Tag: family
group name: thesixties
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September 17, 2006 02:22 PM EDT --
for Jenn B., my "jennie james," brilliant young writer and ex-Gatherer who I've worried about for four months since she left us, but now have learned happily is full of more life than ever! . . . more
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August 09, 2007 05:37 PM EDT --
Who Inspires Me The Most?
That question is relatively easy for me. My mom. My mom raised six children alone, without child support, worked 40 hours a week, and took a bus. I was born in 1965, . . . more
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June 08, 2007 09:57 PM EDT --
When we were growing up in the fifties and sixties it was safe to walk to town alone or with another child your age. We were not afraid to walk anywhere in our small town and everyone knew who your . . . more
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February 28, 2007 10:50 PM EST --
I remember when we lived in conowingo ,Maryland .I was almost 16. My name is tom. I'm one of seven children . I am nex't to the oldest. We rented an old farm house with a dairy in the back. . . . more
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June 01, 2007 09:16 AM EDT --
I turned six when the sixties began and I was sixteen when the sixties ended. Most of my childhood was spent during this decade. I guess you could say these were my formative years.
My parents started . . . more
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February 09, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
This story starts out when I was about two. That was in 1952. My mom said they used to wash the car down at the creek. Yes they even used soap. Can't do that now a days. Well she said I would . . . more
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November 28, 2007 03:55 AM EST --
Send this link to everyone you know:
Friends, Family, Coworkers, and Associates please "Rate My Poem" by going here:
http://www.poetry.com/voteforme/poemvote1.asp?PID=11812841
With . . . more
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September 15, 2006 11:38 PM EDT --
First, reflect on the lyrics to this Johnny Cash song, "Drive On:"
I got a friend named Whiskey Sam
He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam
He said is my country just a little . . . more
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August 31, 2007 02:47 PM EDT --
I watched the Royals and celebrities joined Princes William and Harry to honor their mother Princess Diana on Thursday night, (on BBC), my time
Thery were celebrating the the 10th anniversary of her death . . . more
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August 30, 2006 11:09 PM EDT --
I love my mama. She's a very simple, homegrown kind of lady that comes from the backwoods of SW Louisiana (and SE Texas later on). She says things that my kids get a kick out of sometimes without meaning . . . more
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September 24, 2006 10:11 PM EDT --
Tonight I wrote something for a second time that I thought I would never have to think about again.
A friend of mine's son was trying to enlist in the military for the education benefits. I . . . more
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May 01, 2007 10:27 AM EDT --
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July 07, 2008 06:20 PM EDT --
Children don't grown up in their own neighborhoods any more. They go to Day Camp, Computer Camp, Tennis Camp, Vacation Bible School and other activity centers. Moms and Dads are at . . . more
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July 06, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --
I was wondering, for those who read the Bible, what traslation(s) is (are) your favorite? I personally love the Amplified Bible because it gives the reader the fully meaning of text through a Thesaurus . . . more
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August 04, 2007 05:13 AM EDT --
It happened the summer I found the rabbit lying in the road, hit by a car, legs broken, he couldn't be saved. Yet I had to try. I knew the marriage couldn't be saved, yet I had to try.
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December 16, 2006 11:28 PM EST --
with something for every one...
Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
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June 06, 2007 03:24 PM EDT --
When we were children growing up in the fifties everyone went to visit their Grandmother. Our Grandmother lived in St Petersburg Florida. Every year we would take two weeks vacation and spend . . . more
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September 11, 2007 11:51 PM EDT --
I am a man who knows his limits. I am proud of my accomplishments and constantly strive to go the extra mile, but at age 49 I know what I cannot do. At the risk of offending animal lovers everywhere, . . . more
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March 10, 2007 11:30 AM EST --
Bob Dylan a false prophet?
Over the years of his career, countless books and articles have been published about Dylan's spirituality and what he himself called "the saving grace that's . . . more
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September 08, 2006 02:08 PM EDT --
Sure there was a war going on, the protesters were in full swing but there were some great memories of those days..
My daughters were little..We used to take them to Love-ins in the parks..does anyone . . . more
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