Sad Angels
Three days before Christmas and I haven’t done any shopping except for food, and nor do I intend to. This time it’s by choice, not circumstance. We’ve an Audi and a BMW in the driveway and we are not rushing to drive or fly anywhere. We can be right here at home with each other. […]
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Leave a Legacy of Love, Now! FREE performance Nov 21st
PRESS RELEASE: For Calendars &/or a Feature – Questions: Pat Hanson, 831-601-9195 – phanson@csumb.edu What: LEAVE A LEGACY OF LOVE, NOW! A pre-holiday Happy Hour Special of storytelling, music & inspiration When: Friday, November 21st 4:30 p.m. Where: Vista Lounge, 7th floor – Park Lane Senior Living , 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey, CA 93940 How: […]
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Promotion does not equal Profit … An Independent Author’s Taile
Promotion & Platform MAY NOT EQUAL PROFIT: An Independent Author’s Tale (c) Pat Hanson, Ph.D After the cases of my first book arrived, I held one misty-eyed in my hands. I’d done it. My four-decade dream of seeing my words in print had come true. When I first read Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying in […]
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Visible means VISIBLE these Days OMG! : The Sequel to Invisible Grandparenting
Back in July I blogged of my apprehensions about being a REAL grandparent, and bringing anyone into this troubled world these days. I called the outdoor pool where I’d seen dozens of toddlers and parents doing the hokey-pokey with babes in arms: “breeder city.” I both was horrified and empathized at what these innocent young […]
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Still is Still Movin’
Slow to wake this morning. 8:45 rolled around pretty quickly after the fresh fruit and yogurt breakfast my husband made for us. I read my Science of Mind Magazine meditation, and Marc Nepo’s daily treat of poetry and wisdom from The Book of Awakening; but my body wanted to go back to sleep. Yet something […]
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I am a REAL Grandparent: Sierra Neva Jones arrived!
Well folks … now I get to blog about “the real thang!” One year and one week from their wedding up at the ski resort where they met, my firstborn and his lovely bride Nicole gave birth to Sierra Neva … 6lbs 11 oz. STAY TUNED as I follow this new uncharted territory … […]
...read moreInteractive On-line Workshop: Leave a Legacy of Love Now – Sat 9_27 9amPDT 12EDT
My First Interactive Workshop… Next Saturday:VIRTUAL GRANDPARENTING – Sept. 27, 2014 – 9am-11am Pacific Time: LEAVE A LEGACY OF LOVE, NOW! A Virtual Grandparenting Workshop Saturday, September 27, 2014 Noon till 2PM EDT On-line: Go to http://yanavcsl.org and enter the Sanctuary Registration: Voluntary $ Love offering Questions: pat@invisiblegrandparent.com 831-601-9195 *Do you “know in your bones” […]
...read moreReluctant Real Grandparent
July 7th 2014 – Reluctant Real Grandparent – The Sequel to Invisible Grandparenting My “daughter-in-law,” whose beautiful wedding to my firstborn son was the epilogue to my first book: Invisible Grandparenting, is now six months pregnant … with a girl! One would think that after all the pain of separation I’d worked so hard […]
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Great Grandma Sitting
“They should send GW over there to Iraq right now to see the mess he created,” my 88 year mother-in-law said, squinting at the 6:00 news, turning up the volume, waiting for the 7-8:00 p.m. version filtered through her favorite newscaster: John Stewart on The Comedy Channel.” I’ve been doing ‘Omama-care’ for ten days […]
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Book Awarded at Los Angeles Book Festival Contest
Invisible Grandparenting, my first book, won its first award: an Honorable Mention in the non-fiction category in an independent authors and film-makers contest! It means I got to go to Los Angeles, pick up a plaque, and pitch my book for one minute (that’s a trick) before other award winners and hopefully agents at the […]
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