Author: Tara
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I’ve been Googled
The other day I was using the laptops in class with my students. They had some extra time and they asked me if I am on Facebook. I explained, yes, but they wouldn’t be able to find me. They were determined to try and I said, if they could find me, I would “friend” them.…
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Overwhelmed
My mind is overwhelmed with my sudden intake of adoption stories. I was watching the PBS POV show last night and wanted to to watch the other one out but I need a wee break from it. I wrote a review for the documentary “Adopted” and it was found and posted on Facebook. Crazy… should…
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Omma Odi? 2
My dearest birth mother, It’s been 33 years since I last looked at your familiar face, last heard your loving voice, last felt your warm heart beating against mine, last touched your soft hands. It’s been 33 years since I knew safety and trust at my very core. It’s been 33 years since I smiled…
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Omma Odi? 1
Here are a few writings I’ve been working on: —- Dear Omoni, Where did you go just moments after you left me for the last time? Did you hide somewhere to cry at the loss of your flesh and blood? Or did you hold your head up high and pretend that everything was going to…
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The ideas are flowing…
It’s been difficult for me to gather together my thoughts and direction lately. While I’m still working and doing my PhD, I feel as if I’m beginning to straddle multiple worlds and am not yet certain how they are going to co-exist or if they can at all. World 1 For some time, I’ve felt…
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It’s time…
Well, for a while I’ve been contemplating really making an effort to make a go at a writing career. In college I began a novel that I worked on diligently every day for a few months and then… life got in the way and I put it aside. Throughout the years I’ve gone back to…
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_The Secret_
Some time last year a colleague received a copy of this book as a gift from his students. As he already had read it, he offered it to me. I had heard about it and all the hype that surrounded it when it first came out in 2006, but to be honest I was quite…
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_Three Cups of Tea_
I end my summer reading update with my favorite book of the summer. It takes me a while to get to anything that is popular or trendy because I tend to avoid conforming to what everyone else is doing at a specific time. However, I can now fully appreciate why everyone was raving about _Three…
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_The Help_
What a book! Recommended by my BFF to read and part of Oprah’s Book Club, I had recently considered reading this book, but wasn’t sure as I am still not sold on contemporary fiction – though from my summer reads, I’m not sure I can say that anymore! This novel by Kathryn Stockett was a…
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_Committed_ by Elizabeth Gilbert
_Committed_ by Elizabeth Gilbert _Eat Pray Love_ fans may not enjoy _Committed_ as much, but for me in the phase of my life I’m at right now, I thoroughly appreciated Elizabeth Gilbert’s research and discovery on marriage. Taking up where the love story ended in her previous novel, Gilbert shares the struggles she and Felipe…
