Tag: travel
group name: thewritersreview
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July 02, 2008 01:55 AM EDT --
A cut-n-paste from my earlier writing, but prompted to publish at Gather thanks to KEO and her writing prompt .
On the beach to the Baltic Sea , a saltwater body that eventually divests . . . more
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May 31, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
On October 26, 1991 twenty-year-old Clare Abshire met the love of her life at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She planned the meeting. She had spent endless hours with Henry DeTamble since she was a child. . . . more
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May 29, 2007 10:45 AM EDT --
Last summer, my family went to a Pittsburgh Pirates game. Before entering the stadium, we were herded through security for a bag search. As I approached the guard, my heart raced. The anxiety had nothing . . . more
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December 30, 2007 10:00 PM EST --
Never experienced this in a long time.
Is this magic or what?
Or is it just plain old sappy me?
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February 21, 2007 05:01 PM EST --
The wandering
Moon in my visual field
Flashing
Her beautiful smile
Over my shadow
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August 01, 2007 02:34 PM EDT --
Last weekend, I made the arduous journey from Oklahoma City to Dallas, Texas, along I-35. (Also known as The Highway of Death.) On Sunday, I made the return trip.
I think I have successfully used up my . . . more
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April 26, 2007 01:12 PM EDT --
North Carolina’s Yadkin Valley – with its perfect climate and soil composition - plays host to a growing number of wineries. The Swan Creek area, tucked safely in the Yadkin Valley between . . . more
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February 10, 2007 09:12 PM EST --
One frigid night in Fairbanks, Alaska, with the northern lights dancing in the sky, I, along with my husband Bill, were on our way to the Cathredral on Peger Street to . . . more
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April 25, 2007 07:04 AM EDT --
Tea, glorious tea! All through the dark, dank, dreary winter, tea aficionados dream of spring and that first steaming cup of the new year’s new tea.
The first spring harvest provides the . . . more
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April 17, 2007 07:34 AM EDT --
Catholic Science Fiction? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
Rob and I have been asked this several times before, during and since putting together Infinite Space, Infinite . . . more
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March 22, 2007 07:00 PM EDT --
Anjouan, a small island off the West coast of Madagascar, near Tanzania as well. This beautiful tropical paradise island is where i grew up for 5 years of my life. My family arrived on my third birthday, . . . more
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April 23, 2007 11:15 AM EDT --
VENICE, WITH BONES
sack me gobs of lilacs the next time you float through
Venice
the glass lasts longer but is it as fragrant and
rife
all beauty bleeds so fast you have to run madly to
replenish . . . more
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July 22, 2007 08:14 PM EDT --
She put on the booties and fins, strapped the tank to her back, and cleaned the faceplate of the mask with seawater. With tools in hand, Becky walked into the lagoon backwards . . . more
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June 28, 2007 03:14 PM EDT --
I am so lucky to live in beautiful Northern California. Just wanted to share three photos illustrating the incredible differences of scenery and activities that I can enjoy within three hours of . . . more
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August 09, 2007 02:28 AM EDT --
It was around this time, two summers ago, that I was Dildo-ing around Newfoundland, my favourite spot. Be gentle, dear reader.
Dildo is an outport of 3,000 residents about an hour's . . . more
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January 19, 2007 01:27 PM EST --
There are people going missing everyday,but you read about that all the time.No biggy,sad but no biggy.What happens when it is your best friend?This can make you feel like they have passed on and are never . . . more
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March 28, 2008 08:00 AM EDT --
An old dog's awkwardness with a newly injured leg deceived me into not seeing his careful economy with every motion and intention.
[edit 7:20 p.m.] My old dog's awkwardness caused by his newly . . . more
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March 03, 2007 02:33 PM EST --
“I’m never going back,” I said vehemently under my breath.
The night was cool, somewhere around 30 degrees I supposed. I had just climbed out of my window and slunk into the woods . . . more
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February 11, 2007 12:41 AM EST --
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere was the first book by Morris that I have had the opportunity to read, and even though it was so very melancholy I look forward to reading the rest of her works. . . . more
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August 01, 2007 07:10 PM EDT --
There's a growing group of folks who want to have Spanish penpals -- go for it! You don't have to be totally fluent in Spanish. In fact, it's a great exercise for practising your Spanish, you . . . more
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