Day 7 - Bitter Sweet Parting From Casa Tua Vaticano
I'm sad to leave my hotel where I stayed for seven days, mostly because I will miss the owners (and life partners} Tommaso and Massimo,...
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
- 4 days ago
Day 6 - St. Peter's Cathedral Cupola Experience
Today, my friend, Millena and I went back to St. Peter's Square to enter the cathedral. It is a both overwhelming and a grand, majestical...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- 5 days ago
Day 5 - St. Peter's Square
Today, I decided to make the journey to St Peter's Square, which is walking distance from my hotel. On the way, I stopped at a local cafe...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- 6 days ago
Day 4 - Zipping Around Rome in a Golf Cart
There are times when the expression: "A picture speaks a thousand words", this is one of those times and this blog will have several...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Sep 30
Day 3 - Restful in Roma
Today I'm taking some time to rest a bit. I'm still recoverig from a long travel journey with no sleep and of course, the nine hour time...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Sep 29
Day 2 - My Birthday
Today is my birthday and I am celebrating it in Roma. Not too shabby. I actually slept in later than I thought and it was a Today needed...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Sep 28
Day 1 - Jet Lagged and Jubilant
From Santa Barbara to Roma via Barcelona was a 24-hour journey door-to-door. Some of this was due to the advice I received from Santa...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Sep 12
Please Excuse Excessive Email Faux Pas
My sincere apologies for filling up your inbox. Blogs were moved over from my old blog site to Wix in this process of set-up and ,...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Sep 4
Just Around the Corner is Another Special Journey
I'm visualizing myself in Rome wandering the beautiful cobblestone streets just like the one in the photo. I'll pause to take in the...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Aug 21
I'm Ready to Fly Away
It's time for a change. I'm ready to fly the coop. I have been working my tail off and find myself in a daze. I need a break and Rome...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Jul 17
Why Are We Going Backwards?
How do we remain hopeful in these unprecedented times? Personally, I am not coping well. Everyday and everywhere, there is tragedy,...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Jun 18
A Writer's Life
As I’ve muddled my way through and, at times, flowed through my writing life, it’s obvious that I’m on a roller coaster. Rejection,...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- May 9
Revision for Hope in Spring Carries On
Spring arrives regardless of a dead-dry drought Even as gusty winds ignite imposing flames. April only knows to bring hope into our...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Mar 27
Limbo, Chaos, and Cats
Lucia Fortuna Since I was a very little girl, cats have been my refuge and a source of deep affection. After losing my mother at the age...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Jan 14
Where is the Muse and Better News?
There's a reason life has been known to be a roller coaster ride. It certainly has been that for me. I find the muse, I find the joy, and...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Oct 21, 2021
The Journey to Being Published in Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
One of the more difficult things for a writer to do is hang in there, to persevere amongst all the rejection. The percentage of rejection...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Aug 21, 2021
What the Hell is Happening?
(End of August blog with a strong build-up need to express!) How does one take it all in? Oh how I yearn to be a Pollyanna by nature. But...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Jul 14, 2021
Sorry, No Longer Accepting Breadcrumbs
It took such a long time to realize that I deserve a lot more in life than breadcrumbs... an embarrassingly long time. It was in therapy...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- May 21, 2021
Your Bed
For this month's blog, I'm sharing a published essay in HerStry Literary Journal from my book, Caution: Mermaid Crossing, Voyages of a...
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Valerie Anne Burns
- Mar 8, 2021
Reminiscing About Italy Has Been a Favorite Way of Distraction During Covid
Reminiscing About Italy Has Been a Favorite Way of Distraction During Covid Lerici in Liguria, Italy--October, 2019 (Poem about returning...
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