Tag: writing
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February 15, 2007 05:16 PM EST --
If you haven't Stumbled across this site before, you are in for a chuckle. The name of it is Plain Language.gov . Who knew the government even had a sense of humor! :) As you can see from the . . .
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July 25, 2006 02:49 AM EDT --
The Cookbook
I have "owned" the cookbook for over 36 years now. The title of it is, Meta Given's Encyclopedia of Cooking and my version is the 1952 edition. My mother had two cookbooks . . .
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February 09, 2007 12:21 PM EST --
"Nine One One: What's your emergency?"
"Hey, this is Dan up here at Sliders. There is something kind of weird out here on the beach. There is a guy just standing out . . .
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December 05, 2006 07:26 PM EST --
Brian Clark’s CopyBlogger: This blog is the leader because it does an amazing job of helping writers improve their writing.
Deborah Ng’s Freelance Writing Jobs: For freelance writers seeking . . .
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November 02, 2006 04:01 AM EST --
Do you read Copyblogger ? Oh, you say you aren't a blogger? Well, if you are writing in Gather, that is reason enough to read Brian Clark's blog this week titled 7 More Surefire Headline Templates . . .
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October 27, 2006 02:28 PM EDT --
My Grandfather Moline carried this quote in his wallet for many years, as it was found there after his death. My mother loved it because she loved her father, and also the message that it carried.
To . . .
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October 09, 2006 06:33 PM EDT --
January 1980
"Honey, I'm home!" (Don't sit in the recliner with your work clothes on, no, no....he's sitting, Ugh!)
"Had to go down in the boat today." (What is . . .
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December 13, 2006 05:09 PM EST --
As I watched a local school chorus on the news today, I made a mental connection between those many voices and how they blend together, and it made me think about writers.
I am not a particularly . . .
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December 17, 2006 07:46 PM EST --
My 1940 Civilian Conservation Corps Experience
by William Gale Yates 1995 © (deceased 1996)
In early April of 1940 I was working at a sawmill about 16 miles southeast of Olympia . . .
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November 08, 2006 01:41 PM EST --
100 Things That Make Me Happy
Memories of brown paper packages (yes, tied up with string)
Having all the windows in the house open and the fragrance . . .
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August 16, 2006 05:52 PM EDT --
In 1884, my Great Grandfather, Jim Yates migrated from Roane County, Tennessee along with his sister Myra, and his uncle Gideon Morrison's wife and family, to Howell county, Missouri. Farming had been . . .
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August 18, 2006 02:22 AM EDT --
1. I have been married almost 36 years. We have one child, a son.
2. . . .
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August 26, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
For Better or For Worse Store
It is nearing fall, and hoards of young men and women are leaving home for college, the military, or to strike out on their own. How does that make Mom and Dad feel? . . .
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August 27, 2006 02:01 PM EDT --
Like a link on my less visited sites, my house has gone from immaculately clean and sparkling (honk if you believe that!), to dusty, dull and unkempt. I blame it on Gather. Certainly not my fault. My daily . . .
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November 12, 2006 09:34 PM EST --
Dad was the oldest of three boys and had lost his mother in 1932 when he was 12 years old. In 1936, my grandpa remarried and his second wife had a son who was a little older than my dad. Always what they . . .
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October 22, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
1 3/4 lb steak (about 3/4 in thick
2 T butter or oleo
5 medium onions
*1/3 C. water for less tender steak
Salt and pepper
Wipe steak clean with a damp cloth, trim off all fat. Season steak with salt . . .
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August 06, 2006 05:21 PM EDT --
Some people in the 1950's probably had state of the art camping equipment, but we didn't. When it was time to go camping, we just loaded up the cars and went out in the woods.
I don't . . .
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January 04, 2007 03:27 AM EST --
The Twelfth Juror: It was Murder
The First Day
Some people think of jury duty as an interesting public duty, and they only mildly whine and groan when they receive their summons . . .
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