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anniescholl
Nov 14, 20152 min read
Stop the War Within
It’s Day 4 of using my Fitbit to the fullest. Given what happened in Paris yesterday, it feels ridiculous, insignificant and narcissistic...
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anniescholl
Aug 28, 20152 min read
Cup of Life
My friend Nina gave them to us as a wedding present: two mugs that were made in Cameroon, a country that’s been called Africa’s...
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anniescholl
Aug 25, 20151 min read
Just Cut the Watermelon
The watermelon didn’t go bad. Today this feels like a personal victory. It’s not that it’s my job to make sure it doesn’t go bad, but I’m...
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anniescholl
Aug 25, 20152 min read
Life & Death
This blog posted on Huffington Post on 09-02-15. My friend is fighting for her life. Prayer requests are going out and prayers are going...
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anniescholl
May 22, 20153 min read
Sixty Days with OJ
Two months ago today, my 3-year-old grandboy Owen James and his mama left Iowa for North Carolina because his mama needed her mama. We...
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anniescholl
May 12, 20154 min read
Don’t Tell My Mother! Creator Tells Her Mother Everything
Originally posted on Huffington Post 05/07/2015 1:16 pm EDT In October 2011, Nikki Levy was 34 and had just broken up with her...
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anniescholl
May 9, 20153 min read
Wishing for One More Mother’s Day
I’m at a retreat center. I arrived Thursday afternoon and until about 7 Friday night, I had the place nearly to myself. I came for...
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anniescholl
May 1, 20151 min read
Making Space
Our cat Zaria loves a good windowsill. She doesn’t care that her ass is too big to fit in one. She gets what she can up on it and let’s...
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anniescholl
Apr 29, 20152 min read
The Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Yesterday didn’t start out well. Owen, my 3-year-old grandson, was parked in front of the TV because his mama didn’t feel well and his...
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anniescholl
Apr 27, 20154 min read
Maria Bello’s Whatever… Love Is Love Lives in the Question
Originally published on HuffPost Books 04/27/15 By Annie L. Scholl She kept them under her bed — a hundred or more journals she had...
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anniescholl
Apr 25, 20155 min read
Author Patrice Vecchione on unity.org
By Annie L. Scholl for unity.org. Patrice Vecchione’s latest book, Step Into Nature (Atria Books/Beyond Words, $16) was released on...
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anniescholl
Apr 25, 20154 min read
I’m a Woman Who Loves a Woman, but Don’t Call Me a Lesbian
Originally published in Huff Post Gay Voices 12/05/2013 I’m a writer, a mother, a grandmother, and a woman in love with a woman. But...
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anniescholl
Apr 24, 20151 min read
About Annie Scholl
Annie Scholl is a writer, photographer and speaker who is passionate about living fully awake. Her desire is to help people discern what...
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anniescholl
Apr 24, 20153 min read
Stop Fighting to Legalize Discrimination
Originally posted in HUFFPOST GAY VOICES02/25/2015 2:43 pm EST I don’t have time for this. I have clients waiting for web pages I’m...
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anniescholl
Apr 24, 20153 min read
Abigail Thomas on Why She Hopes This Is Her Last Memoir
Originally published in HuffPost Books 3/17/15 Brief Interviews is a series in which writers discuss language, literature, and a handful...
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anniescholl
Apr 24, 20154 min read
Why It Matters Who Ellen Page Loves
Originally published in HUFFPOST GAY VOICES, 02/18/2014 Yet another famous person, this time the adorable actress Ellen Page, has come...
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anniescholl
Apr 16, 20154 min read
Beth Kephart: Living a ‘Small Life’ Is Big
Originally published in HuffPost Books 4/16/2015 Brief Interviews is a series in which writers discuss language, literature, and a...
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anniescholl
Oct 14, 20145 min read
Finding the Courage to Ask for Help
Toni Aldrich Church loved her breasts. They were 36 DD. They defined her femininity. “They were the eye-catcher,” she said. She took care...
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anniescholl
Aug 17, 20143 min read
Hating the Hate in Showtime’s “L Word Mississippi”
Disturbing. Beautiful. Compelling. Provocative. I wanted it to be over—and I didn’t want it to end. That’s my succinct review of “L Word...
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anniescholl
Aug 12, 20142 min read
Making Sense of the Senseless
I don’t know Robin Williams, but like everyone else, I feel like I did. So when I heard the news that he had died of an apparent suicide,...
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