Tag: storytelling
member name: Gisela S.
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April 07, 2006 10:28 AM EDT --
Perhaps I was Lucrezia Borgia in a past life? Only the karma of one seriously DEPRAVED could have wrought the week I'm finishing....
Monday started off innocently enough. I bought . . .
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April 08, 2006 09:01 PM EDT --
I'm sure that there will be a story on this evening's local newscast featuring an unexplained tremor in the Phoenix Metro Area. It had to register at least a 4.5 on the Richter scale,and . . .
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June 29, 2006 03:15 PM EDT --
It arrived yesterday with little fanfare. In fact, it very nearly DIDN'T make it across the livingroom. Good thing my eye-hand coordination was actually functional when Fred casually lobbed . . .
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June 16, 2006 11:36 AM EDT --
I was thrilled when Gather first asked if I'd be willing to test a few "brain training" games offered by Nintendo and then to write about my experiences. Like many others with a family . . .
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June 28, 2006 05:14 PM EDT --
The lobby of the Hilton Waikoloa greeted us with smiling "Alohas," a chandelier just dripping with crystal and open air architecture. Fred went over to check in, and I contented myself . . .
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June 01, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
"I just know I'm forgetting something...."
"There's a hole in your pants."
"I know dear."
"Well, aren't you going to change them?"
"No dear." . . .
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June 06, 2006 09:26 AM EDT --
As much as I love to fly, I was more than ready to stretch my legs by the time our six hour plane ride to Kona neared its close. The days leading up to our departure had been filled with a million . . .
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February 17, 2006 11:14 PM EST --
A few years back, when my eldest was just about to head into High School, certain vocabulary components had to be formally verboten. (We had a toddler in the house who loved to repeat things.) . . .
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March 28, 2006 11:40 PM EST --
Mary knew that first impressions carried more weight than the average person realized. With deliberate strokes, she applied the last of her coral lipstick and then scrutinized each of her facial features . . .
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January 28, 2009 10:54 PM EST --
My grandmother, Florence, was a real inspiration to me. She lost not one but TWO sons to freak flying accidents, but somehow managed to gather herself and channel her energies into . . .
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January 30, 2009 11:30 AM EST --
It started with a phone call two days ago.
Danielle, my youngest, telephoned from school. Apparently, her friend's family had found a stray pug and Dani, lover of dogs and . . .
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April 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT --
3/15/09
It may be the fact I am writing after yet another evening spent sampling some of the best wines in the Santa Ynez Valley - but today was one of the most splendid I can remember. We woke . . .
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April 07, 2009 05:31 PM EDT --
I don’t know why I thought that this trip would be any different than every other vacation we’ve taken over the last 14 years we’ve been married. Fred enters relaxation mode the NIGHT BEFORE . . .
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