Right now I’m hooked on books by Roland Merullo. I’ve read Breakfast with Buddha, Lunch with Buddha, and Dinner with Buddha and am now in the middle of American Savior. Good stuff.   Merullo is an enjoyable writer to hang with…thought-provoking, too, which is always good.   The Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner books comprise a…

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My Amazon review of TIPPI: A Memoir ‘TIPPI’ is Top Notch Tremendous By Kristine M. Smith on December 2, 2016 Although Tippi Hedren always been a hero (and champion) of mine since the first day we talked on the phone and she welcomed my “serval son” Deaken and me into her life at the Shambala…

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Into Carolyn’s Kelley scrapbook, she had copied a poem: Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly Lightly, tightly How do I know Whether I’m killing or letting you go? I think this poem resonated with her because she was insecure . Her troubled upbringing–by a cold, calculating single mother who withheld…

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HORRORS! I did a search on Kristine M. Smith + goodreads an hour or so ago and was appalled to find a listing that purported to offer FREE copies of my book DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best.   My Red Alert Backup Team,…

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I’ve just read a fascinating, compelling book: A Complaint-Free World. Written by Will Bowen, it’s about his campaign to turn complaining on its head… and it’s working in literally millions of lives.   What’s intriguing about the book’s value is that even people who consider themselves largely “complaint-free” can’t get through a single day without…

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