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Tag Archives: future
We Just Have To Look Around Us
The other day while rearranging the boxes from the so called storeroom-stairway, boxes that we had stored since we moved to Montreal, I came across those that contained our family pictures. I carried them to the sitting room and sat … Continue reading
How Did It Get So Late So Soon?
“How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss At some point in our lives we have all had a rough time. Some more than others. I grew up listening to my parents’ and grandparents’ stories. Their stories were not … Continue reading
Whatever Happened To Happy Endings
When I was a little girl, like most children I was very afraid of the dark. We lived in the village, in a house with a big garden. My bedroom, overlooking the garden, had a huge window. On hot summer … Continue reading
I Do Not Try To Steer My Characters
Are you a spontaneous writer? Or do you plan your novel and characters from before? Do you plan your scenes and plots and incidents in advance? Do you know what your characters will do and think every time they are … Continue reading
Occupy
“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Dream is also just a word until you decide to fight for it with all your enthusiasm and commitment.” Paulo Coelho We all have plans for a … Continue reading
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Tagged children, crisis, Doris Lessing, dream, dreams, economics, education, family, fear, future, game, George Orwell, heroes, house, life, love, mind, Mitch Albom, Montreal, occupy, occupy Wall Street, pain, plan, powerful, protests, reality, relationship, sad, school, security, Simone De Beauvoir, society, struggle, Toronto, unemployment, United States, Wall Street, work
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State of Unemployment
“It’s terrible to have one’s future obstructed, and to have always to resort to makeshift solutions.” Simone De Beauvoir I watch with great sadness the protest against unemployment on Wall Street, and the long lineup in front of employment offices … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, Canada, cars, cities, color, dark, day, desire, drive, employment, fear, feeling, future, Jean Paul Sartre, job, jobs, leaves, life, live, morning, protest, protests, reality, religion, sad, Simone De Beauvoir, society, space, sun, sweet, time, tree, truth, unemployment, unhappy, United States, Wall Street, work, world
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The Voice Of Change
As you may all know by now, I like to start my day waking up early to read and have my coffee. I stopped reading the newspaper lately. I realized that on days I do not read the paper, I … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, beauty, book, books, change, children, compassion, culture, e-book, Ernest Hemingway, ethics, film, future, good, Jersey Shore, John Grisham, Leo Tolstoy, life, movie, news, newspaper, noise, novel, people, read, reading, reality tv, script, speak, story, teenagers, tv, University, values, voice, words, writer, writing, young
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Imagine
Are you a dreamer? Do you dream about your future? Do you wonder about your past? If you have the chance to live your life again how would you like it to be different? Well I do. I am a … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, believe, book, books, chance, country, culture, dream, e-book, English, experience, free, freedom, French, future, government, history, imagine, John Steinbeck, lawyer, library, life, literature, Mathematics, Middle East, past, people, person, problem, read, reading, religion, story, style, University, wish, world, writer, writing
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The Truth Is
I was watching an actor being interviewed once. When asked why he left New York, he replied, “The moment everything around you starts to get on your nerves, you know it’s about time to move, to change your city.” Life … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, age, Amazon, Amazon UK, beautiful, boredom, child, city, country, daily, day, destiny, dream, dreams, Ernest Hemingway, escape, faith, fate, fight, furniture, future, happy, interview, James Joyce, life, man, Mitch Albom, move, neighbor, neighbors, New York, newspaper, newspapers, people, routine, school, traffic, truth, worries
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A Fine Dark Place
We all at one point in our lives have read books, some more than others. There has always been a story we have been interested in, a character we have liked or even hated and have been unable to forget, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, author, book, books, bus, character, comfort, dark, drama, e-book, encouragement, era, first, form, future, library, life, love, magazine, magic, mind, mood, novel, people, plot, Ray Bradbury, reading, reason, room, sad, science, short story, story, technology, waiting, words, writer, writing
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