Tag: life
group name: thesixties
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May 15, 2007 12:00 AM EDT --
Ah, a simple life of simple pleasures,
tucked under the cool, crisp sheets,
cats at my feet, under comforter of down,
rear window open, spring breeze, a zephyr
blowing in, keeping cool my brow, . . . more
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April 27, 2006 03:40 PM EDT --
Two weeks ago, the New York Times had a review of Sebastian Junger's new book, "A Death in Belmont," reviewed by Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz.
You may remember Sebastian Junger's . . . 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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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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May 17, 2007 10:41 PM EDT --
And so, I've been tagged. Ok, yes, there are a few things about myself that some might deem positive. Here they are and each begins with a preamble =
1) KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. I have read . . . more
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April 08, 2006 08:26 AM EDT --
The setting was Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. The day was February 1, 1960.
Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond were four young men who attended Agriculture . . . 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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April 25, 2006 02:09 PM EDT --
The year was 1962. James Meredith was a student at the University of Mississippi.
That his final acceptance into the university was won by such strife is a disgrace in our civil rights history. . . . 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 28, 2008 03:05 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today is OPEN.
I want to say something about what OPEN means. According to the original definition of Writing Essentials . . . more
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January 26, 2008 11:41 PM EST --
'' HALF PAST 50'' copyright 2008, Lonnie Ray Fowler
Just past midnight , proud stay-at-home mama, Bridget; let us all know that Jan 26th, today, was her father Steven's . . . more
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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 . . . more
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September 25, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
I'm a cranky 40 something female who longs for the good old days. My longing to go back to the 60's/early 70's is so intense. I loved the music: Pictures of Matchstick Men, Wild . . . more
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February 03, 2007 09:25 PM EST --
It was summertime . And it was hot. My brother steve and some friends were sitting out on the wooden deck talking and drinking ice cold drinks. they saw the figure of a young girl come from the old wreaked . . . more
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February 21, 2007 05:23 PM EST --
You sit there and you watch it go.
When young , It seemed to move too slow.
A lot of it was spent on play.
The darkness came and took the day.
To lay at night and watch the stars.
And hear the sound . . . more
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March 21, 2007 11:07 AM EDT --
After work,
drive my daughter to dance,
quick grocery run,
chicken and potatoes in oven,
pick up daughter,
forgot the shampoo and conditioner,
back to the grocery store,
dinner, wash floor and do dishes, . . . more
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July 26, 2007 08:27 PM EDT --
All is not well in suburbia
when at midnight you arise
to find a jackhammer tearing the street
and a backhoe lunging into the asphalt;
You block your ears to the noise and know
you will not sleep because . . . more
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December 18, 2006 10:52 AM EST --
for Barbary Chaapel, world weaver with no wasted words, for me perhaps Gather's finest poet of archived perception.
I slide my robe on like a sly robot
executing a crafty HAL 9000 command
and leap . . . more
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April 01, 2006 04:13 AM EST --
The morning Sue Hapenny was born, circus elephants danced, lions jumped through rings of fire, and choirs of angels sang throughout the heavens. Or so she was told.
After hours of labor in which . . . 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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