Tag: writing
member name: Judy G.
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December 08, 2006 03:04 AM EST --
Some years back I travelled to Tiffin, Ohio, to visit my sister. Her home was a very old, modest two-story place in an attractive neighborhood. High ceilings, plank floors, and back stairs . . .
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December 15, 2006 04:47 PM EST --
Cooler temperatures welcomed us as we stopped for gasoline one last time before arriving at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It's a wonderfully remote part of the Canyon, and very scenic and . . .
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March 11, 2007 04:09 AM EDT --
When I grow up, I want to :
Be a Lounge Singer
Be a Tour Guide in Chicago
Run a B & B
Be a wood carver
Hike the Appalachian Trail
Design a house
Be a gardener
Be the organist in a cathedral . . .
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December 15, 2006 04:12 PM EST --
With the Pine Motor Lodge in our rearview mirror, we headed up the road to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Now it's getting romantic, I thought - with visions of standing at the edge of nature's . . .
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December 31, 2006 12:35 PM EST --
To write. To express myself with words - prose or poetry, in lament or jubilation. I desire to re-discover the discipline and the art of crafting words with care and intention. I desire to . . .
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March 24, 2007 01:19 AM EDT --
grace and gratitude
from heart to heart
the former without the latter
diminishes the gift
shuns the giver.
ah, but the rightful response of the soul
to the soul's lover
causes both . . .
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May 07, 2007 12:52 AM EDT --
I learned a new word today
It answered an old question
This short collection of letters
Brought the ‘aha!' sigh from my lips
My nodding head confirmed it
Rolling around in my mouth . . .
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December 15, 2006 03:48 PM EST --
Weddings are supposed to be picture-perfect events with everyone in their finest clothes, surrounded by flowers and music and closest friends and family. Right...?
Honeymoons are supposed . . .
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April 02, 2007 01:13 AM EDT --
In your hand are several invitations to a casual dinner which you are hosting at your home. The menu choice is yours, as is the drink menu, candles or not, tablecloth or formica-toppped kitchen . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:35 AM EST --
barricades of barbed wire
my fingers bleed
from carefully constructing
this damned fence
sitting back in wonder
at the seeming lack of scars
yet nursing the wounds in anticipation
of their infliction . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:46 AM EST --
grace and gratitude
from heart to heart
the former without the latter
diminishes the gift
shuns the giver
ah, but the rightful response of the soul
to the soul's lover
causes both to sing
ah, . . .
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January 01, 2007 09:51 PM EST --
"greetings from home",
the letter began
the unfamiliar postmark
a town I've not heard of
a hand I've not read.
"we miss you, we love you...
please join us, come home." . . .
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March 09, 2007 03:13 PM EST --
This feeling is close to euphoric. A simple step into the unknown, a pass of my fingers over the keys after much serious thought, seeking out the ones to invite into my new world....one should . . .
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December 22, 2006 11:17 PM EST --
Many endings are ahead as the year comes to a close. They are endings that just seem to hover out there - almost a threat, almost a promise - nothing final. Not just yet.
Ending the year with . . .
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September 22, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
Innocently enough, it sprang from the rich brown/black compost heap, way back in the far boundry of the yard. It had a couple companions joining the stretch for sunshine and freedom from that decomposing . . .
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August 19, 2006 01:32 AM EDT --
a peace finally found
in stillness and quiet,
from a silence not broken,
received in the heart
how large can a heart grow
deep reaching peace
a mind cannot grasp it
the soul finds it's . . .
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September 02, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
I was married just a couple weeks after my 20th birthday - the first time. I was married a few weeks after my 30th birthday - the second time.
I told my new husband that when 40 rolled around, I would . . .
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September 02, 2006 08:15 PM EDT --
topiary life
shaped from birth
with wires and twine
buds and blossoms emerge
strain to send their offerings
outside the bounds
living free for the moment, undiscovered
back against the stucco . . .
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