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Twilight’s Renesme is Cast for “Breaking Dawn” Movie
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Donna Freitas
In my opinion, Renesmee, the part-human, part-vampire spawn of Bella and Edward (and really, I think spawn is the right word), is the creepiest, oddest character of everyone in Meyer’s “Twilight Saga.” Renesmee disturbs me and so many readers mostly because of how her birth takes place in “Breaking Dawn” (think ‘Rosemary’s Baby’), clawing, and…
Study Shows that Meditation is Good for your Health
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Donna Freitas
Just the other day I posted about how meditation and happiness are connected, and the new book “Why Meditate” makes a case for how the practice fosters such positive outcomes. Now today in the Science section of The New York Times I read about how meditation, or at least certain “meditative poses” that one practices…
Meditate Your Way to Happiness
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Donna Freitas
Meditation does not make me happy. Maybe it’s because I’m not very good at it, though. Off and on throughout the last decade, I’ve dedicated myself to practicing daily mindfulness (for example) of the Tich Nhat Han variety, and usually by the end of my mindfulness for the day, I’m even less peaceful than when…
Hilarious Twilight Spoof in The Onion
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Donna Freitas
I love “The Onion,” but never more than when they spoof on Twilight, especially since they always do so in good fun (and not maliciously) and always in such hilariously creative ways. Earlier this year they published the article, “Woman Married To Fat, Emotionally Distant Vampire Escapes Into ‘Twilight’ Novels” which is a must if…
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