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Tag Archives: The Bridge Across Forever
Stuff I’ve Been Reading
Been a while since I’ve done one of these. — The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick I had never read her before. I was familiar with her as “Robert Lowell’s wife” – she shows up repeatedly in his correspondence with … Continue reading
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Tagged essays, fiction, Mae West, nonfiction, stuff I've been reading, The Bridge Across Forever
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The Books: “The Bridge Across Forever” (Richard Bach)
The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story – by Richard Bach. If you read a couple of the Amazon reviews on the re-release of this long-time NY Times bestseller – and the ultimate “soulmate” book – you start to … Continue reading
Soulmates: The Timeline
I’ve got soulmates on the brain. Soulmate essay 1 – the overview Soulmate essay 2 – Intro to Richard Bach So now I’m gonna talk, briefly, about how I got sucked into Richard Bach’s world (before I escaped, thank goodness.) … Continue reading

