Author, A. J. Llewellyn

Current mood:  bouncy
Category: Life

My love for Hawaii is no secret to anyone who has ever read my books. My passion encompasses the island’s myths, its spiritual history and its monarchy, of which I feel fiercely protective.
So it came as a shock today when I saw an item on Ebay claiming to be the last Queen, Lili’uokalani’s [...]

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Current mood:  amused
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

So with the economic slump still in force (no matter what the TV pundits claim) I took a catering job this week and found it was grueling but fun work. I am a food whore so this was also a side benefit, free eats.
I was amazed at the array of catering [...]

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Current mood:  determined
Category: Life

My author buddy Stephani Hecht and I have become obsessed with the TV show “Hoarders.” It is my one guilty pleasure along with “American Idol” that I allow myself each week. I’ve mostly given up TV to accommodate my deadline crunch so when I do watch, I’m like a happy little kid playing [...]

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When the Bucket List Delivers
Current mood:  blessed
Category: Life

 
Last year, when the world went mad compiling Bucket Lists (you know, must-do things before we die) it bugged me that what had been at the top of my list the previous year – to see Don Ho, my ultimate, all-time music hero perform live – had to be [...]

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The Love Bottle
Current mood:  blustery
Category: Life

One of my dearest, closest friends (let’s call him Steve) works for a millionaire who gave his employees a Christmas gift of a Love Bottle. My friend Steve was devastated. He’s worked just over a year for this guy, working long hours but earning a low salary in a job in [...]

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Current mood:  blissful
Category: Life

It’s my turn to blog at The Many Shades of Life and Love and here is what I posted…
I have so much to be thankful for this year and I am kinda excited it’s my turn at the wheel here at The Many Shades of Life and Love on this special day because [...]

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Current mood:  blissful
Category: Life

 
I had a wonderful experience Sunday that I feel has forever changed me. I am a Buddhist and my west valley division of the SGI International branch of Buddhism is the first to create an Art Department.
Sunday was our first big meeting and I was overwhelmed that so many people came out to [...]

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Like a lot of people who move to sunny California, I became swept up in the New Age craze the second my feet hit the ground at LAX. In 1984, when I arrived to attend school, I was consumed with anything and everything American. My dad’s girlfriend at the time followed a guru who claimed [...]

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It’s happened to all of us.
You hear from somebody out of the blue…they’ve reached back to the future and send you an email. You smile, open it and scan down and it’s another friggin’ chain letter. You know the ones.
They have a vaguely uplifting message about self-worth. Often there’s a mention of candles, saints, angels…whatever.
And [...]

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 Current mood:  contemplative
Category: Life
I’m disturbed by the rising number of men and women who kill their children before – and sometimes not – killing themselves. With so many people I know clamoring for kids of their own it sickens and angers me that some parents feel they have the right to take their children’s lives. [...]

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