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“Do you think anyone will show up who we know?” I asked Melanie as I jumped into her compact forest green convertible. “Good Lord,” she repl...
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Blue Lily: a novel about a Native American woman and two men. One doesn't love her enough and one doesn't love her at all.
1ST IN THE PEARL SERIES
A Single Pearl is a multi-cultural novel about a woman who learns to depend on no one, then marries a man whose culture demands she depend on him. Back from editor.
2ND IN THE PEARL SERIES
Inbetween Pearl: If he holds her too tight she'll run away. Again. But how fast can she run now? Click for photo credit. Thank you brittaniagarden.com!
Hooked rug
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Many long years ago I started a project. I then had a baby and another.
Then one day while out digging in our 3 car garage that doesn't house a car
becau...
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OK - so. Here's a video that a lot of people have seen. First Kudos to
Ellen Page. I've always liked her as an actress. I like her even more
now. Bu...
Why Sculptures are Frightening
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I slowed and peeked up the hill. No cars. I whipped from
the private country road onto the public country road. A minute later blue
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Melanie Sherman
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*Writer Melanie Sherman*
*Melanie Sherman* lives in Southwest Washington and has been writing for
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The little cousins roped me into learning some Korean, but when I tried it out, Lee grabbed my arm and hissed, “Don’t do that.” I was incensed he would seize me in that manner; I surveyed the startled, frozen faces around the room, realized none of them had any intention of allowing me entrance into their world, and gave up. (A Single Pearl, Chapter 7).
THE BAD LITTLE COUSINS
“I’ll practice my Korean on you,” I said, baiting for a reaction.“Only if you have a better vocabulary,” Lee replied.“I took a night class; I can do more than name colors.”“Colors? Is that what you thought you were saying?”“What did the little cousins teach me?” I asked, sensing another embarrassing nightmare moment.“Think body parts and...”“Shit,” I erupted, and blushed.“Exactly,” he confirmed.
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