Orange Karen: Tribute to a Warrior

Posted Mar 28 2013

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Book Hungry

Posted Mar 22 2013

BookHungry What happens when a group of twitter gals get together to share their love of books once a month on a conference call. Sheer and utter mayhem.  In the best of ways. Check out my BookHungry pals websites and blogs. In alphabetical order… Patty Blount  (this is me!) Author of Send and TMI You can find her blog at: […]

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YA Outside the Lines

Posted Mar 22 2013 in fiction, YA

Join me at YA Outside the Lines today where we’re talking about new beginnings.  For me, a change in attitude taught me a lesson. 

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4 out 5 Helpings of “Poutine” to LEARNING TO SWIM by Sara J. Henry

Posted Mar 21 2013 in Book Hungry, What I'm Reading

When one of my Book Hungry members finished this debut novel by Sara J. Henry before I did, she assured me the story is not what I think it is. She was right. The story opens with main character Troy Chance leaping off a ferry to swim across a lake to save what she thinks […]

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I’l be on the radio on Tuesday, March 12th!

Posted Mar 11 2013

Hope you’ll listen in.    http://www.blogtalkradio.com/raisinggreatmen1/2013/03/12/boys-and-bullying    Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30 PM, Eastern time. 

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I’ll be on the radio Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30 PM Eastern

Posted Mar 11 2013

Hope you’ll listen.  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/raisinggreatmen1/2013/03/12/boys-and-bullying 

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It’s not funny

Posted Mar 4 2013 in Academy Awards, bullying, Kristen Stewart, Oscars, Seth MacFarlane, violence

In this year’s Oscar telecast, host Seth MacFarlane started off strong, bantering with “Captain Kirk” actor William Shatner, but quickly lost ground with so-called jokes that were nothing more than sexism and racism. To make room for that, the Jaws theme was played to cut off award winners mid-speech. As the evening went on, I […]

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