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Read more about the article Gratitude journal (with a sprinkle of spite):  Fountain soda and NOT COFFEE

Gratitude journal (with a sprinkle of spite): Fountain soda and NOT COFFEE

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 31, 2012
  • Post category:Food and Drink/Gratitude Journal
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Tonight I am grateful for the joy of the unexpected Diet Coke that was delivered to me this afternoon. It was having an especially challenging day at school, mostly the…

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Read more about the article A tickle. Not a tissue.

A tickle. Not a tissue.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 31, 2012
  • Post category:Family/Words
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Clara had been in her crib for about fifteen minutes when she began calling for Mommy. Elysha thought that she was asking for a tissue, so she went upstairs to…

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I am an upright, though occasionally marginalized, Pacific Islander.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 31, 2012
  • Post category:Words
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When I am asked to indicate my race on an official form, I almost always check Samoan, or if not available, Other Pacific Islander. If none of these are available,…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Many hands thrust Budo and his friends into the light

Gratitude journal: Many hands thrust Budo and his friends into the light

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 30, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal/MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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Tonight I am grateful for the many, many people around the world who are working hard to put my next book, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, into readers’ hands. Today…

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Read more about the article Skating on linoleum: A future Olympic sport

Skating on linoleum: A future Olympic sport

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 30, 2012
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We are not sure where she learned about ice skating, but she clearly understands a few of the more artistic aspects of the sport, at least when it comes to…

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Read more about the article Rules for surviving a zombie apocalypse (based upon ACTUAL EXPERIENCE)

Rules for surviving a zombie apocalypse (based upon ACTUAL EXPERIENCE)

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 30, 2012
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I dreamt about a zombie apocalypse last night, not unlike the one that takes place in AMC’s hit show, The Walking Dead. It was quite realistic. I survived the apocalypse,…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Unexpected reader response

Gratitude journal: Unexpected reader response

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 29, 2012
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Tonight I am grateful to the readers who take the time to write to me after reading my books. I received three emails today from readers who recently finished one…

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Read more about the article Rage against the dying of the light, damn it.

Rage against the dying of the light, damn it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 29, 2012
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Yeats once asked, "Why should not old men be mad?" In his final broadcast for A Point of View Clive James offers his answer.  With his granddaughter and her friends…

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Read more about the article Birthday girl!

Birthday girl!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 29, 2012
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Have you ever seen a girl love an umbrella so much?    Or a cupcake?    

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Recycled furniture

Gratitude journal: Recycled furniture

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 28, 2012
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Someday my wife and I will spend the money to furnish our home with new furniture. This will probably happen when the children are a little older and less likely…

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