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Cockeyed: a memoir

The subject of my latest book cuts close to home: Cockeyed: a memoir is Ryan Knighton’s own story about his gradual loss of vision by retinitis pigmentosa.

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On a Personal Note

Rita MacNeil is a Canadian singer who is well-known across the country, but might not be a household name in the United States. Her autobiography

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Motivating force

Two and a half weeks have passed since I wrote my post about surpassing the magic number of 170 pounds. The scale was not wonky

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Duran Duran

This latest book review begs the question: Why did I just read that? I am a student of literature, I like to think of myself, pretentiously at times,

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I’m Still Here

Today I finished reading I’m Still Here, the third autobiography by Eartha Kitt, written in 1989. The life stories Kitt describes are as dramatic as the ones

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171.4

One is not supposed to ask a lady her age or her weight. There’s nothing against the rules if it’s the lady herself who does

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Moving and the Geek

This past weekend I was not working, yet the hopes I had of relaxing in front of my computer to watch past episodes of “Coronation Street”

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