Tag: essays
group name: paree
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February 20, 2008 04:16 PM EST --
Hey y'all -
So, as a few of you know, I'm pretty new to Gather, but I am already loving how warm and welcoming the community is here. So I wanted y'all to meet another community that means . . . more
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June 24, 2007 08:31 PM EDT --
The Bitch 3X Diaries
by Marci G. Baun © 2000
What do you get when you cross a man with a cold? A baby.
Yes, yes, I know this is an old statement, but it holds a fair amount of truth as I discovered . . . more
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October 30, 2007 05:31 AM EDT --
Sometimes I think the most difficult part of a writing is knowing where to start especially if it's a personal essay. I'm working on an essay about a Christmas tradition of my sister picking . . . more
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July 19, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
Dear Gather Friends,
Occasionally I receive calls for submissions from various magazines/publishers. I have no personal experience with this magazine, but thought I would pass this on to those of you . . . more
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June 21, 2007 07:05 PM EDT --
The sun still sits above my roofline on this longest day of the year. As it drops behind the Rocky Mountains, the crickets will turn up their volume, hum into the fresh tumbleweed that owns my lawn. I . . . more
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May 05, 2007 09:08 AM EDT --
I was six years old when Star Wars came out. The first time. When my friends and I didn't bother to wonder what the heck all that "Episode IV" stuff meant until hours, maybe . . . more
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August 03, 2007 12:01 PM EDT --
What is Poetry? Is it a simple thought that flows through your fingers through your pen to paper? Or is it more than that?
Many authors have tried to express their thoughts of poetry, and what it is. . . . more
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November 12, 2007 12:24 AM EST --
Hello my friends, would you like to take a walk with me and two of my most wonderful friends. My doggie friend Streaker and my lady friend Marian and I took a little walking tour of Comfort, . . . more
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July 27, 2007 03:19 PM EDT --
Cowboy Poetry has long been an Icon of the American west, bringing up such names and figures as Roy Rodgers, Will Rogers, Gene Audrey, and many others. Brought forth from cattle drives, long periods of . . . more
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April 12, 2007 03:25 AM EDT --
Once upon a time, Music was made to inspire, relax, or bring stories to life, or even tell a story. But it seems to much now, that what we hear across the waves is hate, sexism, and racism. This is not . . . more
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April 22, 2007 10:41 AM EDT --
History Is the Adventure, Excitement and Stirring Events from Yesterday’s News
A previous article reveals how comprehensive was the knowledge of a child graduating from eighth grade in . . . more
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July 23, 2007 02:50 AM EDT --
When one thinks of Shakespeare, they think mostly of two things; Iambic Meter, and his plays. It was taught in school, at least when I went many moons ago, that the Iambic meter was Shakespeare’s . . . more
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February 11, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
Part One
Like Divine Right of Kings, there is, apparently, "divine right of social workers" because, according to my sister, she is Right about everything and I am Wrong. . . . more
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May 08, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
This is the fourth essay in a series I'm writing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Star Wars.
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August 17, 2007 12:57 PM EDT --
Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, known as Placido as his penname, was born to a Spanish Dancer from a relation with a black man, in 1809 in Cuba. She left him at an orphanage, as she was not able or willing . . . more
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July 24, 2007 10:44 PM EDT --
This article I know will draw some flack, but I have never been a fan of Orwell, and though I would do a piece to shed some fact on this propagandist that has made it into history as someone that was an . . . more
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March 27, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
The known facts of Chaucer's life are fragmentary and are based almost entirely on official records. He was born in London between 1340 and 1344, the son of John Chaucer, a vintner. In 1357 he was . . . more
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July 26, 2007 02:17 PM EDT --
Eustace Deschamps , also known under the name of Eustace Morel was born in Vertus , out of Champagne, roughly around 1340, as this is a questionable date. No one seems to know the exact dates of his life . . . more
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June 16, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
I reach my hands deep into the freshly tilled soil and fell my way around until my hand strikes a cluster of hard round objects. Smiling I grab of the potatoes as I can and toss them into the large wicker . . . more
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June 19, 2007 10:27 PM EDT --
As we teeter atop the peak of the detiorating barn roof top, gazing at the night sky, I feel close to Rachel. Over the past week, as we worked to make the adjacent one room cabin our home, we have built . . . more
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