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Caution: Mermaid Crossing
This blog (including pages of interest as an author/speaker/workshop presenter)
is a companion to my upcoming collection of essays titled,
Caution: Mermaid Crossing, Voyages of a Motherless Daughter - Passing through a sea of adversity,
she overcomes a life unimaginable by crossing into the world of ethereal beauty and mermaid magic.
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Valerie Anne Burns
Jul 7, 2018
Runaway Retreat
Since my manuscript was taunting me and I couldn't seem to get a footing to launch into the daunting revision notes from my editor, I...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Jun 5, 2018
My Manuscript is Taunting Me
There it sits. After years of work and literally blood sweat and tears, (including gallons of fluid post-surgeries) I have a draft. A...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Apr 30, 2018
Off Kilter, On Track
"Off Kilter On Track" Written for Daughters Against Breast Cancer - www.daughtersagainstbc.org Finally blessed with a steady rain storm...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Apr 30, 2018
Off Kilter, On Track
"Off Kilter On Track" Written for Daughters Against Breast Cancer - www.daughtersagainstbc.org Finally blessed with a steady rain storm...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Apr 13, 2018
Stories Of Us - Santa Barbara Project
"This is a story of a warrior, a survivor, and an outstanding community member. Valerie Burns has written an unflinching book about her...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Mar 8, 2018
What Mysteries and Meanings Are in a Last Name?
My last name of Burns passed from dad, his father before him and so on is of Scottish heritage. I carry the Scottish name and history....
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Valerie Anne Burns
Jan 22, 2018
Am I Crazy?
It's entirely possible that I'm a little crazy; perhaps even driven to that place. This should not be confused with being referred to as,...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Dec 19, 2017
Holiday Firestorm
The familiar holiday decorations are up in downtown Santa Barbara, but their glow has been dimmed not only from smoke and ash, but a...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Nov 25, 2017
A Need for Breath and Breeze
(Formerly "Breeze Bliss"-Re-written and updated for the times) I don't know about you, but I have to remind myself to take deep breaths...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Oct 28, 2017
Everything Happens for a Reason?
Rumi's quotes have a way of being especially profound to me. He is a beloved figure for good reason. Although he was a poet, mystic, and...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Sep 4, 2017
Tricky Despair and a Full Moon Over the Ocean
When 11:00 a.m. arrives on a Sunday, I do what I can to be in my car and listen to "The Moth" NPR (88.7) out of LA. A few weeks ago, I...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Jul 11, 2017
There are Those Times
I'll admit it, I go through periods when I want to isolate and disappear. It is these very episodes where I feel permission to admit my...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Jun 17, 2017
Differences, Division, United
It fascinates me to observe the differences in all of us. We human beings have two legs, two arms, bodies, brains, ears and eyes. What's...
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Valerie Anne Burns
May 29, 2017
Living Through Color
When I first walked in the unit I've now moved into, my eye went straight to the industrial white semi gloss walls everywhere. Semi gloss...
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Valerie Anne Burns
May 16, 2017
Seven, Seven, Seven
For the last several weeks, the number seven has been on my mind after realizing how much it's come up. I've had seven surgeries...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Apr 24, 2017
Whatever it Takes
I have found that whatever gift you can give yourself to lift the spirits, however small the budget, eases anxiety or sadness when life...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Apr 6, 2017
Organic Warrior
It was the 80’s, and I had recently moved to LA where I caught the movie business bug. At the time, I was working for Cheryl Ladd as an...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Mar 29, 2017
A Need for Breath and Breeze
Breeze Bliss (updated) I don't know about you, but I have to remind myself to take deep breaths since I gasp for breath in these...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Mar 20, 2017
Stories
We all have our stories to tell. I've been interested in stories since I was a young child. I wanted to be in the home of others to see...
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Valerie Anne Burns
Mar 8, 2017
Morning Ritual
It is ritual that grounds me; chasing away despair, stress, obsessive thoughts and concerns from the sphere of my heart and mind. Several...
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