Tag: week
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May 14, 2008 11:36 PM EDT --
"Now what I want is, Facts."
My mother's cousin made this demand with her pencil poised to record the facts of WWII. I glanced to the hospital bed where my once giant grandfather . . . more
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August 01, 2008 10:47 AM EDT --
Having been unable to connect to Gather for 10 days my pessimism was growing and I was sure I would have another weekend without my Gather friends. So I made plans to go to northern Iowa to visit . . . more
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August 13, 2008 08:27 PM EDT --
Nothing about the store had changed. Perhaps faded with time, but not changed.
Just like Maya who stood at the door.
Eyes, a shade of bluish-green, reminding one of the oceans on a summer . . . more
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February 27, 2008 03:26 PM EST --
Snippets of my lost Mom were flashing in front of my eyes. Soon I realized that my eyes were drenched and burning. I had lost her three weeks ago. My . . . more
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April 02, 2008 06:05 AM EDT --
Ingrid Jonker, a shining star among South African poetesses, she was known as the Queen of metaphor, imagery and heartfelt emotions.
Denied by a father, resented by her step-mother, Ingrid went to stay . . . more
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June 25, 2008 02:29 AM EDT --
Today the rhapsody of the gushing water was disturbing him. Sitting in the little wooden summer house, watching those dull breezes; he wasn't surprised at life's hide- and- seeks game.
But . . . more
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August 20, 2008 11:56 AM EDT --
They . . . more
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March 08, 2008 07:46 AM EST --
Recently I've been thinking about things that were 'meant to be', 'fore-ordained by the Divine'. No matter how hard we try, we're unable to change its course.
In other . . . more
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July 21, 2007 04:50 PM EDT --
In the valley beneath Challise’s estate, set a tiny cottage that seemed to hallow the ground upon which it set. Its hallmark in the summertime, was the alluring Bourbon rose bushes that aggressively . . . more
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November 02, 2007 06:16 AM EDT --
Wow. I sure am glad it's Friday. This week has seemed to stretch on FOREVER! Are you glad it's Friday, too? Tell me about it!
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June 02, 2008 10:49 PM EDT --
A fair day deserved a perfect night. Monica had thought and hoped that when she and Bill returned from their outing, Bill would take her downstairs to her room.
Nothing like that happened. It was . . . more
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March 04, 2008 03:44 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
At intermission, Johnny Carville interviewed . . . more
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March 09, 2008 06:18 AM EDT --
Marta needed Grant's job offering; fail, forfeit the house.
Focus! Set daylight savings! Get there on time!
A breather until: No gas! That's precarious .
Marta gassed quickly . . . . more
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March 11, 2008 01:08 PM EDT --
Purity, brilliance characterized by white, flowing robes, is made precarious by temptations to tie-dye it. Not that colorful raiment means adulteration, but its significance is altered.
Cameron philosophized . . . more
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March 16, 2008 05:45 PM EDT --
Mary left in a still huff leaving Matt slumped by a breakfast plate, absently pressing the tine of a fork, questioning.
" Ouch! " Matt jerked his finger away from the fork. Suddenly he . . . more
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April 05, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
Eventually I venture into the world and get involved—I am human! It always leads to tears because I always die and renascence leaves me with living memories.
So many loves I've lost! I . . . more
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April 15, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --
"I'm so happy, Pete. So sensitive to everything!"
Pete's eyebrows rose. He observed Jack snoring perilously on Gwen's inattentive shoulder.
"Really?" . . . more
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April 19, 2008 10:03 PM EDT --
Life is good; the twins beside me, the Sloppy Joe I've craved, in my face.
"We'll nail her with these juices!"
Huh! The twins can't talk.
"Killer!" . . . more
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February 26, 2008 01:22 PM EST --
My grandmother brewed coffee with an eggshell on the stove. "Farm coffee," she called it. Grandpa had a bone china cup and a saucer. He would add real cream and sugar and stir slowly. . . . more
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March 05, 2008 06:07 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
"Hey, what about this one for the . . . more
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