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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: Why I Took A Break From Posting On This Blog: Death & Near-Death
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Friday, August 10, 2012. Why I Took A Break From Posting On This Blog: Death and Near-Death. I haven't posted on this blog for awhile, not since mid-April. It wasn't because I was lazy. It was because, to paraphrase John Lennon, Life had other plans. My mother died and my leg was broken when I was hit by pick-up truck while on my bike (that's in order of importance, but not chronological.). Thought my mother wou...
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: April 2013
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Monday, April 29, 2013. Helaine Olen, POUND FOOLISH and Les Leopold, HOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR. Helaine Olen talks about her exposé of the personal finance industry, POUND FOOLISH: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry and Les Leopold discusses his new book HOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America’s Wealth. Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: Ilie Wacs and Deborah Strobin, AN UNCOMMON JOURNEY & Eyal Press, BEAUTIFUL SOULS
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Thursday, April 19, 2012. Ilie Wacs and Deborah Strobin, AN UNCOMMON JOURNEY and Eyal Press, BEAUTIFUL SOULS. Painting by Ilie Wacs. It's Holocaust Remembrance Day (U.S.) - a good day to think about what it takes to rescue the persecuted. Eyal Press' book, Beautiful Souls. On this week's Writer's Voice. Listen to the show here. Ilie Wacs and Deborah Strobin. But brother and sister Ilie Wacs and Deborah Strobin h...
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: January 2012
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Sunday, January 15, 2012. From Corporate Empire to Compassionate Capitalism: A Conversation With John Perkins. In his books and articles. Has outlined the predations of what he calls the corporatocracy, including the impoverishment of Third World nations and the financial implosions in the mature industrial economies. His latest book, Hoodwinked. Friday, January 13, 2012. Citizen Power Goes Solar. January 2, 200...
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: February 2012
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Thursday, February 16, 2012. Whole Foods and Wholly Conscious Capitalism. This originally posted at CSRwire. What does it take for a company to follow Conscious Capitalism? As I discussed in my previous post Does Conscious Capitalism Leave Retail Workers Behind? The National Retail Associations Big Show held in New York City last week was thought provoking in more ways than one. This post originally published.
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: Dying Lessons
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Sunday, April 21, 2013. In reading over my last post, I realize I still haven't explained the "raging inside" comment in this series of posts about my mother, Frances Alenikoff, during her last days and after. Maybe I'll get to it this time. Maybe I won't. So, dear reader, I'll serve up the ire when the time is right. But today, I want to talk about dying. I Can't Figure Out How To Die". I asked. "It's not t...
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: December 2011
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Friday, December 30, 2011. On CSRwire Talkback: Top Seven CSR Stories of 2011. Top Seven CSR Stories of 2011: Halos and Horns. This post first appeared on CSRwire Talkback on December 28, 2011. 2011 could well go down in history as the year that CSR began to go mainstream. Could just well be the touchstone for the year. Ten Best Writers Voice Interviews of 2011. On WRITERS VOICE This Week. Subscribe To This Blog.
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: Province of the Heart: A Memoir
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Province of the Heart: A Memoir. Roman hill near the village. I settled in a tiny village of no more than one hundred souls, in the shadow of the plateau where the great Provencal writer Jean Giono. My memoir of my sojourn in Provence is a work-in-progress. Feel free to comment on what you read here. I will be posting chapters as I work on them, in no particular order. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Learning From F...
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist: The Ripening of Mourning
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Francesca Rheannon, Journalist. A blog of my commentary, radio work, and creative nonfiction. Sunday, April 14, 2013. The Ripening of Mourning. Frances on her 91st birthday with me and my granddaughter. The last time I posted here, it was two and a half months after my mother, Frances Alenikoff, passed away. In that post, I came right up to the hardest edge of grief - and ended before crossing over into it. My post ended on a loving note - it's last word is "joy.". Is This My Bedroom? Some parts of The P...