Category: Lori’s Story
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Happy Pub Day for Hair Story!
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, first, thank you all for your kind comments regarding my last post. It really warmed my heart to hear from so many of you. Thankfully, many things are going well in my life, including everyone’s health. But what I’m really excited about is that today is the pub day for my…
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Hair Story Gets a New Look!
Hi Meltingpot Readers, I’m sure you all don’t want to hear all of the backstage drama that goes into getting a book published. Once the book is written and sold to a publisher it should be all smooth sailing, but no. There’s so much more minutiae that can make you wonder why you got into…
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Kinky Gazpacho The Movie! An Update
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, I got another update about the progress of Kinky Gazpacho the movie. If you recall from the last time I wrote about it, a Spanish actor had reached out to me to tell me he wanted to play the role of el esposo. Apparently his enthusiasm was a wee bit premature,…
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Talking About Trayvon Martin with My Sons
Hi Meltingpot Readers, I know some of you don’t live in the United States, but still you’re probably aware that all eyes are on a particular courtroom in Sanford, Florida right now. Newspapers, social media, the nightly news and everybody’s grandma is talking about the Zimmerman trial as the lawyers wrap up their closing arguments…
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“I Love Lucy” – I Met My BFF in Morocco
In the summer of 1989, I lived in Morocco as an exchange student. I was an AFS student and truly believed that my life would be changed by immersing myself in another culture. And it was. Living in Casablanca with my host family — three brothers and eight sisters ranging in age from 33 to 6 —…
