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Comfort food
At the moment I must work a lot, using a great deal of energy and urgently requiring comfort at intervals, so it’s no wonder I turn to the pantry and the fridge on a regular basis.…
Telephone
I’ve been awaiting the music video of “Telephone” by Lady Gaga and Beyonce. It’s one of my favorite songs right now, and you can always count on Gaga to bring some crazy originality to her videos.…
Harlequin's More than Words + Giveaway!
If, like me, you read a fair amount of Harlequin novels or you’ve ended up on the company’s mailing list, you’ve probably seen flyers in recent years touting Harlequin’s More than Words program and the annual…
Go Me! Well, Not Really.
This weekend I took part in a duathlon. That’s the self-congratulatory part. But I didn’t do the whole thing. That’s the other part. So what happened was this: A colleague had signed…
Yearly Health Nag
Long-time visitors to AAR After Hours may know what’s coming. Yes, it’s time for my yearly health nag about mammograms. This past week, I went in for my yearly diagnostic mammogram, which marked my hitting the…
Force-Feeding Romance: I’m Already Full, Thank You
One of the things romance readers share is the undeniable fact that we are all readers. And, as the dedicated readers we all are, we are passionate about the books we love. And, in that passion,…
In Defense of the First-Person Narrator
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again… From the first time I read Rebecca, these words have been pure magic to me. Though the people around her never even call her by name, this…