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Marjorie Dorfman is a freelance writer who hails from Brooklyn, New York (where anything can happen). She currently resides in Bucks County, PA with five cats and a graphics artist significant other. She has been writing for more than twenty years and writes

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Home & Garden > Home & Garden (Other) Feng Shui: The water element: 1 of 3
The water element in Feng Shui is a very powerful concept. There are two types: still and moving. Still water is associated with tranquility, peace, intuition, profound understanding, and natural and acquired wisdom. It literally exemplifies the old adage, "still waters run deep." Moving water is dynamic, bustling, "going pl... More..
Pets & Animals > Cat Psychology The cat's meow: What cat noises really mean: 13 of 36
Do you have a quiet cat or one that talks to you all the time? Or do you have one of each? Have you ever noticed that each meow is different in pitch and has its own distinct sound? Are you also aware (and this is an "aha" moment if ever there was one for a cat owner), that a cat rarely if ever meows at another cat? It is sa... More..
Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods Honey: The golden wonder: 4 of 11
We all know where honey comes from, but how long has it been a natural sweetener for the human race and its many pancakes? Ah, there is the rub as well as the question about to be answered, dare you read below. How sweet it is, as Jackie Gleason used to say. Honey has been a sweetener for almost as long as the world is old o... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Female Activists: 3 of 8
Whenever the strains of the famous Helen Reddy song "I am woman, hear me roar" hit the sound waves, the one face that surely comes to mind is that of Gloria Steinem, the lovely and brilliant forerunner of the women's movement. In a recent interview on television's "Sunday Morning," the woman who helped to found Ms Magazine r... More..
Pets & Animals > Cat Psychology Cats and their sense of territory: 3 of 8
The best way to describe how a cat might feel about their personal territory (even though my perspective can only be of the two-legged variety) might be the recounting of a picture, which they say is worth a thousand words. It is a tale of one of my favorite cats, a male tuxedo shorthair named Goliath who let me know how he ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Cats and the computer: 8 of 20
Is your cat drawn to the computer or does this phenomenon only occur whenever you happen to be working on it? This is a significant question because in my house the answer is the latter. My guys and gals couldn't care less about the machine that sits so quietly in my office until the moment I enter and try to get some work d... More..
Jobs & Careers > Job Search (Other) The job search in the electronic age: 6 of 15
How can you write an electronic rsum? The answer is easier than you might think; simply remove all highlighting, which prevents proper computer scanning. Once it is scanned, your rsum becomes "cyber-fodder" as it can be searched by companies of all types through the use of keywords. It is estimated that this type of selectio... More..
Pets & Animals > Cats (Other) Care tips for having cats around a new baby: 4 of 10
Bringing a new baby home is the most exciting time for any family. It is such an intense and exciting moment that sometimes a family can forget that they have another baby with "fur and four legs" who lives for their adoration and attention. Cats can be confused with the new addition, maybe partly because the baby is usually... More..
Pets & Animals > Animal Facts & Resources Animal facts: African hippo: 2 of 5
What is the story behind this strange looking creature that has a face like a pig, the same DNA as a whale and a body like a bulldozer? Why is it considered one of Africa's most dangerous creatures? Read on for some answers, but don't forget to get out of the way if one is anywhere near you! More than four hundred people in ... More..
Style & Beauty > Clothes (Other) Biography: Coco Chanel, fashion designer: 2 of 5
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was born in 1883 in the small city of Samur, France. Her mother died when she was six and, soon after, her father abandoned her and her four siblings. The children were placed in the care of relatives but spent some time in a French orphanage. The stark dress of the nuns in this envi... More..