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Make this season ‘virtual,’ & it can still be ‘Merry’!

Here’s a true story I write two decades ago … Happy Holidays from Pat …                         VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS In A Miracle Under the Tree: Real Stories of Hope, Faith and the True Meaning of Christmas © Harlequin 2012 By Pat Hanson www.invisiblegrandparent.com Facebook.com/Stillness My […]

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BETTER THAN ON BROADWAY: Watch Bruce Springsteen free on Netflix!

BETTER THAN ON BROADWAY: Watch Bruce Springsteen free on Netflix!

Bruce, the “man,” just finished a sold out six-week solo performance in New York city’s Springsteen on Broadway. Those who were able to get tickets for hundreds of dollars had to squint from their seats to see that jaw, that face, and hear that voice melodically put his powerful message before them. But thanks to […]

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A SAD MANIFESTATION OF IMPERMANENCE -November 9, 2018

A SAD MANIFESTATION OF IMPERMANENCE -November 9, 2018

I am playing the Phil Collins song “Another Day in Paradise” … as I write this. There is no way to know how many of 30,000 heeded the evacuation calls only to discover that there is no town they lived in to return to. My prayers go out to all affected. All we have is […]

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HOUSE OF CARDS BACK FOR IT’S FINAL SEASON … could any of it ever be true?

HOUSE OF CARDS BACK FOR IT’S FINAL SEASON … could any of it ever be true?

Yes, and my husband and I needing our sleep at our age, have binge watched on Netflix all but three of its nightmare producing final eight episodes. No coincidence this award winning series was released during election week. Robin White as executive producer works with a stellar writing team that differs for each dark episode […]

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Jane Fonda Still Pushing Forward

Jane Fonda Still Pushing Forward

September 25, 2018 One of my s/heroes has just released her history (her/story) as an HBO film: JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS. No accident this coincides with my continued writing of my own memoir In Search of a Significant Equal. There are so many similarities to my own life that parallel Jane’s 1985 autobiography My […]

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It’s Grandparents Day …

Here is how Hillside Church in Atlanta celebrated it in a daily meditation. Whether you can be with your descendants or not, send them vibrations of love and empowerment. Friday, September 7, 2018 I AM GRATEFUL FOR GRANDPARENTS Grandparents shower love that is almost beyond words. Simply put, they reveal the face of God in […]

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Shameless Self-Promotion

Header: New Book & Free Gifts Dear Reader : My latest book is now available! I am sharing a limited offer with you for doing me the favor of writing a registered review. My memoir, In Search of Stillness: My Final Frontier published by Balboa Press, a division of Hay House, Inc., details with candor […]

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May John McCain's Funeral Unite US All

May John McCain’s Funeral Unite US All

I like funerals better than weddings because the odds of success (i.e. being in a better place permanently) are greater, and participants generally speak only well of the deceased. Today’s ceremony in Washington D.C.’s National Cathedral was spectacular! They say perfection is an illusion, but this meticulously planned event was the best one I’ve attended […]

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W IS FOR WELCOME: A Celebration of America’s Diversity

This an important book from a friend and prolific local author … support it and him, we need this message now. Thank you again for your support for our “Dump Trump” book on Kickstarter during the 2016 election. It’s been a LONG two years, but I wanted you know that I continue to try to […]

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Poetry for Estranged Parents & Grandparents

Poetry for Estranged Parents & Grandparents

A MISSING CHILD – JESSICA VALDEZ   A missing child I never knew a broken heart could keep on breaking. You keep on sending your love, but no one’s there to take it. Rivers of tears keep a steady flow… But no one’s there to know. You who I want to see… All of what […]

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Glorious Women Never Age (???)

We all age … what we need is a way to get used to it.

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A Good Way to Celebrate Mother’s Day even for the Estranged

Just letting you know about “My Mother’s Keeper”—play at the Cherry now thru May 27. It deals directly with the topic of grandparenting—great humor and many heartfelt moments! Sun. 2pm matinee plus Fri & Sat. 7:30. I’m going to the 2pm Sunday the 13th Mother’s Day, get your tickets and I’ll see you there: My […]

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TALKING WITH KIDS ABOUT GENDER

TALKING WITH KIDS ABOUT GENDER

I am proud to direct you to my newest article in GRANDmagazine.com http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/grand/20180506/index.php#/3 – be sure to look to the top of THE TABLE OF CONTENTS for a great image of talking with kids about gender and click the read more for some suggestions on the next page. Electronic reading takes some nimble skills but […]

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What Would Martin Luther King Say?

It was PEACE that MLK is heralded for. Yes MLK would honor all non-violent paths to it.

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