Tag: random musings
group name: writingwombats
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September 19, 2007 12:12 PM EDT --
Thank you all.
I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you who took the time out of your busy schedules to read so many of the wonderful stories in this contest. Many had to step . . . more
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March 15, 2008 06:50 PM EDT --
The time change happened early this year so winter must be passing. Having been unduly cold here in Southern California, a lot of people suffered one or more of the winter blahs.
Got . . . more
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October 03, 2007 11:09 AM EDT --
I was honored to introduce two of our semi-finalist authors in my last article. I am having fun getting to know these people, seeing their sense of humor, likes and dislikes. All of the contestants are . . . more
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September 01, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
I don’t know about you, but my hotmail is full of unread e-mails, ditto on my Yahoo, my gather box is also full of requests to read others stories, and my eyes are blurring because I have read the . . . more
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August 27, 2007 10:24 PM EDT --
Pas de Deux (Journey’s End)
I am an open wound
That is closing
Having bled my last blood.
Emptied of pain, of words,
I have no blood to let.
You stand outside
In the cold
Of the hinterland
Where . . . more
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December 31, 2007 10:39 PM EST --
The novel writing meltdown occurred just hours shy of the new year somewhere after 3AM. Word count is shy of 65,000. But it doesn't matter. I figure it will be closer to 80,000 before I'm . . . more
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August 28, 2007 08:12 PM EDT --
I wrote these Haiku for an online Haiku club of which I was a member. We were each sent (or asked to submit) two words each week, which had to be used in some form in the haiku.
Enjoy!
Fang . . . more
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August 31, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
Dewdrops light a spiderweb.
The lone gymnast
bungee jumping for its prey.
Sharp wind licking paint
from the old barn.
A child steals frosting.
Old dog dreaming
legs in full gallop . . . more
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July 14, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
The happiest man in the world is a pink little guy I used to care for at the Faribault State Hospital in Minnesota. "The Colonel" was born with severe Down's Syndrome, yet he enjoyed . . . more
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August 27, 2007 10:22 PM EDT --
Cyclamen (for my son)
In the dream we’re dancing cheek to cheek.
I’ve got my arm looped awkwardly around his back
I’m looking into his owlish eyes,
Ruled by oversized specs.
His . . . more
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August 28, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
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May 19, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
After four hours of touring the flat expanses of Eastern North Dakota, I told my buddy I'd seen empty parking lots with more scenery.
At least parking lots have interesting stuff like white . . . more
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September 04, 2007 10:52 PM EDT --
The Wolf is at the Door
Come in.
Lock the door,
Busy yourself with a thousand petty tasks
To keep from passing the peephole.
The wolf is at your door.
He stalks you, leering,
Licks at your loneliness . . . more
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April 21, 2008 06:58 AM EDT --
I have yet to visit the eHarmony website, but I am curious. Can anyone tell me if the following items appear on their compatibility questionnaire?
- Which is louder: a pile driver or your snoring? . . . more
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September 04, 2007 12:21 AM EDT --
This was written a few years back, but Labor Day reminds me of it....that and watching my cat catch and eat a gopher today while barbequeing (no, not the gopher!). Ah, the irony of it all!
Bluff . . . more
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May 05, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
I remember my son's coach ticking his way through the roll-call before the soccer games: "Joshua, Jeremiah, Jason, Joshua, Joshua, Joshua".
You get the idea.
To . . . more
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January 10, 2008 10:08 PM EST --
"You scare me," he said through half a smile, searching for answers as he gazed deep in her eyes.
"Scare you?" The smile that lit across her face was genuine, betraying further . . . more
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September 04, 2007 01:39 AM EDT --
This poem goes with (and is contained in) the red collage of the heart in my Images section. My computer wouldn't allow me to post it tonight.
The Enlarged Heart
The papers said it was so large
They . . . more
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June 05, 2008 10:51 AM EDT --
Rumor has it, prior to his run for President, Barak Obama applied for a job at General Motors. No transcript exists of this interview, so we can only imagine.
"Hi, I'm Barack . . . more
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October 15, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
For today's Good Humor Monday in the Writing Essentials Group, we pick up where we left off in our lesson on the history of humor writing. In the previous lesson, we learned how a lowly . . . more
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