by Birdie Jaworski
Member since:
July 30, 2006

Summertime: Thursday Morning Writing Essentials "Don't Miss Picks"

June 21, 2007 10:53 AM EDT
views: 63 | rating: 10/10 (8 votes) | comments: 17

In my tiny New Mexican town, the sun splays my shadow against caked earth. We're getting more rain than usual, but the ground still remembers the drought, pulls the rain from the clouds, yanks it deep beneath parched soil. In the high desert, summer is our time to hibernate.

What's summer like in your town? Post your stories of summer in today's Writing Essentials Group.

This morning, I am featuring two wonderful pieces:

Priceless by DawnSelena MK

Have you ever spent a summer deconstructing a loved one's life? DawnSelena posts a short story about finding what's important in the rush to divide and conquer property after a death.

Summer Lilacs by Tracey W. 

Tracey's gentle poem has some wonderful imagery: "...the sun
eats the sky by degrees"

 

Tune in this late afternoon for my evening Don't Miss Picks!

 
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Comments: 17

Great both of them!
Dawn M Jun 21, 2007, 12:18pm EDT
Thank you for the mention, Birdie! I'm honored. :)
Mary McCartt Jun 21, 2007, 12:51pm EDT
These were great, thanks.
Birdie Jaworski Jun 21, 2007, 12:55pm EDT
Everyone should surf over to the Writing Essentials Group if they haven't checked it yet today! Some awesome stories, articles, reflections, and poems coming in on the Summer Topic. I'll have a new list of features later this afternoon.

Check 'em out!
Edward Nudelman Jun 21, 2007, 2:26pm EDT
Hi Birdie... I like this format... gives more exposure to featured articles and provides another avenue for them to be reached. Both are great articles!
Birdie Jaworski Jun 21, 2007, 2:47pm EDT
Ed, glad you like it! I'm thinking up new ideas all the time. Next week I have something special planned.... :: evil laugh ::
Sonia M. Jun 21, 2007, 2:49pm EDT
Very good selections, Birdie.
Birdie Jaworski Jun 21, 2007, 2:52pm EDT
Sonia, thanks so much. I am having so much fun with my Thursday turn at moderation. So many wonderful writers on Gather!
Cecile V. Jun 21, 2007, 3:02pm EDT
Good luck, Birdie, and everyone! This looks so interesting! I would submit something but I'm too busy right now. Spent four days up at my friend's ghosttown, did a lecture at a historical society, came home and unpacked for a moment, then and off again for another 4 days in the Eastern Sierras early tomorrow morning. I'll have plenty to write about when I get back...too busy experiencing it all right now!
Sheila Deeth Jun 21, 2007, 3:45pm EDT
Enjoyed these. I'll plan to come back later.
Sandy F. Jun 21, 2007, 5:18pm EDT
Yes, I have had both good and bad experiences with family members after a death. It's unreal how people can be. In my own family, when my mother died my children helped me and they were so kind to each other about who wanted what of my mother's things and always deferred first to me if I wanted something. I was so proud of them, considering what I'd seen.

And I loved Summer Lilacs.
Jay M. Jun 21, 2007, 7:58pm EDT
Great... Both of them!
Duckie 1 Jun 22, 2007, 1:51am EDT
June 21st, the first day of summer...

I've been gone all day, celebrating my birthday with friends. I will have to wait until tomorrow to check out the articles you mentioned here and in the Evening issue, also... I just wanted to take time to say how wonderful to see this, your first editorial work on the Thursday Gather Writing Essentials.

Happy birthday to a new forum! :-)
Beryl Singleton Bissell Jun 22, 2007, 6:49am EDT
It is summer here in Puerto Rico where I sit working on my next book while gazing at the view of the Condado Lagoon, Atlantic Ocean, San Juan skyline and ancient Spanish fort. I write, I walk, I sweat, I dine with friends, I wake at 2 am and cannot get back to sleep and so I write so more. Back to the North Shore on Wednesday next from which I hope the black flies have departed.
Kathryn E. Jun 22, 2007, 7:09am EDT
Such a great idea, Birdie to have Don't Miss Picks.
Priscilla P. Jun 22, 2007, 1:33pm EDT
phenomenal inspiration

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