Tag: gather
group name: cr8nonfiction
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April 13, 2008 10:18 PM EDT --
I came to Gather for the First Chapters Writing Contest, back when you could take your best girl on the trolley out to get a sassafras malted for just a nickle. I wore an onion on my belt, which was the . . . more
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August 15, 2006 11:50 AM EDT --
A RESPONSE TO KATHRYN ESPLIN OLESKI'S IMPORTANT ARTICLE:
MY NEW GATHER RULES - /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976776153#comments
In my comment . . . more
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September 29, 2006 12:28 PM EDT --
After last week's monumental effort to whore me up to 3000 points, I have been informed that because it took longer than "a calendar month" to amass said total, I would not be invited to . . . more
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March 27, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
This needs to be published to all groups since it is so very important that you know what you can and cannot publish on Gather without too much criticism, and that isn’t much, according to . . . more
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September 11, 2007 08:25 AM EDT --
I walked to Alvin’s house one morning to have a cup of coffee with him because he makes good coffee, using beans he grinds himself. He was sitting at his computer talking to himself (yes, Alvin has . . . more
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February 29, 2008 07:47 AM EST --
Sailing the Maelstrom: A Case and a Curriculum for Meta-Science
When I was a child, my mother had a mantra that went like this: "He's going to be a marine biologist like his . . . more
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April 15, 2008 10:40 AM EDT --
As a community, how are we to respond to this information? Outrage? Guarded optimism? I suggest forming three think tanks, one to concentrate on Mike, another for Apryl, and a third to analyze all . . . more
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June 19, 2006 12:44 AM EDT --
Beautysick
When I was thin
I bought new lace
underwear by the handful,
push-up bras, sheer hose, red
high heels, tight skirts,
savored feeling insubstantial
skin held fast, belts pulled . . . more
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February 11, 2008 09:09 AM EST --
During Black History Month, Alvin, Leroy, Jabo, and I, reminisce about how it used to be and how things have improved in our city. Alvin began the conversation reminiscing about an old holiday, the Eighth . . . more
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January 04, 2008 07:39 PM EST --
Those who think of the 1950s as dull and nearly sexless never lived through that tumultuous era. Those of us who were young then, remember a decade crammed with excitement, change, conflict . . . more
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May 12, 2006 07:36 PM EDT --
Here is the first Getting to Know You Quiz - many participated and you can read them by clicking on the tag GTKY. If you have not done this quiz, feel free to join in and add your response - just . . . more
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October 12, 2006 01:53 AM EDT --
Tim Gunn makes his seasonal visits to the homes of the finalists a month into the two months they have to complete their collections. There is no doubt, these designers have to hit the ground running. . . . more
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September 24, 2006 03:49 PM EDT --
CONTINUING MY ATTEMPT TO PUBLISH A MEMOIR
Many of you Gatherers have been following my progress -or lack of it -in attempting to publish my memoir. I have done . . . more
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April 03, 2008 08:38 AM EDT --
It was raining heavily. Thunder rattled the windows of the barbershop, and the flash of lightening made all of us jump, just as we did when we were kids. As usual, no one wanted to admit he was still afraid . . . more
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July 11, 2006 02:20 AM EDT --
Fifteen Minutes . . . went by so slowly as Dad read me the definition of apology from the Oxford English Dictionary – the dictionary that is so complete and compact it comes with a magnifying . . . more
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May 07, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Today I received an email sent to more than 100 other persons besides myself. It’s not at all unusual today to receive such group messages, even from friends . . . more
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June 04, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
I was long grown up before the arrival of today’s Service Economy, a term which is like calling crop harvesting a country vacation.
When I was a child, we had pleasant-voiced women employed to help . . . more
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September 25, 2007 09:33 AM EDT --
I could tell something was on Alvin’s mind because he had a sad look on his face as he read the newspaper. We were sitting on his front porch drinking our morning coffee, which We usually did as . . . more
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June 19, 2006 12:59 AM EDT --
Charmed Life
I'm not stupid. I went to Wendy Ward Charm
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June 25, 2006 07:51 PM EDT --
Come Gatherites and let us celebrate that infamous phenomena known as Dr. Oza by creating the best Dr. Oza Tee-shirt slogans inaginable. He's a romantic veggie-lovin green-chili eschewing . . . more
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