Tag: people
member name: Debra B.
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June 04, 2008 07:45 PM EDT --
Life has been difficult, especially over the last decade, so I often reflect on my childhood, and a lot of what I write stems from my childhood because it was a good time. I hope this piece gives . . . more
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June 18, 2008 05:14 PM EDT --
I couldn't sleep last night so I let my mind wonder. When I finally harnessed my thoughts, this is what I had come up with. I'm not sure where the idea came from, but while I . . . more
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June 17, 2008 08:12 PM EDT --
My dad was a farmer, as were his dad and grandpa before him. My mom's dad and grandpa were farmers too. This is from my memories of all of them.
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June 29, 2008 08:09 PM EDT --
I was thinking of an old Red Skelton routine--the one of an old man at a parade caught up in emotion when the American Flad was carried by--and came up with this. So, with Independence Day coming . . . more
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April 22, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
It's early -- the house is cloaked in silence, making my quick steps seem lonely and loud. I wash my face. Leaning against the sink I look at my reflection in the mirror. I . . . more
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April 18, 2008 01:32 PM EDT --
I work in Phoenix at the state's capital complex. It is really a pretty area, but a facility where the homeless can get shelter and aid is on its fringes, so, naturally, these men . . . more
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May 01, 2008 07:01 PM EDT --
(This happened a couple of years ago, but is a true story.)
I don't consider myself a "coffee lover." Mind you, I have a cup in the morning, but it's not to . . . more
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April 09, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
Shutting my eyes, I often look back
to a simpler time in a cherished place.
This time I see a country road of flying dust
and my dad in his trusty old pick-up truck.
Driving the roads that surround . . . more
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April 10, 2008 06:53 PM EDT --
(I wrote this as a gift to my parents.)
It was fun being a kid...
Running in the grass with no shoes on.
Playing in the sunshine. Jumpin' rope.
Hopscotch. Tag. Telling knock-knock jokes. . . . more
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February 20, 2008 06:04 PM EST --
The aged woman sits on her front porch
shelling some beans into an old iron pot
in her chair rocking back and forth
while humming a hymn. She's thankful for what she's got.
She went . . . more
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May 14, 2008 04:38 PM EDT --
One reason my ex- is my ex- is because we stopped talking. If the kids were gone for the weekend, we would maybe say 10 words to one another during the entire period. . . . more
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April 18, 2008 07:06 PM EDT --
For a period of 21 months I was working full time and going to school full time. I know-I know; others have done it, and have done it successfully, but I often thought that (at my age) I . . . more
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