreal, move, nature, normal, ocean, past, Persian, prisoner, proverb, question, Richard Bach, routine, sad, Sidney Sheldon
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“Fight, fight. That Is Life.”
Oscar Wilde wrote: “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” When I was young and still in school I was such an idealist. … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, beginning, bliss, book, books, children, civil war, coach, cruelty, D.H. Lawrence, dark, death, destruction, dream, emotions, existence, fight, friends, happiness, life, love, news, Oscar Wilde, paradise, parent, peace, people, priest, promise, read, relationships, soul, story, successful, teacher, truth, wealth, words, young
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How Much Is Too Much?
During a recent conversation with my mother over the phone I told her I would try and pay them a visit even if it’s only for one week, just to see them, since my father is bedridden and my mom … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab world, Beirut, Canada, children, city, civil war, Damascus, death, divine, Dubai, Egypt, family, father, fear, friends, heart, husband, intervention, James Clavell, Lebanon, Libya, life, live, luck, Middle East, Montreal, mother, news, Robert Fisk, safety, Syria, tanks, teenagers, television, unrest, victim, war, Winston Churchill, yemen
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Hardest Way Of Earning A Living
When I was in high school in our village in the east of the Bekaa Valley, we learned Armenian, English and Arabic. Of all the essays we used to write in these languages, I loved to write in English the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Anthony Trollope, article, bestseller, book, books, character, classic, classroom, course, e-book, English, Ernest Hemingway, essay, experience, feelings, high school, Honore de Balzac, ideal, Leo Tolstoy, lesson, library, magazine, Mathematics, Maxim Gorky, news, newspaper, novel, organize, read, senses, story, student, teacher, treasure, write, writer, writers workshop, young
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They Usually Have A Beginning That Never Stops Beginning
Steven Spielberg once said: “People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.” By definition a story is: An oral or written … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Anton Chekhov, beginning, book, books, cruelty, dark, dictionary, dream, emotion, emotions, event, events, kindness, kiss, Leo Tolstoy, life, love, Mark twain, Maya Angelou, novel, people, plot, publisher, Ray Bradbury, read, relationships, rich, romance, soul, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, story, successful, William Faulkner, William Saroyan, words, writer, writing
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I Wish You All A Happy Bleeding
My son came to my room the other day while I was reading and said, “I am happy with the way I organized my library this time. I sorted my books out and arranged the shittiest all on one shelf … Continue reading
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Tagged article, bestseller, book, book club, books, character, classic, context, course, creative writing, dogma, e-book, Ernest Hemingway, experience, feelings, ideal, lesson, library, magazine, mature, news, newspaper, novel, novels, organize, rare, Ray Bradbury, read, senses, Stephen King, story, treasure, William Saroyan, write, writer, writers workshop, writing courses, young, zest
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