Tag: life
group name: famousfirsts
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May 15, 2007 12:00 AM EDT --
Ah, a simple life of simple pleasures,
tucked under the cool, crisp sheets,
cats at my feet, under comforter of down,
rear window open, spring breeze, a zephyr
blowing in, keeping cool my brow, . . .
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June 21, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
I came across this quote on my msn home page and for some reason I felt the need to share it with you. First, I chuckled, then I thought, what the heck does this mean? So, is . . .
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July 13, 2007 11:44 PM EDT --
To put behind our differences and get on with the business of our marriage;
Was it when the cat died and we reft into two, the summer you left for the mountains to a cabin by yourself, in search of something . . .
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June 20, 2006 01:10 AM EDT --
The following is the first of a series drawn from memories of Massachusetts as a young boy. Although I grew up in Southern California during the 1950s, I traveled to Massachusetts several times with my . . .
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August 30, 2006 11:09 PM EDT --
I love my mama. She's a very simple, homegrown kind of lady that comes from the backwoods of SW Louisiana (and SE Texas later on). She says things that my kids get a kick out of sometimes without meaning . . .
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September 09, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
Yesterday I had the privilege of spending the whole day for the first time with my soon-to-be three month old grandson. What a thrill to have him to myself for the whole day! We wished mommy a good day . . .
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March 16, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
Thinking The Lions collects my thoughts on life. Here is a classic column originally posted May, 2005:
I DID THIS:
http://www.colddeadfish.net/images/limecat.jpg
That link is the first one . . .
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July 08, 2007 09:12 AM EDT --
I was honored to be asked to host this weeks two word challenge and I think it is fitting one for right after the holidays when the pattriotism may be dying down and we get a bit more introspective. . . .
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December 24, 2006 01:55 PM EST --
My father has sold leather, for as long as I can remember. He has a wide range of customers who buy from him.
When I arrived last year Dad was dancing around the house with a little thing in his hand, . . .
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November 19, 2006 02:04 AM EST --
I was hanging our clothing to dry in the September sun with my 3 month old son sleeping soundly in his sling. It was terribly hot and the mosquitos and flies were bothering. As I hung the . . .
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October 26, 2008 11:51 PM EDT --
Trust.
Two Decembers ago, it was 65 degrees, and my crocuses and tulips bloomed.
They trusted. They trusted their instinct that the time to bloom was at that moment.
It doesn't matter . . .
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July 30, 2006 09:20 AM EDT --
Unjustly Accused - This story has been in me for a long time. It is a true story.
This story is set in the mid to late sixties in a town where there were no black people living. The town was "dry" . . .
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June 08, 2007 05:09 AM EDT --
Koko, the lowland gorilla whom Penny (Francine) Patterson trained to use American Sign Language, is probably everyone's favorite gorilla.
She was born on July 4, 1971, and has been taught to . . .
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June 18, 2007 06:27 AM EDT --
Wings of life
Fluttering her wings
Amidst the sweet scent
Giving flowers competition
You are stagnant
But I can fly
And spread my colors
in the sky
Just out of bud says . . .
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December 27, 2006 02:32 AM EST --
I woke up to the sound of typing. My boyfriend was sitting at our desk, on his computer, working, on Christmas morning. On Christmas morning! As a self employed web developer he makes his own hours . . .
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May 28, 2008 03:05 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today is OPEN.
I want to say something about what OPEN means. According to the original definition of Writing Essentials . . .
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July 22, 2006 12:26 PM EDT --
The following is Part V of a series drawn from memories of Massachusetts as a young boy. Although I grew up in Southern California during the 1950s, I traveled to Massachusetts several times with my mother. . . .
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January 17, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
I used to think there were special people. People who knew what was going on in the world, even the universe. I guess it was only natural to think that someone must understand what is happening, . . .
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February 12, 2007 07:36 AM EST --
I’ve never thought of myself as creative or artistic. I saw art as drawings, paintings, sculptures, works for which I possessed zero talent. My mother draws quite well and my . . .
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September 05, 2006 11:53 AM EDT --
In addition to our biological children, we also had a number of foster children in the mid 1970's. Every Easter we had an informal family Easter Egg Hunt. I dyed and decorated dozens of . . .
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