Tag: write on
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September 20, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
In five years:
My children will be five, six, and eleven. I will be homeschooling all three at levels appropriate to them, with the world as our classroom. There will be long, happy, . . .
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August 27, 2007 09:58 PM EDT --
I've been kind of avoiding writing this article all week, although my mind kept returning to it, because thinking about it makes me think of things that would get me down, right now, if I let them. . . .
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October 02, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
The rainbow pierced the sky:
the sun bled,
the sky ran.
Clouds of
red, gold,
and orange.
A haze
a ray
a beam.
Light and color
as one.
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June 06, 2007 07:40 PM EDT --
This week's entries in the over-the-hump writing challenge were very touching and personal accounts describing people we admire. All of them were "goose bump"-type stories and I want . . .
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August 16, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
Here's your challenge for this week - tell us about a scary moment you had (if you can't think of one, write about what scares you the most) -- when you publish your article be sure to use the . . .
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April 23, 2008 09:23 AM EDT --
OK, I'm getting older. I know. This year was a decade birthday, a landmark - I celebrated my 60th, and with a lot of other baby boomers I entered another phase of my life. No problem . . .
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June 14, 2008 11:59 PM EDT --
Succinct writing! In two words this is the art of the "Drabble."
Several months ago, I joined a group on Gather called "100 Word Stories." How tough can it be, I thought, . . .
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January 28, 2007 02:15 PM EST --
Our daughter Elizabeth came to me five months ago today. I was just coming in with the eggs. She had just finished washing the breakfast dishes. My husband Ezra was out in the barn with our sons . . .
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December 10, 2007 05:46 PM EST --
Our image for this week is not exactly a holiday standard...
Write a short story, poem, musing, or novel opening based on this image. . . .
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December 17, 2007 06:30 PM EST --
The image for this week's writing challenge is actually a combo...
Write a poem, a short story, a thought or two based on these related images.
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March 17, 2008 07:45 PM EDT --
Today's crossword was perfectly awful , so I thumbed through the paper.
Seeing the weather report, I scratched out the rain prediction. Hank yelled that the sun just came out. . . .
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April 08, 2008 12:17 AM EDT --
There was more to fear than the obvious
Waiting in the dark, though I never knew
I thought it was safe to get dressed for work
But something was lurking in my shoe .
I wish I had . . .
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July 26, 2007 12:22 AM EDT --
The votes are in for this weeks challenge and leading up to the winner, here are this weeks tablulations:
I received three votes for my article (Anita R.) describing my favorite character, Louise May . . .
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February 18, 2008 11:38 PM EST --
Teen aged
Learning make up
First job
Shoes and purse always matched. Blink.
Newly married
Learning to cook
First child
Playing house, adored and cherished. . . .
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March 04, 2008 03:12 PM EST --
He stood there in the produce aisle
Beffuddled and confused.
And I laughed as I approached,
His dismay had me amused.
"Pardon me," he said outloud.
"Do you know much about . . .
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March 19, 2008 01:21 AM EDT --
With unadult era ted pleasure he prolif era ted his views to all,
Conducting a seminar for sup era chievers with goals large and small.
Holding the audience spellbound, . . .
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April 09, 2008 12:27 AM EDT --
S ecretively the spider slipped carefully away
Q uietly, resuming sinister plans for the day
U tterly dedicated to creating her lacy display
I t was a wonderous web . . .
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September 26, 2006 03:30 PM EDT --
I feel self conscious at times. Unless I can really add something to an article my comments are usually short. If I like an article I might just say "great" and nothing else and then I notice . . .
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October 20, 2008 10:06 PM EDT --
I should preface this by saying I really don't know where it came from. I sat down tonight with the intention of writing. This is what emerged.
She strode down the gravel road, eyes on the horizon, . . .
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July 19, 2007 06:55 PM EDT --
"My Favorite character" write on challenge....
"Eklavya"
This is a very beautiful but an unforgettable story from the Indian epic "Mahabharat" ."Mahabharat" . . .
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