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We’re in Business
Received the signed contract from Fingerprint Press in New Delhi. Next step? Let the editing begin, again.
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Jogging Memories
Dears, My energy for blogging has been low lately. I’ve wondered why because there’s been a lot of recent news about increased research, funding and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. There’s probably...
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Brain Show on the Road Again
Dears, I’m delighted to say that I will be at the lovely Cobleigh Public Library in Lyndonville, Vermont, this evening at 7 p.m. to talk about Brain in a Jar. It’s been a while since I’ve been inside...
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The Never-Ending Story
Dears, I’ve been thinking lately that my book has reached it’s zenith and that it’s time for another 3,000 stories to make their way into hearts and minds everywhere. But wait a minute! People still...
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Brain in a Jar Hearts MariaShriver.Com
Dears, What a delight to wake up this morning (Gosh, isn’t it a delight just to wake up?) and see that my story was smack dab in the center of the homepage of Maria Shriver’s website! Her tagline is...
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Nothing Fishy Here
Dears, My blogs have been become fish bowls. Confining me. For years and years, I’ve been writing about Alzheimer’s or David or Singapore–all in separate locations. Great subjects, yes, but now I want...
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Tall Tails
Dears, My blogs have become fish bowls. Confining me. For years and years, I’ve been writing about Alzheimer’s or David or Singapore–all in separate locations. Great subjects, yes, but now I want to...
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Sad Captain, My Captain
Dears, As you may or may not know, we are residing at the Holiday Inn until we can move into our new house this weekend. This place feels like home, though, because we’ve gotten to know all the...
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Murder, She Continues to Write
Dears, If you know me well, then you know that I lived through the horrendous murder of a colleague. On the morning of December 20, 1988, I walked into the staff lounge at English Language Services...
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Dreamy Virginian Mermaid Writer
Dears, I’ve been thinking long and hard about landscape and identity. Perhaps these thoughts began on the day I was born in an Eastern sea to a Southern family. Any mention of the Philippines causes me...
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Manner Incongruous
Dears, There are two “things,” or human behaviors, I witness daily that are perplexing when considered in tandem. Heck, they are vexing when contemplated in solitary. Thing One: The obsessiveness with...
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How to Write? Kiss Yourself Goodbye!
Dears, I had a nice conversation with a new friend last night. Although I’m out of conversing practice, she asked a question for which I might have some answers. She mentioned that she would like to...
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Here’s the Story
Dears, In my head and in my writing, one thing must be pitted against another thing. For Brain in a Jar, it was me vs. my dad, my dad vs. his dad, Alzheimer’s vs. all of us, time vs. memory, landscape...
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How to Speak to a Killer
Dears, I’m working on a plan. An idea I have kept at bay for decades. But it keeps popping to the forebrain, calling to me. “Do this thing,” it says. “Only then will be you free.” It’s not running...
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The Da Vinci De-Coder
Dears, Sometimes you gotta follow where your mistakes lead. Just to see how it will play out. Today I had that chance. And I seized it. This all started last week when I saw an ad for a free trial of a...
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Mermaid. Murder. Memoir.
Dears, As I enter phase 3,591 of the Seoul Murder Story, I decided that I needed to capture the heart of the matter—a guide for how the memoir about a mermaid and a murder will unfold—in a few short...
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Seoul Survivor
Dears, Many friends and family members have expressed concern about my potential visit to see a possible killer. I’m considering safe ways to contact her (at some point) to see what she has to say...
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Happy Birthday, Dear Me
Dears! Since deciding (yesterday) that I would travel to Seoul to re-visit the past (maybe rewrite it, too), I’ve made headway on an itinerary. I found my old school, ELS Gangnam, on Facebook and have...
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Two Things I Really Liked This Morning
Dears, When I checked my email this morning, this fascinating message was waiting for me: This is Choi from dmztours. On 22nd, 23rd Jau 2014, Panmunjeom tour is available. Since there are numbers of...
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Two Dears in the Headlights
Dears, In my continued communication with Choi (최한수) from dmztours, he always addresses me in this way: Dear, Nancy Bercaw I know it’s probably just auto formatting, but it pleases me because I am the...
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