Tag: life
group name: pastimes
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January 20, 2007 12:56 AM EST --
Hidden secerts from the past
haunt you in ways you try to forget.
They come inside and linger untill
you feel the need to surrender.
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August 30, 2006 03:03 AM EDT --
Why I like the 80's so much.Well I was coming out of grade school in 1980 to 1981 and I strted listening to alot of music.So then in middle school about in 1982 or 1983 Mtv came out and as soon as . . .
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September 15, 2006 08:46 PM EDT --
You can't take it with You
Who ever said, "You can't take it with you," didn't met, Thomas Clark. He was a simple man of modest means, didn't have . . .
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September 15, 2006 01:17 AM EDT --
Democracy Needs a Voting Public
by Judy W
An AP article in today's paper lamented the fact that in California the voting public is not reflective of the general population of the state. I expect that . . .
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September 05, 2006 03:41 PM EDT --
Cultures clash
Like the horse and bull
Crowd cheering, jeering
Pissing on a tree
The matador leaves his pointed mark
on a mutilated creature
Can you see the virgin animal
tasting it's first blade? . . .
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September 02, 2006 08:11 PM EDT --
Back in the 1960's, the Beatles were the rage among teenagers, much to the disgust of our parents who expected them to corrupt us all. My best friend in high school was a huge Beatles fan. . . .
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September 22, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
Innocently enough, it sprang from the rich brown/black compost heap, way back in the far boundry of the yard. It had a couple companions joining the stretch for sunshine and freedom from that decomposing . . .
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September 09, 2006 08:17 AM EDT --
I, Amanda, bleed to write words. I think of ink as my weapon; an olive branch in regards to the chaotic yet wonderful world we inhabit.
Lightning sparks my imagination. Thunder vibrates, shaking my creative . . .
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December 01, 2006 05:10 PM EST --
I live in missouri and we were hit with a big snow. At 1:35 am my loving husband woke me up to tell me the snow was covering the back porch. The back porch is about two feet from the ground. I told him . . .
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January 20, 2007 11:46 PM EST --
I grew up in California.
I always wanted to live were it snowed.
The only time we got to play in the snow.
Was when we took a trip to the mountains.
I now live in Missouri.
It snows every . . .
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September 13, 2006 09:55 PM EDT --
The Joy of Middle School
by Judy W
I spent 34 years in middle school. You might wonder if I wasn't smart enough to get out. The fact is, I loved it. I was once told that in order to be good with middle . . .
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October 01, 2006 06:50 PM EDT --
A dear friend of mine celebrated her 99th Birthday today, 1 Oct' 06
Madge celebrated it in the home of her youngest daughter, where she lives. She is the mother of 7 children, . . .
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February 10, 2007 02:34 PM EST --
11th I was a loner. I usually set back and watch the other kids play.
12th I was made fun of because of my freckles and my name. Deanna, banana.
13th i hated school. No one liked me. I didn't have . . .
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April 11, 2006 11:55 PM EDT --
Sitting at her desk, today the Quill peers into the future and wonders about those who will live one-hundred and ten years from now. She fears a new, and as yet, unseen world where people speak to each . . .
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December 06, 2006 12:33 AM EST --
(This is a repeat posting of an article I deleted.)
I was born in 1922 and my family had a farm in Bethel, Connecticut by the time of the ‘Crash of ‘29’. Some of my father’s . . .
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September 23, 2006 02:22 PM EDT --
One weekend, while fishing at our favorite fishing hole in Port Aransas, Texas, my father-in-law found a set of keys submerged in the water just by the shore. He picked . . .
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December 06, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Flaggie’s Letter to His Mother After the Great Chicago Fire Oct. 8, 1871
(edited and reposted)
While rummaging in boxes for pictures, I ran across a copy of a letter written in 1871 by . . .
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September 05, 2006 09:55 PM EDT --
A few years ago, I had my most memorable Thanksgiving ever. Our family decided to have our Thanksgiving dinner earlier in the day than usual and had just eaten. My husband was in the kitchen . . .
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January 24, 2007 11:01 PM EST --
Digging up Bones - Genealogy Research Memories
Ever since I was a kid I would go with my mom to do research on family history. She’d track down info on where someone was buried and we’d . . .
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September 11, 2006 10:46 AM EDT --
"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide" - Ceasere Powere
I've been surrounded by death for fifteen years now, mainly from my friends killing or attempting to kill themselves. I'm . . .
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