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Serious Irony

January 14, 2009 gaisheagirl

For the most part, I shy away from political speak, but I discovered a very interesting comment from a writer for…

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Words, Words and More Words

January 12, 2009 gaisheagirl

My mother used to present me with a new word every morning along with breakfast. She would send me to…

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Posted in: books, History, Life, publishing, reading Filed under: Beinekcke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Common Usage, Dictionary's, English, New Haven, Samual Johnson, Words

Sea Stampede

January 5, 2009 gaisheagirl

Welcome back!  I just returned from a two week road trip to Wyoming during what must have been the largest…

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Posted in: boating, God, Life, travel Filed under: Amazing Sights, Anancapa Island, Dolphin Stampede, Dolphins, The Ocean, Videos, Wildlife

Why, Women?

December 16, 2008 gaisheagirl

Run, don’t walk, to your local corner bookstore and buy The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan. If you need a…

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Posted in: books, Death, God, humor, writing Filed under: Cancer, Family Life, Kelly Corrigan, Life, reading, The Middle Place, Women, women's fiction

Mavericks

December 12, 2008 gaisheagirl

I have a surfer friend in Southern California.  It seems every time I visit, at least once a day, we’ll…

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Posted in: Life, travel Filed under: Mavericks, Ocean, Sports, Surfing, Swells, Waves

Love Lost

December 9, 2008 gaisheagirl

Friends of mine suffered the terrible loss of their daughter over the weekend.  Their youngest grew up with my youngest and,…

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Posted in: Death, God, Life, writing Filed under: Grief, Loss, Love, Wild Children

Barn Beach Haikus

December 5, 2008 gaisheagirl

One side of my family comes from Eastern Washington.  My Great Grandfather settled there in 1908 and started the local…

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Posted in: arabian horses, History, reading, travel, writing Filed under: 4th Grade, Barn Beach Reserve, Environmental Issues, Field Family, Haikus, Harriett Bullitt, Jeff Parsons, Leaning centers, Leavenworth, Museums, The Barn, Upper Valley Museum in Leavenworth, Washington State

Flu the Coop

November 28, 2008 gaisheagirl

Well, it wasn’t the flu…it was pneumonia.  Walking pneumonia, to be exact.  Why it’s called walking pneumonia I can’t fathom. …

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Posted in: food, writing Filed under: Gratitude, levaquin, thanksgiving, walking pneumonia

Why Wyo

November 18, 2008 gaisheagirl

I’ve been out of the loop for the past week.  The flu that everyone else was getting, finally got me. …

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Posted in: dogs, travel, writing Filed under: Beautiful States, Dubois, Flu, Road Trips, Slide Show, wyoming

Proofreading

November 11, 2008 gaisheagirl 2d Comments

Proofreading can be drudge work, particularly to the jaded, tired eye of the writer who has written, read and reread…

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Posted in: publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: editing, humor, Proofreading, reading, The Impotence of Proofreading, Videos

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