Tag: writing
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July 06, 2008 01:05 AM EDT --
I was born in Utah in the 1950s with a rare birth defect called epidermolysis bullosa. It is a 'blistering skin' disease, is very rare and includes several subtypes of the defect, all of . . . more
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October 31, 2007 03:31 AM EDT --
Lilly tucked a small piece of paper under her pillow before she went to bed. Her skull was fractured, her brain was swollen, several vertebrae were cracked. It was a hot summer night; sweat beaded . . . more
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January 23, 2008 02:59 AM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials . Today, January 23: is OPEN.
Schedule:
Jan 23: OPEN
Jan 30: OPEN
Feb 6: OPEN
Feb 13: Valentine's . . . more
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July 14, 2007 07:01 PM EDT --
I would spread my parents' ashes over the sea on a day of blue, green, and yellow; I would clutch the earth in my hands and spread it over my wounds, as my pores open, raw, sweating blood; . . . more
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September 17, 2007 05:20 AM EDT --
Yook, a big, red fire fruck!' Teeden yelled as he ran to the window.
'Teeden, don't' say 'fruck' say, 'ter-uck.' Can you say 'ter-uck?''
'No I . . . more
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September 03, 2007 12:48 AM EDT --
Indian Summer is to me the ending of the warmer weather of Autumn. The beautiful colored leaves begin to fall and we all gather them with our rakes in hand. Bag them up for the collecter to come around . . . more
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August 21, 2007 07:42 PM EDT --
I realize it is not actually Wednesday, but our DSL connection spaces out at night. So, the early bird gets the worm and better safe than sorry. Here is Wednesday's article for Gather Essentials: . . . more
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May 18, 2007 12:34 AM EDT --
Mary rolls her trash down the driveway alone now that Nolo has died; decades of Saturday night dancing, summer swims and afternoon tennis are behind her; these days, ladies come to lunch or she flies to . . . more
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July 27, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
In a brilliant essay in the latest issue of Poetry Magazine, entitled Beach Reading, David Orr (New York Times Book Review) explores the lure, fascination, wonder and inspiration of reading and . . . more
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November 20, 2007 10:29 PM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials . Today is November 21 , the day before Thanksgiving (US).
In honor of this holiday, Wednesday Writing Essentials will feature . . . more
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October 10, 2007 12:14 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials .
Featured today, October 10th: Memoir, Essays, Essays about Writing or Publishing
For theme . . . more
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January 30, 2008 03:27 PM EST --
Wednesday Writing Essentials: Dorothy and Toto Live on, And Toto, too? Yes, and Toto, too!
by Kathryn Esplin-Oleski |
| - Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today is OPEN. Schedule: . . . more
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June 28, 2007 05:10 PM EDT --
Last night I was watching a program on television, the program is somewhat irrelevant, but one comment that a woman made was about people who have a “life of the mind”, and that comment resonated . . . more
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February 23, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Frigid Footprints Etched in Time
Time to reflect find meaning
Ready and gather strength for future seasons
Time to live in a present moment built on the past
To find bliss each day in just . . . more
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May 29, 2007 11:10 AM EDT --
This is how it usually goes: A few of those old dead poets sit at a bar, drinking and arguing, as is their wont. Even though dead, they're very much alive.
Ben Johnson was the first to argue his merits . . . more
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October 31, 2007 03:05 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, October 31, is Halloween. Bring your Halloween/All Saint's/All Soul's/your horror or fantasy articles, images, videos.
This . . . more
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April 04, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
This was inspired by Ed Nudelman's How to Write a Poem. I'd read it just before going to bed. I could not sleep, Instead, this is what happened. Honestly, these thoughts just erupted into my brain, . . . more
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November 28, 2007 12:19 AM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Wrriting Essentials . Today, November 28 is OPEN for Featuring.
Schedule:
December 5: Fiction, Memoir, Poetry will be Featured.
December . . . more
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September 04, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
From THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE by Terry Shaw. Copyright © 2007 by Terry Shaw. Reprinted by permission of Touchstone Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Prologue
It was three a.m. . . . more
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December 05, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, December 5th is OPEN .
Schedule:
December 12 : OPEN
December 19: Holiday stories around the world
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