Tag: love
group name: writespeak
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June 22, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
i've read beryl's writing for many years - her eloquent columns of life on the north shore provided much-needed balm to my city-dwelling soul, stranded in minneapolis. i longed to be on a lake, . . . more
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August 05, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
CAT'S CRADLE
The Woman in the Swamp
by
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August 19, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
From my novel, when the protagonist was waiting for the girl he loves, before proposal...
Waiting for you, I stood in the middle of the faint-lit room. It was too huge. Too dark, without . . . more
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April 05, 2007 04:37 PM EDT --
time flies
and night draws near.
pillows become sodden
and hearts become heavy.
oh, the things we do for love.
thoughts fly
to faraway places, loved ones.
memories come pouring forth
like the . . . more
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August 09, 2007 08:10 PM EDT --
Author Samara O'Shea doesn't beat around the bush. She says up front: yes, there still is a need for letter writing. We who write (that is all of us here on Gather), see a lot of writing and many . . . more
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March 13, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
While there are some differences in how various religions and cultures understand "compassion," the definition I like the most is "to suffer with, coupled with a desire to relieve . . . more
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March 19, 2007 02:35 AM EDT --
It was in the way you looked at me
when you said "My name will
be in lights." I believed you.
I never expected my name
to appear anywhere other
than the obituary page.
Maybe my expectations . . . more
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May 17, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Mean Moms (author unknown)
Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will
tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you
enough . . . . . . more
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November 14, 2007 05:11 PM EST --
For those of you who have been with me so far, you know that this series started with the death of Nora, the mother of my childhood friend Lavenia. Her death caused . . . more
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September 11, 2007 10:10 PM EDT --
"Is that your Princess dress?" I asked my three-year-old granddaughter, as she walked out of her bedroom dragging the dress behind her.
"Yes," she softly answered, with a smile.
And . . . more
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March 24, 2008 04:07 PM EDT --
In everyone's life, if they are lucky, someone comes along and adds something very special to their existence.
However, in my case I was so stupid and immature at that time in my life, I did not . . . more
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October 06, 2007 09:55 PM EDT --
"Wow!" I bent down quickly to pick up the small paper envelope I found on the sidewalk. I was returning from school to the orphanage where I lived.
On the front of the package was a picture . . . more
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April 18, 2008 08:04 AM EDT --
THE BOOK : As the young women of 17 th century China were drawn to the famous opera, The Peony Pavilion , author Lisa See was drawn to the 17th century text, The Three Wives' . . . more
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December 05, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
I've often been asked this question for interviews and the like, now I'm turning the tables. To you, the published and the unpublished, what does "success" as an author mean to . . . more
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July 23, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Heading down the Alaska Alcan Highway into Canada was quite an adventure. It seemed like a never-ending road made entirely of rocks: little rocks, big rocks, hard rocks, soft rocks, red rocks, white rocks, . . . more
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June 27, 2007 12:04 AM EDT --
I am a romance author, so take my words with a grain of salt. But why is it that the romance genre always gets the shaft when it comes to the "literary" discussions? Why is it you . . . more
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September 19, 2007 01:54 PM EDT --
With coffee in hand, I walked into my small home office so I could begin answering some of the many e-mails I generally receive each morning. I was surprised to see that the mouse on my computer was not . . . more
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June 26, 2008 09:37 PM EDT --
During the triple points ordeal I ask my gather friends to help me raise enough points to get a Home Depot gift card to help my son build a shed for his lawnmower and tools. I was able to get $125.00 . . . more
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August 13, 2008 07:35 AM EDT --
All Rights Reserved
© 2008, Bent Lorentzen
860 words
Copenhagen, DK, Wednesday, August 13, 2008:
I just a few minutes ago received . . . more
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July 10, 2007 07:40 PM EDT --
Once again, I sat alone in my bedroom. I had been sent to bed because I refused to eat a plate of boiled okra and eggplant, which we had been given for supper.
Slowly and very carefully, I opened the . . . more
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