Tag: random musings
group name: cr8nonfiction
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April 20, 2006 08:21 PM EDT --
(edited version after receiving permission to use her real name)
Dazed preoccupation, glowing skin, picture in hand to remind her he wasn't a dream, giggles and visible jitters. She showed all . . . more
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June 04, 2006 02:54 PM EDT --
"Why do you always lie when you leave a message on the answering machine?"
The voice on the machine belonged to my youngest daughter.
"I've lived there . . . more
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September 01, 2006 06:12 PM EDT --
<h2>I stopped carrying a handbag almost twenty years ago when I was mugged while waiting at a red light in Miami. The driver-side window was down and my handbag was on the passenger seat next to . . . more
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November 14, 2006 04:32 AM EST --
And since you were kind enough to give your permission, here it is:
I stopped carrying a handbag almost twenty years ago when I was mugged while waiting at a red light in Miami. The driver-side window . . . more
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October 04, 2006 10:55 PM EDT --
It's not so bad
Is it
Or is it
It's not so good either
I suppose it could be worse
Though it certainly could be better
It may change for the better
But I wouldn't bet on it
That's the . . . more
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November 19, 2006 05:21 PM EST --
Of all the hundreds of variations in Biblical content, there is one glaring mistranslation that has had the most profound effect on the most people over the longest period of time. . . . more
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April 28, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
My big mistake was in expecting a twenty-mile drive to erase the thirty years I had been away. I set myself up for the unwarranted sense of betrayal that came when . . . more
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August 22, 2006 02:43 PM EDT --
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I have lived in and/or visited many countries, and have experienced virtually every popular (or unpopular) style of government adopted in . . . more
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October 11, 2006 11:57 PM EDT --
Every October 12, as the Blue Angels fly over the city, I remember the day you came into the world. People would have paid money for our spectacular view that day. We were at University of California San . . . more
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October 02, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
It suddenly occurred to me that I have been overlooking my primary purpose in joining Gather, which was to share what I have learned in almost a century living to the hilt. So, rather than spend . . . more
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November 28, 2006 04:14 PM EST --
I suspended my loathing of ruffles and frills long enough to let Mom explain the saccharine blouses.
"We were Christmas shopping." She spread the hideous garments on the bed, forcing me to look . . . more
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April 21, 2006 03:21 PM EDT --
On the last day of the retreat, I dropped into what had become my favorite position in the discussion circle, back to the windows, facing the door. "Carl Hiassen? John Grisham?" I mulled over . . . more
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June 21, 2006 10:03 PM EDT --
The first two articles missed the point entirely. This article is imbued with a subtle richness due to the olive oil used by the author in her evening salad.
I have some news for you: I am . . . more
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December 16, 2006 10:55 AM EST --
I smile to observe
A tree in my garden,
Like a tonsured man,
Lower branches leaved,
Those above quite bare.
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May 04, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
In the year 1776, Father Junipero Serra camped on the coast of California. As he sat upon a small camping stool of wood and tanned cattle hide he stared at the parchment stretched before him on a make-shift . . . more
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June 18, 2006 03:57 PM EDT --
I am writing stories which I call semi-fiction because they relate real events, but with only my memory to check against. (I never . . . more
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September 28, 2006 05:18 PM EDT --
I was browsing through an old copy of To The Finland Station by Edmund Wilson last night and a few lines from Louis Menand's foreword reached out at me, grabbed me by the neck and threw me on the floor. . . . more
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October 13, 2006 12:19 PM EDT --
So commonly, we have a tendency to view change as intimidating. I supposed it's fear of the unknown. In reality, we are in on a journey where we can't always stick with what's familiar. Life . . . more
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October 29, 2006 04:04 PM EST --
KEO's article concerning the pregnant 17-year old has prompted me to publish this exerpt from my book LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIA. I think it is a pertinent response. A discussion would . . . more
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October 03, 2006 08:58 PM EDT --
I could have let my daughter feel as rotten and neglected as I've sometimes felt considering her dads recent actions. But, not if I could help it this time. One morning my husband took a thermal coffee . . . more
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