Tag: travel writing
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August 13, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
I haven't been doing much original writing of late. Why? The words just don't seem to be there. I have had these times in the past and know I will have them in the future. But . . .
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November 06, 2006 12:37 AM EST --
I just recently returned from a wonderful vacation. My husband and I decided to go on our first cruise and we chose the Bahamas as our destination. I wanted to write just a little bit about it and how . . .
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June 27, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
When I decided to leave Lansing, I chose California because it was as far away as I could drive and still be in the United States. I consulted a fault map because I wanted nothing to do with earthquakes. . . .
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August 01, 2007 02:34 PM EDT --
Last weekend, I made the arduous journey from Oklahoma City to Dallas, Texas, along I-35. (Also known as The Highway of Death.) On Sunday, I made the return trip.
I think I have successfully used up my . . .
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April 17, 2006 11:29 PM EDT --
Backpacking in Monterey County ~ A Trail of Several Tales
Memories that span three decades are tied to a hiking trail in the Los Padres National Forest . My boyfriend, . . .
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January 28, 2008 04:36 PM EST --
I belonged to a community called Daily Paragraph last year, that gave prompts for just a little writing a day; it was kind of fun for a while until it died. Thought I'd post a few of my . . .
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December 10, 2006 07:14 AM EST --
It's been a few weeks since we returned from the Mediterranean cruise, the winning prize for the 2006 Gather Travel Writing contest. The wonderful folks at Gather scrimped . . .
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March 27, 2006 03:20 PM EST --
By AstroGirl
It could be our last trip up this stretch of Highway 1. We both knew it, RF and me. Could be the last time to travel up this road through Eden, to a place called home.
That . . .
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June 25, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
Has every one deserted ship? there are fewer and fewer articles and no one comments on much at all, Has the gather bubble burst? I have some Photos up, and no one has even bothered to post a rating, let . . .
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November 29, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
In the southern part of San Jose lies the famous Avenue Centrale' or what we here in America would call Central Avenue.
The Central Market
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April 06, 2008 11:23 AM EDT --
Dreams are illustrations...from the book your soul is writing about you.
- Marsha Norman
When we were little, . . .
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February 23, 2009 03:20 AM EST --
Valentines day and the long President's three day weekend combined into the perfect Santa Barbara getaway for the two of us. We stayed for reasonable rates at the Pacifica Suites . . .
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April 11, 2006 01:37 AM EDT --
They say "You can never go home again," but I beg to differ.
On March 27, 2002 I returned to Fûrstenfeldbruck, the town my mother's family had called home since the . . .
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August 03, 2007 11:20 AM EDT --
I have made several friends and one husband swear they would never repeat some of these stories, because they make me appear... well, um, less than bright. In fact, they make me seem downright stupid. . . .
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February 13, 2008 01:02 AM EST --
I met him in Madrid - in a campground. He appeared to be travelling with two girls, but it turned out that they were short-term companions. After they left, he found an excuse to introduce himself -- . . .
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May 24, 2009 07:38 PM EDT --
It's a long Memorial Day weekend and a chance to get ready for the summer ahead, in addition to remembering the true purpose of this holiday. Our friend Pat S. has made it to her dream destination, . . .
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March 28, 2006 08:11 PM EST --
There is nothing so mysterious, so tantalizing as entering an out of the way alley in downtown Riyadh and discovering that within lies a group of souks filled with an eclectic mixture of goods, . . .
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May 19, 2006 03:41 PM EDT --
The benefits of promoting gather.com:
Some of you may remember my article:
"How to Promote Gather Outside of Gather"
and the offer I received for my efforts. /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976745195 . . .
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April 17, 2006 12:36 AM EDT --
Originally entered in the Travel Writing Contest, I am now posting to new groups.
Being handed a hot cloth after a long night's flight was a nice gesture, but mine was so hot that I was surprised . . .
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January 07, 2009 01:05 AM EST --
Minutes before I left for my sister's wake, the mailman delivered a copy of my first published story, carried in The Long Islander News . The article I'd written profiled Cajun band BeauSoleil. . . .
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