Tag: writing
group name: whatsonyourmind
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October 01, 2006 11:41 PM EDT --
I would like to be a better writer. I know I don't have the vocabulary. It would take too long to really increase my vocabulary and I know I won't take the time to try. I have always felt that . . . more
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July 11, 2008 04:42 PM EDT --
There is a disturbing trend permeating our Society. It is an experience that I've confronted here; I'm sure many of you have, also. We should ALL be horrified by the words of those who . . . more
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June 15, 2007 03:18 AM EDT --
Now, don't get me wrong... I'm a writer -- so I can totally relate to poetry, clever prose and the well-turned phrase... I LOVE words... I love USING words... I love SAYING words and WRITING . . . more
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March 18, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
I don't usually rant, but what a couple of days it has been! My older sister, God bless her, was due to come visit me yesterday around noon. She had a 2 hour drive, and it's a drive . . . more
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November 10, 2006 06:30 PM EST --
"Dear Ruth,
On behalf of the editorial team here at Gather, I am very pleased to inform you that we are featuring grammarians on Gather, and you have been chosen to appear on the Gather homepage. . . . more
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May 31, 2008 10:21 AM EDT --
The Left are the Champions of Humanity. They are the Champions of Decency, and Free Speech, and Human Rights. They are the Champions of Individual Liberty and Freedom. They are the Champions . . . more
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October 01, 2006 10:21 AM EDT --
My article "The Thing About Poetry" elicited this very interesting comment from Cynth B. of Salinas, CA. I thought it raised enough important points to merit a separate article. I shall . . . more
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March 08, 2007 01:13 PM EST --
The more you try to seek me out
The more you will end up confused
Mystified by the masks I wear
My cloak and dagger subterfuge
My flesh is anchored to this world
My soul resides in fantasy . . . more
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October 23, 2006 11:24 PM EDT --
Recently it was suggested to me by a Gather and blogging friend that publication of memoir is a serious betrayal of trust, and that sharing of personal experience is better accomplished by fictionalization . . . more
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July 28, 2007 04:04 PM EDT --
I got my Gift card in the mail to day for Boarders Bookstore. So looks like my next day off, I’ll be going shopping. Only a $25.00 card, but that should be a book or two for me. I tell more about . . . more
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October 08, 2006 12:25 PM EDT --
This post is directed to whoever the person is that ranks my articles a "1" whenever I deal with content that offends their sense of propriety (actually, I'm only guessing that's the . . . more
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June 06, 2007 01:26 AM EDT --
Ok lets write a story together - I'll start the first line, and then whoever comments first does the next line or two and so on and so forth.
No comments other than your sentence/s!!
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October 12, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
Where does one's mind go when left to wonder?
Where can it take me this woderous machine.
Does it decipher right from wrong before I consciously do?
One's mind is like a sponge I've always . . . more
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January 26, 2007 06:32 PM EST --
My husband, Chris, and I met on Christmas Eve of 1992. Do you believe in love at first sight? We were married on March 20, 1993 only three months after we met. Our wedding day started normal, but normal . . . more
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October 22, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
It's a dull, dark, dreary, drab, damp, rainy day. My kids are supposed to be cleaning, but they are up there playing around. I'm bored and I'm tired and I should probably go lay down as I only . . . more
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August 31, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
Clearing the Writing Palate
Last night my wife and I had a long walk on a secluded beach in Maine. It was about
6 PM, 75 degrees, clear, . . . more
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July 02, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
I had to delete my Poem Dark lady. When I posted the poem it showed to post right, but when the first person read it, it had reformatted itself. After spending half an hour trying to get the format the . . . more
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September 30, 2007 10:05 PM EDT --
What happened to general conversation? I see it everyday, someone says a simple "hello" to somebody else and the other person will quickly turn away or just walk off. What if they are . . . more
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October 15, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
This is a poem I wrote a while back.
Time
Every second is precious
Yet it goes on for eternity.
You hold on to the moment,
But the hours pass you by.
It's callous hands strip away
All that you hold . . . more
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November 28, 2006 10:29 PM EST --
Do you remember when you were much younger and your parents would always say something to you, which was never true. Just to make you thing you did something wrong. heres an example.
You know how . . . more
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