Tag: family
group name: iwrite
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December 12, 2006 04:37 PM EST --
Mama used to have a saying. She said sometimes I'm blue and sometimes I'm green. She said it's ok to feel blue or green, they are both colors. My poor mama had many such philosophies . . . more
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July 20, 2008 02:42 AM EDT --
There were many days when she thought back to that day in June of 1970. She was not sure if it was a blessing or a curse. How many years had it been? And still, there were times she dreamed of her . . . more
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December 09, 2006 01:27 PM EST --
Last month on November 2, I flew back to Santa Barbara from southwest Louisiana. While down on the bayous, I was busy with several projects. After the big major hurricanes last year, our . . . more
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March 04, 2007 07:06 AM EST --
Hi,
As always, critique is welcomed, especially with THIS one - it's been driving me nuts for awhile now! - thanks, Marilyn :)
This is a writing exercise from the group Now Write! - where you keep . . . more
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August 14, 2007 02:54 AM EDT --
I can't single out one person but as a group the women I worked with as a teenager were inspiring. My family had a small electronics business back then. We stuffed circuit boards and laced wiring harnesses . . . more
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April 21, 2007 12:26 PM EDT --
I was recentlly remenising with some friends over a few beers. We began talking about all the places we had the apportunity to visit and enjoy. We than began to count all the states we visted . . . more
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June 07, 2008 01:20 PM EDT --
This has been on my mind for months. I want a dog, specifically, I want a Poodle.
Yes, I want a poodle. They don't shed and I can put little bows in its hair and talk to . . . more
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June 09, 2007 06:08 PM EDT --
I was asked this the other day by an inquistive 6 year old and I have been searching for a definitive answer ever since. Here is what I collected so far.
Life is .......
reflections on . . . more
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March 29, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
My father, Angel S Martinez, was a very generous and charitable person up until the day he died. He was always doing something for our neighbors and those persons in need in our community. . . . more
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May 13, 2008 01:46 AM EDT --
Don't get me wrong, sex is great but the other things are harder to do without.
I miss the intimacy associated with sex.
I miss those passion filled kisses whether . . . more
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October 21, 2007 05:31 AM EDT --
[Part 1: The Shrine]
My mother was a religious zealot and an artful seamstress. I didn’t have much choice except to prepare myself for fashionable sainthood.
From the time I knew . . . more
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August 24, 2007 04:21 PM EDT --
I don't know what gave you the idea my chest was your pillow. It is not. I need it for breathing and stuff. But NO you insist and your hair insists on invading my nose. . . . more
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June 08, 2007 06:36 AM EDT --
The most memorable time I had with dad was when my daughter was little, probably 2 or younger but just barely talking and walking. I remember a park and sitting in the shade of a big oak. My . . . more
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September 08, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
When I said I do and what's mine is yours, It did not extend to my closet. Especially my old sweatshirt was not part of the bargain. I don't know why you thought it was . . . more
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January 06, 2008 06:20 PM EST --
In August of 1997 I was driving across country from Atlanta, Georgia back home to the L.A. area. I had been driving all night and stopped outside of Oklahoma City to get gas before getting . . . more
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January 17, 2007 10:05 PM EST --
..some micro-fiction I wrote back in 1994 or so... semi-autobiographical... edited with new title...
Bus Stop
S o there I am, sitting near the . . . more
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January 06, 2007 04:57 PM EST --
My grandfather had a story he liked to tell; about how he came to select music as his vocation.
I'd heard this story discussed a number of times during my childhood. It was one of the many things . . . more
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December 21, 2007 02:30 PM EST --
By the time that the orange taxi had entered the outer limits of Pietermaritzburg, Priya had become noticeably excited. When they eventually parked in front of a large house, in one of the tree lined suburbs, . . . more
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December 11, 2006 06:59 PM EST --
It was the summer before my 12th year. It was after the separation but before the remarriage. The divorce was not yet final.
My nerves were high, my stomach was low and I was not eating much.
Some . . . more
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December 16, 2006 05:24 AM EST --
It's almost Christmas, Dad
why are you always drunk?
What? Slap!
Rotten kid, we never wanted kids!
All right, I knew then, unwanted too.
Mom made the traditional dinner
that nobody could eat.
Wanting . . . more
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