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I wondered back in 2006, when I first saw today’s estate listed, if it was a bit overpriced. It turns out I might have been right, it has gone through a major price reduction since then. Luxist reader Ryan reminded me of Edge Wood in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is a massive six bedroom home which was built in 2002 and sits on the waterfront. It has two docks, three boat lifts and a sandy beach. The compound is over three acres and has more than 21,000 total square feet of space including a huge guest house. The home includes details such as a billiards room with a bar, a big art studio and a master suite with a wet bar. It is listed at $16 million, which is less than two-thirds the price it was two years ago when it was listed at $24.5 million.
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Yesterday, I talked about writing jobs for baby boomers. If you’ve always wanted to “WRITE” (whatever that means to you) and you have an idea of what you want to write, the ideal place to go for advice is successful authors. You don’t get any more successful than Stephen King. A Baby Boomer (born in 1947), King has written more than 39 novels under his own name, seven more as Richard Bachman, and pseudonyms and countless short stories. I’m currently reading his book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft for inspiration. And there is plenty of it in the book.
King tells his story of how he started writing as a youngster, how his wife Tabitha fished his draft of Carrie
out of the trash, and the rest is history. He also tells of his drug and alcohol addiction and his family’s intervention, and his life since then.
The advice comes in the second part of the book. If you want to write, here’s what King urges you to do:
1. Read. Read everything, good and bad. Read the bad so you can see why it’s bad. Read the good and consider what you’re reading. If you don’t read a lot, King states, you can’t be a good writer.
2. Write. All the time. Before his accident in 1999, King wrote each single day, 365 days a year, at least 2000 words a day. That’s commitment. If you don’t write a lot, you’re not a writer. King has slowed down a tiny (haven’t we all); he says to begin out, you should commit to writing 1000 words a day, at least 6 days a week. Can you do that?
I was inspired by King’s thoughts and advice. I have lots of things to write about. I’m committed to finding the time. Are you interested in writing? What have you done to make that happen? What kind of writing would you like to do?
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As I watched Governor Sarah Palin give her speech Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention, I was reminded of the Samuel Johnson quote about women preachers:
“… a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”
I’m surprised that anyone is surprised that a woman can give a “pit bull” speech. Why not? There are some, both women and men, who don’t like Sarah Palin, hence the “caribou barbie” moniker, and worse.
I for one am thrilled that there are two top-level women in the national spotlight. Hillary and Sarah represent both ends of the baby boomer spectrum; Hillary (born in 1947), is an “early” boomer; Sarah (born in 1964) is a “late” boomer. Both represent their ends of the generation well.
Governor Palin’s entrance onto the political scene should be considered a fantastic step forward for women in politics. In 1984, I chaired a conference on Women in Politics in Florida; our timing was great, of course, as Geraldine Ferraro stepped forward as the Democratic nominee for vice president. I’ve watched since then for more women to be called, but not until now, 24 years later, has that happened.
Baby boomer women were the first to step onto the national political stage in their own right. Let’s celebrate that achievement and quit taking pot-shots.
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