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Nov 21, 2009, 11:55 am
I was reading a blog called How to Write this morning. I assume that writers everywhere are interested in the correct usage of their language. How to Write described it's mission by saying "This s... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 3:36 pm
fragile ego
words cutting
working to retain equilibrium
appreciating the good
while discarding the hurtful.
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note: I deleted yesterday's post...so sloppy that a critic let me have it. Sigh!! Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2009, 3:42 pm
Accident
Loyal
Obscene
Three Word Wednesday
They were dressed in winter clothes even though the temperature hoovered at around 96 degrees. Sweat poured from his forehead as he lifted the luggage fr... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 9:48 am
Brayden in the Pumpkin Patch
Larry/Kim 2009
Written for CARRY ON TUESDAY
"Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said."
Anonymous
I hope... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2009, 9:18 am
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va·tic·i·nate play_w2("V0037800") (v-ts-nt, v-)v. va·tic·i·nat·ed, va·tic·i·nat·ing, va·tic·i·nates v.tr. To prophesy; foretell. See Synonyms at foretell.v.intr. To... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 7:57 pm
When the UPS man drove up to our door he asked me if I was intoxicated. I must have stopped dead in my tracks because he laughed. I could only say "Not yet!" He was delivering our annual bottle of Ma... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 11:33 am
Leo over at Impromtu used this signature function on his blog. I thought it was very cool so I went over to see how it worked. It is very simple so far as I can see. You can add it directly to your... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2009, 3:32 pm
Three Word Wednesday
Errant
Hanker
Murky
He had always wanted to be a cowboy...he would practice saying hankerin' when he played in front of the mirror as a child. Then, when he was a grown man... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 3:02 pm
We have a running joke at our house...the space in the parking lot by the front door belongs to my husband!!! A-la-Seinfeld's Uncle Artie (a wild guess at his name) no one can believe my husband... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 9:10 pm
Interview question:
Barbara, what did you do today that would surprise me.
I found a parking spot right in front of the grocery store.
You did. How did that happen. I can never get that parking s... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2009, 9:31 pm
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In yesterday's post I talked about living with intention...the idea was that if you or I really are desiring to attain a particular goal then we will go about making ... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2009, 9:40 pm
Three Word Wednesday
Karma
Obey
Wither
Karma is the belief that the effects of a person's actions can determine his/her destiny. Yesterday I wrote about living a life of intention. Rather than... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 11:01 am
Yes my dear comment friends, we are going to have another grandchild at the end of February. A little boy will grace our family. On this day I wish that every child that were born into this world co... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 11:47 am
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Listen for my message on the evening breeze
Whispering to this heaven on earth.
I am living for now on the wings of a wind
Waiting for the beauty of birth.
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Nov 1, 2009, 8:38 pm
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Reading is doorway for me. I have traveled to every corner of the earth and man's mind while reading what I consider to be some of the best authors in modern times. I am guil... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2009, 10:37 pm
Saturday, October 31, 2009 #187 - Adventure Setting out on an adventure is one thing...planning on climbing a very high mountain? Pack your gear, plot yo... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 10:59 am
Note: This is a post I wrote for IIIWW. The mobile home is real and we do have it for sale.
Vintage Mobile home looks like
this inside only less furniture. 1964
Today my husband and I went to s... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 1:55 pm
From my comments:
Renaming my blogI've been thinking about renaming my blog. One day this last week I posted a poem about words and where they come from. I want the new name for this blog becaus... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 3:03 pm
Eleanor H. Porter
Author of Pollyanna
1913
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Remember Pollyanna? She was a character in a book, childish, happy, always finding the best in people and situations. I have been accus... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 3:04 pm
I am seeking a new name (not address) for my blog. Barbara's Travels just does not fit anymore. "Mine" seems too little so "Wind Blown Mind" keeps creeping up on me. The name may be simply "Words... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 10:54 am
The side walk shown with
the glistening of rain falling
for the first time in the autumn changing.
That it happened a million times before
was of no consequence.
Golden leaves hung clean from trees
th... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2009, 3:52 pm
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Heartache
Jangle
Reckless
He had grown up with the conviction it was beneath his dignity to explain himself.... On the farm you said you would or you wouldn't, that Roosev... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2009, 12:54 pm
I have, on many occasions, written making reference to Malcolm Gladwell's book, The Tipping Point. The book is a mind bender I think. If you have not read it, you should. Through out the book h... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 7:29 pm
I have known for always that youth is a gift.
