Women Who Serve: Svetalana Kuznetsova

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

This and that....

"I won't dance--don't ask me": Monica Seles bombs again on Dancing with the Stars--graceful she isn't. I expect her to make an exit asap.

Anna Kournikova is being sued by songwriter Christopher Swann, who says he denied her permission to use his music on her DVD, A Date With Anna, but she used it, anyway--twenty-two minutes of it. Lions Gate Entertainment is also named as a defendant.

Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze have been confirmed as members of Russia's Olympics team. A decision will be made soon as to the fourth member, who will be either Vera Zvonareva or Elena Dementieva.

The first round of the Sony Ericsson Open features a match between two phenoms, Tamira Paszek and Alize Cornet. What a draw!

Shahar Peer is being honored tonight with a dessert reception by the Beth David Congregation in Miami for being the first Israeli athlete to compete in the Arab world.

About the blog author

Diane Elayne Dees is a writer, a retired psychotherapist, a former speech communication instructor, and a former public relations specialist. She is also a life-long fan of women's professional tennis.

For several years, Diane published the progressive blog, The Dees Diversion, and she also contributed regularly to the Mother Jones MoJo Blog. Diane has published political essays, short fiction and creative nonfiction. For the past several years, she has concentrated on writing poetry.

A nine-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Diane has published four poetry chapbooks, Coronary Truth (Kelsay Books), The Last Time I Saw You, (Finishing Line Press), The Wild Parrots of Marigny (Querencia Press), and I Can't Recall Exactly When I Died (Kelsay Books). (See ordering information at the top of the page.)

She has also published four microchaps with the Origami Poems Project: Beach Days, Pandemic Times, Missing Amy, and Yogic Truth. Her nature poetry was read on Martha Stewart Living Radio's "The Naturalist's Datebook."