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Apr.28.2013
I have just seen an elaborate production of The King and I at Resortsworld. Even my daughter, who is barely five, remained alert and interested for most of the play, thanks to the beautiful sets, even though all she understood was that it was about a teacher and children in a palace.
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Mar.29.2013
Not too long ago, I was interviewed for an article on strong female figures in literature. I was hard put to find any in contemporary realistic fiction. In our time, nearly all literary conflicts are internal and the strongest characters are shown with flaws and weaknesses so it becomes hard to say...
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Mar.19.2013
My daughter asked me to tell the story of "The Princess and the Pea" after seeing its title on the back of her Cinderella book. It's not one of my favorite fairy tales, as I've always found it rather simplistic and silly. Still, I gave it my best. " Once there was a prince who needed to marry a...
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Mar.16.2013
My mother's maid said when my cousin committed suicide that it was "uso"--that is, she had heard of a lot of people killing themselves lately. I dismissed that as absurd, but hearing that a University of the Philippines student had just poisoned herself, I have to think again about that. Last...
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Feb.13.2013
I hope this is the only time I'm going to review a mass for the dead. I will say that the priest who gave a mass for my relative who died said all the usual things that would have been appropriate on most occasions. That she was called by the Lord, who saw that she was suffering and took her...
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Feb.12.2013
I recently watched three movies based on favorite books of mine: Les Miserables, The Life of Pi, and Hunger Games. I don't think I've ever been fully satisfied by a film rendition of a book I loved. But I was largely satisfied by these movies.
I would have to say the negative reviews are right...
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Feb.11.2013
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. Norman Cousins
There are always people dying, but I think it is more poignant, more tragic to know that they died feeling their lives were worthless.
My father died recently. He had been rather...
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Jan.13.2013
This blog was occasioned by a review I just read basically trashing the film, insisting not only that the music was trite but the story and characters were no longer relevant.
Certainly, the nineteenth century is long past. There are few women who are innocents like Fantine and few men who are as...
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Jan.08.2013
My daughter went back to school today. Christmas break is officially over. I get to stay home, nevertheless I wish the Christmas season weren't over. Our holiday celebrations were far from perfect. And yet I loved them.
The trouble began with the Christmas lights. The string of stars kept falling...
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Jan.05.2013
Of all the comments I got on the gifts I gave for Christmas, the most memorable has to be the one from my brother-in-law. I picked out The Half-Life of Gregor Samsa for him. Well, actually I intended it for my mom, who loves Metamorphosis, but on reading the blurb I decided it was more suitable for...
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Dec.24.2012
It's 2:42 a.m. on Christmas morning and I finally feel I am done playing Santa. My husband stuck a few items he had bought for the children into their stockings, showed me his surprise present for me (a hardcover Madeline and the Cats of Rome, which recalled my own trip) then lay down and fell...
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Dec.14.2012
I have certain treasured shots which I never want to delete from my camera. I treasure them not just for the subject but how well they turned out. They are shots where everything turned out just right--the lighting, the background, the subject's pose. And I have to admit I can't take much credit...
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Dec.09.2012
I wasn't going to watch the Sting concert, not that I don't like Sting, but I objected to the original venue for practical reasons. It was almost three hours away, and with a baby still nursing late at night, I just couldn't see how I could go and watch. There was no way I was having my kids...
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Nov.20.2012
My digital publisher's accountant recently emailed me a report of the sales of my ebook, saying, "Should you have any questions, feel free to email me."
Well, as it happens, I had quite a few questions but ones that were too embarrassing to email her about. The first was those scary currency codes...
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This book contributes to the literature that gives voice to women by weaving together the stories of two female painters from different eras....
[S]ilent space in history is vividly recreated in the novel. ”
—Review: Woman in a Frame, Xi Zuq's Nook
About Raissa
As a child I loved to read fairy tales and myths and pore over art books. My writing now, mainly fiction, reflects these interests. My YA novel Woman in a Frame is an art novel, which may be downloaded from Amazon, Kobo, or Flipreads. I have also written a...
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