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Birthdays ain’t what they used to be. Mine aren’t anyway. This year I did nothing, got nothing, and felt nothing. But that’s okay. (Actually, my husband got me a new desk chair, but we set that up weeks ahead of time.) What I’ve been doing this month mostly is writing with a little gardening on the side.
If you read one of my past newsletters with all that confusing stuff about Vocal, forget it. I’m not writing there anymore. It wasn’t worthwhile for me. I’ve been doing okay on Medium. The past few months, they handed out bonuses to their top 2,000 writers. The top thousand got $500 and the others $100. I got the $100 bonus for May and the $500 bonus for June.
July is the last month they are offering this particular incentive, so I’ve been writing like crazy, hoping I get enough reads to qualify again. Fingers crossed!
So, without further ado, here are some of my latest and greatest. I’m also adding a new feature, “From the Vault,” where I’ll post something I wrote a while back that you might have missed. Enjoy! And please remember to click the heart at the bottom of this page if you like what you’ve read. Thanks!
Cheers,
Denise
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Food
Anthony Bourdain’s 6 Secrets Chefs Don’t Want You To Know
Film
The Most Famous Film Goddess You Never Heard Of
Advice and Opinion
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
I Just Discovered a Really Bad Way to Lose Weight, But It Worked
The One Thing Nobody Plans for When They Get Older
Poetry
From the Vault
Five Ways Women Inventors Have Made a Difference In Your Life