Cherie Burbach
Cherie Burbach is an author, blogger, poet, crocheter, and geek. She is the About.com Guide to Friendship and has penned ten books and ebooks, including Internet Dating Is Not Like Ordering a Pizza and 21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone With Diabetes. She has published over 500 articles on the subjects of health, sports, and lifestyle. For more info, visit her website.
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March 30, 2010
Learn how to improve blood sugars by reevaluating your diet and exercise routine.
May 31, 2009
I was touched by Fifty Confessions, with many of the poems remaining behind with me, a reminder of the brilliance of the poet Paul Kiritsis.
November 13, 2008
Review of Diana Raab's latest poetry book, Dear Anaїs: My Life in Poems for You.
December 09, 2008
Review of David Cornberg's poetry book, The Dailies.
September 21, 2007
I’ve been watching The Pick Up Artist with interest these last few weeks. After all, with the black nail polish, Abe Lincoln hats, and bug goggles, Mystery is a difficult cat to look away from. Despite the fact that I complain week after week about his attire, I suppose my talking about his appea...
August 30, 2007
There’s lots of talk these days about boundaries in relationships. Sure, cheating is and always has been wrong. But what, exactly, constitutes cheating?
Today, there are any number of ways to be unfaithful: physical love affairs, cyber affairs, and perhaps most troublesome of all, the emotiona...
May 16, 2007
Thanks to the Midwest Review of Books for featuring Father's Eyes as a reviewer's choice in their Wisconsin Bookwatch section.
Wisconsin poet Cherie Burbach uses verse to chronicle her evolution as a Christian woman who, as a girl, grew up the daughter of an alcoholic father, who had to struggl...
May 16, 2007
A shout out to Julie Jordan Scott for reviewing my latest book of poetry, Father's Eyes:
The first thing I thought when I picked up Cherie Burbach’s collection of poetry “Father’s Eyes” was… “Wow, we have a lot in common.”
We were both raised in homes with a father who was an alcoholic. Her fa...
March 21, 2007
When is the last time you purchased a book of poetry?
I purchase poetry books fairly often, but then again, I also believe in supporting the medium in which I work. Since today is World Poetry Day, it got me thinking about what poetry meant to me. After all, I started my writing career with poet...
March 03, 2007
If you had the chance to delete the most painful memories from your mind.... would you? If you could easily take a pill and have it selectively delete any evidence of negativity and harm from your mind, leaving only positive, happy memories... would you be the first in line?
I would guess that mo...
February 28, 2007
I don't write to get attention. (I'm like most writers and enjoy the sidelines rather than the spotlight.) I don't write to complain. I don't write to stir up controversy.
I write because it's what I've always done, it's what I believe in, and it's what helps me figure out the world. And I ...
February 28, 2007
Just got a great review from AllBooks Review (www.allbooksreviews.com) today that I wanted to share with you all:
"My first impression was that this is strictly Christian poetry, however, the work contained in Father’s Eyes will appeal to a much larger audience regardless of religious persuasion...
February 06, 2007
Author Brenda Novak
is determined to find a cure for diabetes! She ran her first auction for the cause in 2005, asking for donations from a bevy of writers and publishers. She raised $34,982 that first year which went directly to diabetes research. In 2006, she raised $62,705! She's determined to ...
February 05, 2007
Cherie Burbach seeks to inspire those who have struggled with childhood abuse in her latest book, Father’s Eyes (Bonjour Publishing, January 2007). Through poetry, Father’s Eyes reveals the journey in dealing with a troubled past to ultimately find peace and forgiveness through God.
Father’s E...
January 07, 2007
Sometimes being second can be a pretty great thing. I know we don't celebrate second place very often (except maybe in the Olympics when the second place winner gets the silver and has to stand on the shorter box), and normally NOT winning or coming in first at something would fuel my competitive sp...
December 15, 2006
I've just been told that my essay on the "This I Believe" website is the second most popular among webviewers. That's 2nd out of NPR's entire database of 20,000 entries! It has been viewed more than 5,870 times in the last month alone.
In addition, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel will publish my...
September 14, 2006
Maybe it's just me, but I've always been intrigued by strong, funny women that got a hell of a lot done but never took themselves too seriously. There are many out there, and hopefully, maybe more are coming out of their shells every day. I'm a big supporter of supporting women.
To that end, I w...
August 14, 2006
At first I thought it was a great idea. When I first heard Starbucks would be helping to promote literacy (and books, of course) by distributing titles in their stores I was excited and felt as if a change had happened in the publishing industry. After all, in an era when celebrities are given more ...
August 02, 2006
Twenty-five years ago I was a 14-year old kid babysitting for a bunch of brats that lived down the street. These kids were super-hyper and if I turned my back for a moment there'd be crayons on walls, hair pulling, and swinging from furniture before I could say "what's going on in there?"
Despit...
July 25, 2006
My opinions might not mean very much. After all, mine seem to be the exact opposite of most of the critics out there. And when I think a movie deserves an Oscar it usually loses to some clunker I wouldn’t even waste two hours of my life sitting down for. But I fail to believe I’m alone in my opin...
July 19, 2006
For those of you that even thought for a second of an answer to that question... shame on you. The correct answer is: NOTHING. There was nothing she could have done to prevent such a completely idiotic act.
First it’s Hugh Grant who has gorgeous Elizabeth Hurley at home and decides to... sol...
July 16, 2006
Sure, you’ve been through some things in your life. You’ve made mistakes, had things happen to you that just shouldn’t have, and now stand here today wiser and stronger. You know you are different today than yesterday, more self confident, more sure of yourself. And yet... there are those days......
July 14, 2006
My father was an alcoholic.
I say this not with malice or anger but as truth. I say it also because our family would never say it. I was brought up to believe that if we just didn’t think about it, or worse, talk about it, then it would, as my mother would say, “all be better in the morning.”...
June 05, 2006
Oh sure. I remember the article well. In 1986 when Newsweek published "The Marriage Crunch" article which stated, in short that:
"white, college-educated women who failed to marry in their 20s faced abysmal odds of ever tying the knot.”
To further quote, “According to the research, a woman...
June 01, 2006
I just finished Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking" last night and must tell you that I could not put it down.
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING is Joan Didion's account of a year in her life. The year follows her husband's sudden death just days after their only child fell into a coma. The ...