Tag: nature
group name: clearmindscreate
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June 29, 2007 08:22 PM EDT --
Starting the day off with a good photo opportunity makes for a good day.
Once again, the humidity and light clouds offered up yet another 'good morning' shot for me and the dogs. Add to . . . more
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August 26, 2007 04:59 PM EDT --
Counting My Blessings
There was a time I felt hopeless and wished I were dead. I couldn’t see any likelihood of any happy endings for me. I tried suicide, but was even a failure at . . . more
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March 03, 2008 05:41 PM EST --
This is one of the first stories I did for Gather. It has been edited and is now re-posted. I hope you enjoy it.
YOU HAVE A WHAT UNDER YOUR KITCHEN SINK?
My beautiful 30-something . . . more
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October 14, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
Everyone who does laundry on a regular basis knows the mysterious nature and frustrating prevalence of odd socks.
Rarely do symmetrically limbed people wear a single sock. One either goes sockless . . . more
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September 16, 2007 07:19 PM EDT --
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October 09, 2007 08:05 PM EDT --
(If you are a person who believes that every word in the Bible is literal truth and your mind is not open to other points of view or interpretations, then it is perhaps best if you do not read any further . . . more
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September 15, 2007 11:17 PM EDT --
Getting back to nature. Living off the land. Embracing the natural world and sacredness of our Earth Mother.
These concepts have been very popular in recent decades. Going back to the 1960s, people have . . . more
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June 26, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
Standing behind the school
conscious of the look of every movement
I strike the match and draw the smoke
deep into my protesting lungs
am I a man now?
Lurching and jerking
I chug along behind . . . more
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July 15, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
I used to think stress was normal. I went to the doctor once to ask why I stress so much. She told me to stop stressing about stress and just go with it. Of course she died of a brain . . . more
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November 24, 2007 01:21 PM EST --
A place you've been to and enjoyed the site of something totally awesome and you didn't want to leave is where?
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October 29, 2007 12:12 AM EDT --
Dreaming is an interesting phenomenon. It is said that we dream a lot more than we remember and, indeed, it is often true that one awakens with the remnants of a dream quickly fading.
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November 17, 2007 05:53 PM EST --
"No good deed goes unpunished."
"Help someone out and you get screwed every time."
"Nice guys finish last."
We have many such cliches that reinforce . . . more
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May 02, 2008 03:14 PM EDT --
My roomate and I went into the local Superwalmart the other day and all the rice had been portioned out. U could not but buy it in a box are bag . Yes here in good old South . . . more
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September 15, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
In August I started my thirty-ninth year of teaching. Over the years I have taught every grade except second. Twenty-six years ago I found my nitch in the teaching profession -kindergarten. . . . more
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July 09, 2008 11:31 PM EDT --
One of my brother's wives told me this story to explain why I should honor my brother. This is so unbelieveable I had to share it with you. To think, women in America still live like this. . . . more
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September 24, 2007 03:31 AM EDT --
Folks, this was entirely Kathryn's idea . She suggested we do a combined article on AUTUMN, sharing thoughts and impressions from our different perspectives.
Here it is.
She wrote the . . . more
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June 13, 2008 08:33 PM EDT --
Natural Reflection
There'll come sometime, somewhere will be a door
Rough hewn grain that opens to wooden floor
The smell of home will fill up every room
And out the window you will . . . more
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June 22, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
The world spins on its axis, a cosmic puppet
I feel the passage of time, a comet streaking through my life.
The science of baby manufacturing demands ever greater resources.
I regret the loss . . . more
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June 27, 2007 10:13 PM EDT --
In Praise of Ample Women
by Rory McRandall
Everyone knows what the popularized image of the modern sex-symbol is: hips and ribs! The majority of fashion magazines and advertisements in all forms . . . more
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July 03, 2007 09:56 AM EDT --
"A human being should be able to change a diaper or build a rocket ship and anything in between. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
There are specialists, there are experts and . . . more
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