Tag: family
group name: writersnoticed
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September 26, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
So my sweet teenager kindly informed me yesterday that I have "rustic hair." Huh? Rustic? Like log-cabin-in-the-wilderness rustic? She continued with "Mom, really, . . . more
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July 26, 2007 10:01 AM EDT --
I had to write this answer for a scholarship question and thought I would pose it to you gather folks. Also, if any of you wiser more experienced voices have advice on funding college...please pass . . . more
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August 30, 2007 04:36 PM EDT --
You just never know what's going to happen at the Department of Motor Vehicles...
Her ring was so interesting; I had never seen anything like it. The stone was, to put it politely, an ugly piece . . . more
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August 10, 2007 03:27 PM EDT --
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast -- and that is an eternal truth. For years scientists and nutritionists have said breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and my cats . . . more
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November 14, 2007 12:28 AM EST --
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September 08, 2007 11:55 PM EDT --
My Mom is a stalker.
She follows me everywhere I go.
When I’m playing in the back yard, she watches me through the slats on the blind. She thinks I can’t see her, but I can.
She drives me . . . more
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June 30, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
I bought this movie last weekend and finally had time to sit and watch it. This movie literally made me cry. I'm 42 years old and until last night, I haven't cried at a movie since the first time . . . more
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March 17, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
'Write what you know.' Everybody—especially writers—have heard this adage. So why do I always find myself writing about sisters (I have three brothers), old houses . . . more
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December 14, 2007 02:39 PM EST --
If Beautiful Was Ugly
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March 25, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
Recently I was riding in my car (blissfully and unexpectedly alone—except for my dog) and I heard an old Rod Stewart song. I'm not certain of the title but the lyrics go something like . . . more
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August 30, 2007 06:11 PM EDT --
There is nothing quite as good as standing in warm rain on a lake shore, holding a fishing rod and working a bait under some overhanging branches. And that is exactly how I spent about an hour and a half . . . more
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November 19, 2007 01:16 PM EST --
"Can you get me the first-aid peas?"
You know about first-aid peas, right? It's that big bag of frozen legumes used to soothe strains, sprains, bumps, and bruises. Usually, . . . more
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October 12, 2007 07:17 PM EDT --
This article is a tribute to my mother, the late Lillian Dorothy Cook McRandall, known to all as either Mom, Gramma or Dot.
She was born in June of 1922 in Montreal to Albert (Bert) Cook and Nellie (Quickfall) . . . more
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September 11, 2007 09:35 AM EDT --
If you work and live in the same space, how do you separate the two? It’s not always easy, especially if you have the opportunity to do what you’re passionate about.
I left my full-time job . . . more
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August 20, 2007 03:15 PM EDT --
Recently, my husband and I were having dinner with a group of friends. One posed the immortal question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I knew my answer right away and . . . more
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June 17, 2007 04:50 PM EDT --
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June 15, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
Yes he’s back. That one man Republican resistance, that pariah of the pundits, Michael Moore has a new movie scheduled out and it’s a scathing indictment of the insurance and healthcare industry . . . more
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October 03, 2007 10:24 PM EDT --
The American television network NBC recently carried a series entitle The Black Donnellys. One of the creators of the series (Paul Haggis) is a native of London, Ontario, a small Canadian city with . . . more
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February 01, 2008 10:04 AM EST --
"Betsy, please, just tell me what to say."
Over the past thirty-seven years, I've heard this plea from parents countless times. Whether during a parenting group, an individual . . . more
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November 13, 2007 12:39 PM EST --
The years have long passed since I left Indiana and started my sojourn across America and places far and wide. Travel has taken me many places within my lifetime. . . . more
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