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November 06, 2009 08:04 PM EST
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The other morning I was staring out the window at all the leaves on the ground, marveling at how so much come from almost nothing. A bit of water, a bit of soil, a bit of sun, and something exists where . . .
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November 06, 2009 10:06 AM EST
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Author's Note: My apologize to anyone interested in really reading my article.
In the real world, off of Gather, for real SEO, people write articles to promote their sites. This article . . .
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November 04, 2009 09:38 PM EST
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Sesame Street is forty years old today. When the program first launched, it was touted as a show to help kids learn and to show them that learning is fun. I never understood why they needed talking toys . . .
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November 04, 2009 05:39 PM EST
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Clouds in formation
Scale down
Feel the dirt, hard concrete,
wary neighbor's stare.
I walk street-lined forests
parking lots
businesses closed for . . .
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November 03, 2009 09:17 PM EST
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Today when I was out walking I took a rockier route than I normally do. I wanted to photograph some shaggy beasts that live down the road. I was paying more attention to the creatures instead of where . . .
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November 02, 2009 11:00 PM EST
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One of the guest stops on my Daughter Am I blog tour is the Second Wind Publishing Blog. I talk about a fan letter (well, fan email) I received, and cite a quote by John Cheever, “I . . .
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November 01, 2009 12:42 PM EST
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Ah, November, time of Wonder
How now shall you cast my dreams asunder?
And weave your captive hypnotic spell
That I have learned to love so well?
You'll tear . . .
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October 31, 2009 10:31 PM EDT
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Sheri Parks, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, says that many teens today have had years of exposure to violent video games and media images, which studies show desensitizes them to . . .
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October 30, 2009 10:27 PM EDT
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I had a bit of a scare this morning. I checked my blog as usual found a comment on my “ Origin of the Grim Reaper” bloggery from someone named Robert Weniger, who said: You Plagiarist. I . . .
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October 29, 2009 03:17 PM EDT
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“It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” — Carl Sagan
Is this true? When it comes to the cosmic universe, . . .
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October 29, 2009 09:04 AM EDT
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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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October 28, 2009 04:04 PM EDT
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I did not come up with that great title for this bloggery, my host today, L.V. Gaudet, did. (Since you are all familiar with the title of my new book, Daughter Am I , I know you get the gist.) I’m . . .
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October 27, 2009 09:18 PM EDT
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Though it is actually night here, it's still day ten of my Daughter Am I blog tour.
The reference to night and day reminds me of one of those standardized tests I took when I was in second grade. . . .
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October 27, 2009 07:47 AM EDT
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Friends,
The concluding episode of "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" is now up on the site. Since Dostoevsky can seem intimidating, I've been making jokes on my Facebook fan page like:
"Yah, sure, Dostoevsky . . .
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October 27, 2009 12:11 AM EDT
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Hi, fellow writers. I'm filling in for X Tabber for today. Nothing's wrong. The editors for Gather's Writing Essentials volunteer their time, and sometimes other things just call them away for their . . .
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October 26, 2009 02:31 PM EDT
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Day nine of the Daughter Am I blog tour, and I am still going strong. I actually went to bed before midnight last night, and I’m a bit more rested. Good thing — there is a lot going on today! . . .
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October 24, 2009 09:23 PM EDT
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I made it through the first week of my blog tour!! I’m getting to the hard part, though. I have several interviews coming up, and it’s challenging to keep from making identical responses to . . .
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October 24, 2009 09:18 PM EDT
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Yeah! We flagged you,
Because flagging is our power.
We sit in our Depends,
Because flagging is our power.
Cobwebs flutter from our shoulders,
Because flagging . . .
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October 23, 2009 01:17 PM EDT
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My blog tour is really starting to heat up! Lots of activity, more than I’m used to, that’s for sure. To start out, I am a guest at the blog of my good friend Joylene Nowell Butler author . . .
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October 22, 2009 04:40 PM EDT
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The Internet is such a wonderful place. Today, day five of my blog tour, I am in Florida with author Nancy J. Cohen talking about dialogue. Virtually speaking, that is. Physically, I am in Colorado, listening . . .
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