Bald and bearded: hot or not?

Dear ,When I met Mr. Bloom, fourteen years ago, he had a beard. And a full head of hair.Just over ten years ago, he joined our local fire department. Hooray! for volunteer service. Boo! that he had to shave his beard.Although him maintaining his bear...

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Mar 22, 2021
what's your 'go to' quote when things are tough?

"We all need somebody to lean on." ~Bill Withers, Lean on Me (1972)Dear ,My computer monitor is framed by 22 post-it notes, taped like a border around it. Some are reminders about which email address to use to log in to different author accounts. One...

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Mar 07, 2021
do you make luck, {{contact.first_name}}?

โ€œWhen it comes to luck, you make your own.โ€ ~Bruce SpringsteenHello ,As we approach the one year anniversary of life-as-we-knew-it-taking-an-unexpected-turn, I've been reflecting on how much my work day has changed since the time before I ever heard...

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Feb 28, 2021
a little psychology to brighten your day

This one simple action takes twelve seconds and can give you a hit of feel good hormones every time you open an email.... honest!Dear Charming ,Several months ago I was cleaning up my contact list, removing the emails of people who never open my mes...

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Feb 22, 2021
bright, brave or beautiful?

Dear Charming ,Today when I was tidying my contact database, I noticed that you haven't been getting my emails since November. You may not have noticed, but you did join my list, so I assume you have some interest in my messages. I'm so sorry for hav...

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Feb 21, 2021
bright, brave or beautiful?

Dear charming ,Several months ago I was cleaning up my contact list, removing the emails of people who never open my messages. (Rude!) As I scanned the list of names one jumped out at meโ€”a contact who'd called herself 'Charming Natasha'.As it happens...

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Feb 20, 2021
T-minus 10! Are you coming to my live reading?

Hey !In case you'd planned to come to the reading I'm doing from First In: A steamy, small-town firefighter romance and lost track of time, or lost the link, here it is again:Join Danika's ReadingThe room is open and folks are chatting about this-and...

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Feb 15, 2021