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August 06, 2009 08:35 PM EDT --   At last, my list of really odd street names has another item! For almost a year now, Lovely Johnson Lane in Annapolis, Maryland has been the sole occupant of this photo-list, despite pleas for . . . more
July 28, 2009 08:51 PM EDT -- As soon as I read the pet article's title, How Not to Lose Your Pet in Our Difficult Economy, my blood began to boil. Tips to prevent people strapped for cash from surrendering their pets to shelters, . . . more
July 09, 2009 09:08 PM EDT -- While visiting recently in my mother's kitchen, my brother mentioned that he hadn't received my monthly newsletter in a while. "Could it be the spam filter?" I asked him "Maybe you need to whitelist . . . more
Backyard Tragedy
by Cynthia Polansky
views: 7 | rating: 10 | comments: 1
June 18, 2009 08:19 PM EDT -- I was a student at George Washington University when I first heard Washington, DC described as "where local news is national news." Catchy, and true. I've lived most of my life in and around Washington . . . more
June 09, 2009 08:57 PM EDT --   Ah, remember the good old days, when the title phrase was an efficacious insult instead of the come-hither teen-speak Stephenie Meyer fans have come to associate with all things vampire. I'm . . . more
May 19, 2009 07:50 PM EDT -- Thus reads a WWI Navy recruiting poster. One look at the modern Navy tells us that we've come a long way, baby. Since a very young age, I'd wanted to join the Navy; its structure, solidarity, . . . more
May 07, 2009 08:11 PM EDT -- Those of you who read the Wasington Post Sunday magazine are familiar with columnist Gene Weingarten, whose perspective on everyday occurrences is laugh-out-loud funny. My favorite is from a few years . . . more
April 20, 2009 08:17 PM EDT -- April 21, 2009 is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, a memorial holiday brought to the forefront of contemporary American life with Steven Spielberg's 1994 film, Schindler's List . It . . . more
Burning Questions
by Cynthia Polansky
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April 06, 2009 08:10 PM EDT -- A few years ago I took a hiking trip through the Swiss and Austrian Alps. Breathtaking, as you can imagine. Dotted all over the slopes were lazy cows, relaxing in the sun and no doubt thinking to themselves, . . . more
April 06, 2009 08:06 PM EDT --   Among my list of burning, albeit random, life questions is, why the fly? What possible use is this creature in the grand scheme of things? This is a creature who seeks out manure, garbage, and . . . more
FEAR NOT THE SUCK ZONE!
by Cynthia Polansky
views: 5 | rating: 10
April 01, 2009 07:31 PM EDT -- Most of us know by now that an author's success is part skill, part determination, and part luck. The mystique of the published author rarely translates in real life to major celebrity and glamour. . . . more
March 18, 2009 01:37 PM EDT -- This week I am pleased to present the work of New York poet Irene Brodsky, who has graciously agreed to be a guest of Crossing Polansky . Enjoy! "IN MY DREAMS" I love him He doesn't . . . more
September 25, 2008 02:39 PM EDT -- I have just finished slogging through the pile of stuff I amassed at this year's BEA. I know, I know -- the show was in late May, but I prefer to think that I'm such a busy, successful writer, . . . more
December 29, 2007 01:41 PM EST -- Every woman has at least one body part she hates.  I have at least a dozen, but I'll stick to one.  My nose has always been too big to flatter my face, but not big enough to warrant a . . . more
 
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