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Stella Fosse

The Unfettered Joy of Trying Something New

The Unfettered Joy of Trying Something New Here in the Interregnum, we don’t know where we are going and aren’t sure how we got here. That makes it tough to decide how to spend our time. Cycling through all five stages of grief at intervals is tempting, along with survivalist planning. Maybe self-care makes it onto the post-election list. Maybe even creativity. I hope so; the personal truly is political, and our creativity will continue

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Dawn Carrington

Where did it all begin

Where did it all begin —Vinspire Publishing A little over twenty years ago, Vinspire Publishing began with a different name at a kitchen table with four women who wanted to bring back Retro Romances. We all watched movies from the early years, and we wanted to celebrate that in our books. So on February 14, 2004, we began as Vintage Romance Publishing. Our website was in black and white, and our tagline was “Reminisce with

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Stella Fosse

10 Things to Know When You Turn Sixty

10 Things to Know When You Turn Sixty “Aging happens, because we cannot stop it, and it is not what we feared.” –Victoria Smith, Hags On the morning of my sixtieth birthday party, my firstborn and I walked to a breakfast cafe in Berkeley. “It’s funny,” I said. “I don’t feel old. I feel great.” My son looked at me and smiled. “Well, I’ll tell you something that will make you feel old. You’re going

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Nivedita Mishra

Surviving Overwhelm

Surviving Overwhelm: Context, Impositions, Self-Care and Genetic Flaws I am almost always overwhelmed and the ‘Big O’ is now my middle name. I have begun to accept the suchness of my particular modus-operandi. To give some clarity, let me confess that my personal biggie is that I do not identify as any one type of professional. Writer, journalist, editor, entrepreneur, event manager, content creator and podcast host: I have done many things and been unfaithful

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Stella Fosse

On Taking Space

On Taking Space (Inner and Outer)  In her poem, “Fire,” poet Judy Brown reminds us that fuel is not the only thing a fire needs; a fire also burns because of space between the logs. Space enables fire in the same way that space rekindles attraction between longtime partners. Space also revives us when we rest between tasks. And space allows our grown children to develop their own lives. I don’t know about you, but

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Bernie Brown

It Started With a Coffin

It Started With a Coffin In the late nineties when the book and movie of The Garden of Good and Evil were all the rage, my husband and I traveled to Savannah to see the locations in the book. We stayed in a Bed and Breakfast on one of Savannah’s famous squares. As bed and breakfasts tend to be, this one was decorated in antiques, unusual collector’s items, and all manner of frou frou. Our

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