Tag: family
group name: socallife
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June 09, 2006 10:06 PM EDT --
Despite the testimonies of ex prom queens and retired high school quarterbacks, no one expects their high school years to be filled with golden events ripe for romanticizing in your memoirs. This . . . more
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June 04, 2006 05:37 PM EDT --
My love of kids, books and reading inspired me to become a teacher, so I was tremendously disappointed to find that my middle school students hated reading. I was a first-year teacher full of ideas . . . more
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December 13, 2006 01:48 PM EST --
Please welcome Executive Chef Marc Meyer to our Holiday Food Classics Live Chat. As the host of the Holiday Food Classics series at food.gather.com, Marc has proposed several holiday menus and shared recipes . . . more
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August 10, 2006 10:30 PM EDT --
Once upon a time, I was younger...OK like a year younger, I lived with a Federal Agent, who worked under Homeland Security. Like most cops he was a jerk most of the time, although he had his amusing moments . . . more
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June 05, 2006 05:29 AM EDT --
Anyone who knows me even the slightest amount knows that I love baseball. I'm sixty-four years old, and for all but about two years of my life, I have been watching or playing some form of . . . more
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June 08, 2006 02:02 AM EDT --
So I was thinking about nothing in particular when a thought came to me; it was like a twilight insect that lands on your forearm. It seemed insignificant then, but the more I think about it the . . . more
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July 27, 2007 09:16 PM EDT --
For three years my family and I have enjoyed the outstanding Saturday morning offerings at the Ford Amphitheater. And for three years I have marvelled that the place is never full. All summer . . . more
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May 29, 2007 01:16 PM EDT --
On March 21, 2007, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which staged the Christmas Parade each year, announced that there would never be another Hollywood Christmas Parade. The 2007 parade has been canceled. . . . more
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June 09, 2006 01:44 AM EDT --
REVISITATION
Grandfather, I have dug the dirt
around your grave,
scooped with rusted hurt,
breaking clods, whisking away
the roots of weeds and grass
revealing at last
your coffin sealed . . . more
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July 07, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
My sister moves among the graves
arranging plastic petals
faded on markers
scattered in the weeds.
Head bound with ribbon,
she disentangles vines,
flicks dirt away,
grooms broken stems. . . . more
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April 08, 2008 05:25 PM EDT --
WARNING - this is very long and detailed, only read when you get a chance and are up for a long read. :)
Wow, what a trip! My boyfriend, John, and I both really had a great time visiting . . . more
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August 19, 2006 10:31 AM EDT --
Winner of Gather's Spring Essay Contest: The Good News From Your Public School
My love of kids, books and reading inspired me to become a teacher, so I was tremendously disappointed to find that . . . more
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May 30, 2006 12:11 PM EDT --
1. FOLDING CLOTHES
Barefooted in the kitchen
by coffee cups they fondly
fold the clothes.
Ladling water from the linty well,
their fingers touch. With bras and jocks,
the lovers snap themselves . . . more
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May 22, 2006 03:03 PM EDT --
For Joe, who welded once a world
of wheels for circuses and fairs,
the shed behind the square blue house
holds truth: big wheelers, unicycles, triple seated frames;
wrenches shaped like "S's" . . . more
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December 15, 2006 02:18 PM EST --
A Christmas Card
I hope you are surrounded
By the people you love,
And don't feel the need to go
Shop, push, and shove-
I hope you're kicked back
And don't need to work harder
With the shopping . . . more
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September 08, 2006 09:42 PM EDT --
The anniversary of 9-11 is still fresh on my mind. I can remember it very clearly. I woke up to the radio saying that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Both my husband and I both thought . . . more
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August 19, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
it's a beach afternoon
bonfire at dusk
wind wafting the scent of far away shores towards me
my chair settles snugly down into the sand
surrounded by books and good friends
shore birds and children . . . more
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May 31, 2006 08:30 PM EDT --
I spend a lot of time in the Environmental Science Department of my University. Whilst there, my dietary habits have oft come under stern critique. I attest that while . . . more
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August 16, 2006 07:19 PM EDT --
The Whaley House has long been known to be Haunted. It has been called the most Haunted house of the United States.
The Whaley House is rich in it's incredible historical value. It . . . more
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October 20, 2006 10:53 PM EDT --
I got up early on my day off and if the weather was any indication of how the rest of my day would go, then it was already close to perfect. I planned to attend a book-signing . . . more
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