Category Archives: My Blog

I welcome responses, so that women can begin a dialogue here, with one another and me, on topics that matter to us.

Difficulties In Love

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Nancy

Obviously this is a topic that will take more than one paragraph, but I thought I would begin to tackle it today. My partner, Wonono, and I have been together for six years. The first one was extremely difficult, for … Continue reading →

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Cleaning As Therapy?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Nancy

Today at 9 AM I began a thorough cleaning of my house. I do this every third week, and have for years. Although many will tell you that I am a neat freak, which is true, I loathe cleaning my … Continue reading →

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Becoming A Hollywood Writer

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Nancy

See the wacky road I took to get my first job in Hollywood writing for The Waltons. Tweet

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First Video: Becoming A Hollywood Writer

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Nancy

I spent hours today creating my first, two minute plus video, on how I became a Hollywood writer. It is a little over two minutes long, but wouldn’t upload onto my blog because it had too many MB’s. I have … Continue reading →

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Health Scares

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Nancy

First news is that I have chosen to take another week off! Said I would and I now have a plan. My birthday is at the end of February, so I will take that week to coddle myself – a … Continue reading →

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Guilty Pleasures

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Nancy

I’ve been on self-imposed vacation for a week and a half – the way I started this should give you an idea of where my head is about ‘taking time off’. ‘Imposed’? What is that about? This morning I woke … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Done For Men

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Nancy

In-between my two divorces my women’s group signed up to do a weekend challenge course in the mountains above Los Angeles where I was living. Afterwards, I signed on to date the guy who ran the course, much to the … Continue reading →

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Losing Ground

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Nancy

It starts in small ways: I get a cold and it takes a week to heal, but I feel tired for two; broken toe heals in two months, not one; I’m stiff when I get out of bed – I … Continue reading →

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Memories of childhood as a parent and grandparent

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Nancy

My partner, Wonono’s, daughter visited last week with her 10-month old, his first grandchild. One of her sisters came as well, so the days were very full. Hi daughter is an extremely warm and loving mother, cuddling her little girl, … Continue reading →

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Impact Of Belafonte Bio

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Nancy

Friday I started to read “My Song”, the autobiography of Harry Belafonte. He, Elvis, and Ives Montand all impacted my life when I was a young teenager. My mom wouldn’t let me watch Elvis on The Ed Sullivan show because … Continue reading →