{"id":2177,"date":"2011-09-14T08:38:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2011-09-14T08:38:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T13:38:04","slug":"if-i-could-be-anyone-id-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=2177","title":{"rendered":"If I could be anyone, I&#8217;d be&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with Talli Roland&#8217;s launch day for Watching Willow Watts, I would have to say that I would love to be Barbara Stanwyck. I first saw her in the movie The Night Walker as a young girl and immediately fell in love with her and her acting. One of the movies I have to watch on Christmas Day is the is the version of Christmas in Connecticut that she stars in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Barbara-Stanwyck200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Barbara-Stanwyck200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Watching-Willow-Watts-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Watching-Willow-Watts-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Today is the official launch day of <strong>Watching Willow Watts<\/strong>. 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