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About bridgetstraub

Author, Artist & Mom. First novel "Searching for My Wand" was published in December 2011

How To Offend Without Even Trying

I am obsessing, which annoys me no end. Late last night I received an IM on Facebook from someone that I don’t know personally, but with whom I have been Facebook “Friends” for several months if not a year already. … Continue reading

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Signs!

“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign…” Does anybody else remember that song? It’s from my childhood and that’s about all I can remember of it. I think there may have been something about a hippie being told to cut his hair. … Continue reading

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Breathe!

When my sister and I first moved to Los Angeles, we made our living doing childcare out of our house. One mom used to be into various new age beliefs, and I remember her telling her child (who couldn’t have … Continue reading

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Motherhood

Motherhood is the greatest rollercoaster ever invented, although to be fair, to all of the fathers out there I should probably say parenthood in general is a rollercoaster ride. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, however, and I am a single mother, … Continue reading

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Look on the Bright Side

I have a friend I sometimes walk with in the mornings. We message each other on Facebook as to whether or not we will be meeting up on particular days. Thus the reason I go to Facebook in the mornings. … Continue reading

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Leaving My Imprint

When I went to Women Who Write last week and saw Kevin Pollak, it was mentioned that he has an online chat show. You can find it here; http://www.youtube.com/user/kevinpollakschatshow I watched an episode last night with Jon Favreau, whom I … Continue reading

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This Is Who I Am

My stomach is in knots and I don’t know if that’s just stress over our current financial situation, or if it’s because we are on the cusp of a huge shift. I feel as though it’s the latter, but then … Continue reading

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Screenings

We were invited to a screening of the new Tyler Perry film, Peeples, last night at Lionsgate, thanks to my daughter’s school. It was in Santa Monica so we gave ourselves plenty of time to deal with rush hour traffic. … Continue reading

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Another Day of Inspiration

I’ve just spent the morning with musicians, actors and writers. In other words, I was fortunate enough to attend another of Vicki Abelson’s Women Who Write Salons. Today’s guests were Michael Des Barres and Kevin Pollak. Michael is British, and … Continue reading

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Z is for Zoo

I am not a huge animal person. I have nothing against them, but suffice to say you will not find me spending my days posting a million adorable animal pictures on Facebook or Pinterest. That said, I have children, so … Continue reading

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