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November 06, 2009 01:49 PM EST
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Here is my entry in the Dogs Rule contest. I describe Sasha, a sweet little bitch who steals toys from the neighbors toddler.
Dogs Rule – Sasha
Dentitious
Obstreperous
Gamboling . . .
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November 06, 2009 08:34 AM EST
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Birdie Sharp was working in Tionesta, Pa, a borough in Forest County.
Although Tionesta was the county seat, it was a small community on the edge of the large Allegheny National Forest. . . .
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November 05, 2009 09:54 PM EST
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Today we had a situation at school that we hope will never happen again. At least we were somehow prepared for it.
This morning we had a situation where a couple of students at Howard High School decided . . .
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November 05, 2009 06:07 AM EST
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Milford Logan lived in Royal Center, Indiana, a small town in north central Indiana.
Royal Center, Indiana
In July of 1914, he received a postcard from Rachel, who encouraged him to take his medicine . . .
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November 05, 2009 02:30 AM EST
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Farewell to my dancing partner . . .
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November 03, 2009 07:10 AM EST
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To bring Leiberman’s story up to date, let’s review his past. Following an education at Yale and Yale Law School, since 1971 Joe Leiberman has been in public service, first as a Connecticut . . .
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November 02, 2009 10:12 PM EST
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Those hallowed halls held all those books
The knowledge of the world
Now burned to the ground, all is ash
Blown by the wind in a swirl
Whoever . . .
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November 02, 2009 10:08 AM EST
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As I resign myself to being awake, there is still no sign of dawn at about 5 a.m. in the deep canyon where we live. My cats have let me know they think it is time for me to be up. They are used . . .
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November 01, 2009 09:17 AM EST
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I just read a good article by Teresa A concerning how to stay healthy this winter. She had lots of good advice about drinking lots of water as opposed to soft drinks, coffee, and tea, eating good . . .
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November 01, 2009 01:37 AM EST
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Another year has just flown by, I can't stop them if I try
Look at me, I'm Eighty three
Now here I am . . .
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October 31, 2009 10:46 PM EDT
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Sunday, November 1 Seattle at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX) (Game indoors)(If roof is open, sunny and 67 degrees) Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)(Partly sunny and 47 degrees) . . .
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October 31, 2009 04:02 PM EDT
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My beautiful bouquet of birthday roses
In rare shades of pink and tangerine,
Received at their peak of freshness with
Drops of water shimmering on their petals;
Each rosebud greeting me . . .
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October 31, 2009 02:55 PM EDT
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Any of you who have seen Peter Wimsey’s recent picture of two men in uniforms of uncertain origin, may know from my comments that I have done a lot of research trying to solve the mystery . . .
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October 30, 2009 09:56 PM EDT
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The sky was gloomy and dreary
The moon was darkened yet there
The scarecrows stood around really weary
Their job almost done for the . . .
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October 30, 2009 06:03 PM EDT
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I just watched a movie on TV that was released in 2007 called The Jane Austen Book Club. I liked it. Afterward I looked up the reviews it got, and the nicest thing said was by the New York Times . . .
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October 30, 2009 01:07 AM EDT
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By that I mean to his eternal home. There are floods of tears being held back unsuccessfully around here tonight. He has been sick and failing fast for several months. Jane took him to the vet who said . . .
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October 29, 2009 12:42 PM EDT
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My mother had one joke, or maybe it is just the only one I remember. She told it something like this:
A woman was paying a condolence visit to a friend whose husband had recently committed . . .
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October 29, 2009 07:23 AM EDT
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I have a vintage photograph, albeit somewhat dirty and damaged, from the First World War.
There are two men in uniforms, which include shorts.
One man bears a patch with a cross, which (if it is not . . .
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October 28, 2009 04:39 PM EDT
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I had a birthday yesterday, and Penny, my oldest grandchild and her husband Ralph, made it special for me about sundown. They cooked up a meal the likes of which I haven’t had for years. She . . .
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October 28, 2009 07:26 AM EDT
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There are commonly used words and phrases that, when analyzed, don’t express what people mean to say. The one I notice most often is when a friend is reporting a death in their family, and the . . .
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Ruth MacGill is one of my favorite writers here on Gather. Her posts range from politics to people she has known. She has that great pioneer spirit and her posts are full of her wit and wisdom and keep the reader wanting to come back for more. Original . . .
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Ruth MacGill is one of my favorite writers here on Gather. Her posts range from politics to people she has known. She has that great pioneer spirit and her posts are full of her wit and wisdom and keep the reader wanting to come back for more. Original Content only - NO GAMES! This group is for all her friends and fans old and new. Thank you. Salud
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