In children, ideas run free as the wind.
When the mind of a child keeps living on,
An artful innocence will flow from the canvas or page.
Only the purest... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 2:18 pm
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
from Stewart Little "There would be a lot fewer wars if more people would just give up."
FAMILY
Our grandson, Brayden was born at the end of March... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2009, 10:10 pm
Please check out this link to TED. I think you will all find it most interesting. It is a new way of looking at how we provide drinking water for third world countries. When we talk about JUNK filth... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 9:20 pm
I was there. You know, I saw what was happening. A car came from around the corner...one of those big cars. Red. Yes I'm sure it was red. We were playing baseball in the street and we had to ... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2009, 9:44 pm
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M-m-m-m.....thoughts flashed here and there.
What was in that hole in the dirt just by the front door...m-m-m-m-m-m! I suppose a rock will be enough to keep who ev... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 6:08 pm
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I spend the majority of each year in a place I love to call "The Waiting Room for Heaven". We all are 'of an age' and each year is a gift. To say that we a... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2009, 10:09 pm
Bump in the night...the baby heard the sound and cried. Unknown to it's ears, the sound woke it from a dreamless sleep. As the parent rushed to it's side, a guardian angel brushed the babies... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2009, 7:52 pm
Fallow
Limit
Vocal
Very Old But Still True
Dreams lay fallow in the field
waiting for decisions to be made.
In that field their possibilities were endless...
they floated through the air without... Comment - Like
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Oct 3, 2009, 8:24 pm
Image by Always at Home via Flickr The Graduation Kiss
If her mother had ever kissed her she could not remember. It just wasn't the thing to do. Even her friends today would say that all that ... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2009, 11:41 am
The shovel came as a complete surprise. Of course she had always asked. Generally a recent trip to the store prompted the answer but this one just was not a gift off the toy aisle shelf.
"So", she ... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2009, 8:25 pm
Of all the stories I have ever written I think I have always loved the Tooth Fairy and God the best. The story captures the memories of my children growing up in a one simple short story. I think t... Comment - Like
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Sep 27, 2009, 9:20 pm
NO, NO, NO
Two souls with a single thought
Two hearts that
Beat as one
Caught in the embrace of an other's world.
The perfect love while others
Wondered at the unlikelihood
Of it all....Love with... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2009, 11:06 am
Sunday Scribblings
Cheese
The Phone Call...Agnes and Leona
The cheese was free...can you believe that? You just drive to the Senior Citizen Center and they are giving cheese away. I got 5 pounds. ... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2009, 3:47 pm
That was "Don't' Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" with Slim Wilkins. Now for the news: Negotiations for a peaceful settlement to end the Korean war are moving very slowly. While UN negotiato... Comment - Like
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Sep 20, 2009, 5:05 pm
Growing older as a couple had not been easy for them. Anna had matured into a the role that was cast for her all those years ago. She was a little broader at the hips but still erect and proud. She... Comment - Like
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Sep 19, 2009, 9:11 pm
Sunday Scribblings
Hungry
(The following is a paid(?) advertisement.)
Writing in a vacuum? Not inspired to write anything worth while? Needing some inspiration? Here is the solution you have been... Comment - Like
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Sep 16, 2009, 8:58 pm
Hanky
Thick
Drift
Should the office call will you tell them that I am ill? There are a few things that I need to take care of this morning.
Are you ill?
Well, kind of...I mean I don't feel rig... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 3:39 pm
Chris Dunphy from Tales from Technomadia had this to say about the Burning Man event in Nevada at the end of last month. Since I was writing only from what I could read (and comprehend?) I did not ge... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2009, 1:28 pm
Sunday Scribblings
Tattoo
It said "Burning Man" in the news item at the side of my home page. I am fascinated by the fact that people actually might burst into flames for no reason at all...I think i... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2009, 12:14 pm
I need to tell you all that I made a few spelling mistakes in my post yesterday...the blogger spell check didn't see it and neither did I. I am a teacher...flawed but still proud. I did laugh wh... Comment - Like
My three blogs....one for the retirement life I enjoy (A Senior's Life Style), one for writing of fiction and personal thoughts (Barbara's Travels) and one for political comments and information (Just Give Me the Facts). A split personality...maybe!!!
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