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FRIENDS OF MINE author and GenXer Elisa Lorello navigates marriage and midlife as a Duran Duran fan
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Dancing When the Bomb Drops is two years old! (opens the original)
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Two years ago on this date, I launched this Substack series, Dancing When the Bomb Drops.The title of
What’s going on with Elisa (opens the original)
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If you’re reading this, then you’re a paid subscriber to Dancing When the Bomb Drops, and I cannot adequately express my gratitude to you for supporting this work that I love to do.I also want to welcome the new subscribers and include you in my gratitude and appreciation. This is what I call the “newslettery newsletter” part of this series.All the woo people—and I am one of the woo people—have said that the period between the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse was like being stuck in a vacuum.
The rest of my life, as soon as possible (opens the original)
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It’s no secret that When Harry Met Sally… is my favorite movie, and while there are so many quotable lines and scenes (“Baby fishmouth! Baby fishmouth!”), the one that ruined me both as a writer and a romantic, in the best way possible, is this:<source type="i
Duran Duran, Friends of Mine, and book sales: a love story (opens the original)
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Welcome, new subscribers! Thank you for being here and supporting this work I’m deliciously in love with. To learn more about Dancing When the Bomb Drops, you can read the inaugural post. You can also learn more about me here.Today is Duran Duran Appreciation Day.For those not in the know, yes, it’s an actual day, and we Duranies have been celebrating for at least 20 years. (A quick Google search says its first appearance was 2003; I admittedly have
After the fall (opens the original)
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Welcome, new subscribers! Thank you for being here and supporting this work I’m deliciously in love with. To learn more about Dancing When the Bomb Drops, you can read the inaugural post. You can also learn more about me here.In my early 20s, I wanted to be a motivational speaker. Like, as my career.I was going to write self-help books about the Law of Attraction, a positive mindset, leadership, you name it.And my go-to case study would be Duran Duran’s rise to
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