Of Divya’s Review of “Seasons in Purdah” …
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Divya’s Review of Seasons in Purdah @ Goodreads.com
5 of 5 stars *****
“The dreamer is any and everything in their dream, but what if other people have experienced the same dream, shared the experiences with you?” Just a couple of days or so before I read Seasons in Purdah I was having a conversation with a friend about out of body experiences and dreaming. I was telling her how a dream is an out of body experience. And she asked, ”So if you are dreaming about me, and it is indeed an experience, then I must experience it too …” and then we were wondering that perhaps people do have the same dreams.
Seasons in Purdah is a metaphorical journey of Read the rest of this entry…
Of An Iphone 4S, A Social Media Expert, and Perspective …
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Our perspective is more important than our experiences
The things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Our sufferings will diminish in importance when compared to the glory that awaits us. …
~~Caroline Espejon, Perspective
Our youngest called this afternoon saying she had lost her iphone 4S.
On arriving at the school and going upstairs where she was completing her homework, I greeted her then looked in her backpack–thinking I might uncover what she had overlooked–only to see an empty iphone case.
“You didn’t lose this. Someone stole it,” Read the rest of this entry…
Of History Lessons, The Pursuit of Happiness and Choice …
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Assisting our eight grader with her American History lessons has called me to revisit the United States’ Declaration of the Independence, of which the second paragraph states, “ … We hold these truths self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. …”
However well-meaning these men were in seeking freedom and independence from Great Britain, Parliament and King George III, their clarity and self-reflection on the truth of their words leaves much confusion in light of our nation’s history.
Besides being totally opposed to freedom for women and peoples of color, never mind the Native Americans from whom they usurped the land we now call the United States of America, these men, our founding fathers crafted this document, the basis for our government with a certain Read the rest of this entry…
Of Mothers, Daughters and Marilyn Monroe …
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A recent study conducted at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois concludes, “ … most girls as young as six years old are already beginning to think of themselves as sex objects.”
The voluminous hours of watching television has taken its toll on girls of all ages and has reached the youngest of females.
But our daughters are not the only ones affected.
Researchers offered more information concerning factors influencing Read the rest of this entry…
“Seasons in Purdah” | On Sale Now !!! …
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Seasons in Purdah now available for purchase at Amazon.
The loss of her sight has ignited a war between her two best friends.
Thirty-five-year-old, psychologist, Sahel Ohin, spent nearly each day of her childhood making mud cakes with Titus Denning and Carl Pierson. They attended St. Maria’s Parish School, Oakland Catholic Prep and graduated Cal Berkeley.
Six weeks after an accident rendered her blind Sahel married Titus. Her neurosurgeon, Carl Pierson, insists surgery could restore her sight. The procedure might also kill her.
The first night out since her blindness Sahel meets James Bolton, a former San Francisco stockbroker. Though newly acquainted, they converse as if old friends.
When during dinner Sahel accidentally knocks over her glass of water and wets her gown, James escorts her out onto the verandah. Against the backdrop of Sahel’s husband, Titus, receiving an award, Surgeon of the Year, inside the ballroom, James asks, “Do you believe…in life after death?”
The winter afternoon that Sahel attempted suicide, a judge sentenced James to life imprisonment for murder. His fiancée leapt from the Golden Gate Bridge that same afternoon.
Seasons in Purdah shows what happens when best friends become adults, and how, among many things, life is but a series of choices, the consequences of which yield a drama that both weaves and unravels the knots binding us to those we cherish, and who love us.
Of Riding Ellipticals, Counting Minutes, and The Challenge of Parenting …
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Like the professor who taught Human Development in my psychology program who said that the hardest thing about parenting was the time required, I find that I never have enough.
Mothering three daughters, seeing to my husband, or rather attending our marriage, along with my work as a psychotherapist, and writing novels proves daunting.
I count minutes in much the same way that I count calories.
Frustration continually arises as I reprimand myself for lack of efficiency.
“I’m working as hard as I can,” I say to myself.
But am I working smarter?
I do not know.
Personal experience has Read the rest of this entry…
Of Don Imus, Roland Martin and the March of the Penguins …
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Our three daughters have attended for the most part, private schools.
We have often found this a mixed blessing.
While private education usually offers a wealth of academic excellence, oftentimes it lacks emphasis on the importance and understanding of temperance, along with human responsibility and moral judgment, all of which operate and necessary ingredients in creating a successful life.
The children who taunted the Read the rest of this entry…
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