Tag: memories
member name: Lynn, whose writing motto is Tabula rasa - Caveat lector
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December 04, 2009 06:25 PM EST --
I remember when Christmas joy
Revolved around getting –
Getting a dollhouse, tea sets,
And a Davy Crocket rifle.
Getting was replaced by giving . . .
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September 11, 2009 05:29 PM EDT --
Back in the olden days, when I was healthy, I used to work in stained glass. This is the nativity scene I made for our Christmases - all in stained glass. (Well, the angel behind it and the shelter . . .
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September 11, 2009 05:17 PM EDT --
I used to play Morrowind - a video, role-playing game. My Teddy Bear sits with me all the time, so this is a scene I drew of us in the game. (I'm in character - the cat. He is always a character.) . . .
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October 22, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
I was raised in a "eat whatever is on your plate" kind of family. It wasn't until I was older that I discovered "whatever is on your plate" was different from the vast majority of other people. I . . .
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October 05, 2009 07:14 AM EDT --
Not a good weekend, despite the goodness in the weekend. My oldest brother called. Apparently, his ex got remarried (good for her – she deserved so much more), but doesn't have room for the old . . .
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August 05, 2009 06:28 PM EDT --
Mom was in the closed-off kitchen stirring a huge batch of fruity crabapple jelly, a midsummer tradition. The steam was as hot and humid as the sunny day outside. Dad just installed our second air-conditioner . . .
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October 09, 2009 06:06 PM EDT --
Friday Writing Essential—Rainy Days— October 9th, 2009
For today’s writing prompt, make a list of 10 things you like to do when it rains. Take one item from that list . . .
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October 09, 2009 06:28 PM EDT --
Dad is fiercely independent, so "helping him," while on crutches for a few days, was a test of wills.
I learned how to swipe a gas card, before he climbed out his Explorer and survived two . . .
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September 11, 2009 05:23 PM EDT --
Spaulding and I talked it over. He gets to post his own memory. I get to post my own memory, and we get to post one memory for both of us. This is his memory.
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October 01, 2009 12:34 PM EDT --
I'm woman enough to admit it – you got me! You got me with all the photos. Heck, you got me with photos from previous months! I never noticed how much memories meant to me, until this last month, . . .
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October 18, 2009 06:43 PM EDT --
I have told about the death of my mother elsewhere, but this story is about the year afterwards, and not depressing.
My little brother and I moved back with Dad, directly from Mom's funeral in . . .
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September 30, 2009 07:35 AM EDT --
Her oldest brother shoved a pillow over her face brutally. He was the athlete in the family, the championship pitcher in Little League, the school record holder in sprints, the fastest swimmer in the . . .
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October 24, 2009 03:10 PM EDT --
Saturday Writing Essential's Bonus Prompt:
Write a story or poem dealing directly or indirectly with some darkness or demon that has or is plaguing you. You don’t have to be explicit . . .
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September 19, 2009 02:49 PM EDT --
While growing up, my brother Dan collected reptiles and amphibians. He had a few black snakes, several garter snakes, toads, horn toads (really a lizard), tadpoles to frogs, the iguana, the chameleons, . . .
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October 29, 2009 09:04 AM EDT --
It is a sad thing to get so caught up in your home teams that you cannot watch the games themselves. We only have one TV and, heaven forbid, someone does something wrong! We just cannot afford to throw . . .
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