Tag: slice of life
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October 12, 2007 08:07 PM EDT --
some flow slowly
and gently
down the stream
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September 21, 2007 09:07 PM EDT --
Ok, I came in around 10:00 PM last night, after watching the "Survivor" premiere with some friends, and and when I came in I saw a snake on the floor. There is background to this. . . .
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February 01, 2007 01:53 AM EST --
Yook, a big, red fire fruck!' Teeden yelled as he ran to the window.
'Teeden, don't' say 'fruck' say, 'ter-uck.' Can you say 'ter-uck?''
'No I can't . . .
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March 21, 2007 11:07 AM EDT --
After work,
drive my daughter to dance,
quick grocery run,
chicken and potatoes in oven,
pick up daughter,
forgot the shampoo and conditioner,
back to the grocery store,
dinner, wash floor and do dishes, . . .
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May 18, 2007 12:34 AM EDT --
Mary rolls her trash down the driveway alone now that Nolo has died; decades of Saturday night dancing, summer swims and afternoon tennis are behind her; these days, ladies come to lunch or she flies to . . .
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July 26, 2007 08:27 PM EDT --
All is not well in suburbia
when at midnight you arise
to find a jackhammer tearing the street
and a backhoe lunging into the asphalt;
You block your ears to the noise and know
you will not sleep because . . .
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May 06, 2007 06:18 PM EDT --
My neighbor walks with her neighbor, Mrs. Kim, who owns the restaurant with her husband. Together, they haul Mr. Smith's tree to the pickup they rented, to take the tree to the homeless shelter. Mr. . . .
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August 16, 2009 08:30 PM EDT --
Do you like to listen to those short blurbs recorded on voice mail screening devices? An unusual one I heard this morning chanted:
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November 20, 2006 01:47 AM EST --
Can be the point of diminishing returns.
Take the kitchen floor. Two weeks ago, I scrubbed and scrubbed, until it was very clean. Then I waxed it, and it gleamed like nobody's business.
Over the . . .
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December 08, 2006 01:16 PM EST --
Funny! I thought I loved my home,
The shining chrome,
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October 16, 2007 08:16 AM EDT --
First a thought for you. I am sure you have heard the expression "never grocery shop when you are hungry", and there is such truth in that but can you imagine how it feels for the cashier . . .
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May 23, 2008 08:18 PM EDT --
I wanted to share some views of Costa Rica, from the few trips I have made there. This year will be my 4th trip to this wonderful country that I love.
These are kind of slice-of-life images of San . . .
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August 23, 2009 06:28 PM EDT --
My mom used to be extremely straight-laced. She wasn't just a little bit straight laced... manners were the law at our house. I mean, please, thank you, excuse me... everything. And you didn't fart. Farting . . .
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October 31, 2006 09:00 AM EST --
While Mrs Teddy was having tea with her friend in a local Prague cafe, the weather changed from blue to grey and the clouds from the distance rolled up and the winds howled and . . .
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February 24, 2009 10:29 PM EST --
Many of my Gather friends may know that I have children. What they may not know is that I have three children. Two of those children (the two oldest) are sons, and they are both attending . . .
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October 03, 2009 01:37 PM EDT --
Wind seems to be a theme for the moment, so I thought I'd try. This doesn't really scan, but it does tell the story (I hope).
Evening Canyon Wind
Shrieking cold, this river . . .
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October 10, 2006 11:25 PM EDT --
Remember Mr. Rogers? How about the song he sang about who are the people in your neighborhood?
Well, it's been interesting here. We have had our share of screamers and party animals, but for a while . . .
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May 24, 2007 03:14 AM EDT --
Tissues To Wipe Away The Tears
Carol Roach
Brad was not particularly good looking. He wasn’t necessarily a great student though he worked hard and some how managed to be in most of my psychology . . .
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February 18, 2008 06:26 PM EST --
"Oh! I wish" she said,
Laying her head against mine.
I wished for courage.
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February 24, 2008 06:49 PM EST --
So, I've come to the conclusion that certain businesses thrive by creating irrational fear in the general public. Now, I know you're thinking of the obvious industries here, like Insurance and . . .
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