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Error of Omission

May 5, 2008 gaisheagirl 2d Comments

Something to think about next time you’re editing your own work. This week on waggish.org: Pick a work of literature…

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Posted in: writing Filed under: Games, literature, Philosophy, Poetry, Shakespeare, Waggish.org, Words

Rainbow Season

May 2, 2008 gaisheagirl

Spring is magic in so many ways: buds popping from dead looking branches, color pushing its way up through bleak…

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Posted in: God, writing Filed under: Appreciation, Grace, Rainbows, Sping

May Day, May Day

May 1, 2008 gaisheagirl

May Day and all I can think about is the end of the month.  Help me! I’m making a trip…

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Posted in: travel, writing Filed under: Cacio & Pepe, food, French Food, Greenwich Village, Houston Street, Katz's Deli, La Goulue Bistro, Lupa Restaurante, New Yurk City, Pasta, Pastrami, pickles, Profiteroles, Roman Food

A Much Ado

April 27, 2008 gaisheagirl

I attended a writer’s conference yesterday.  Early on I was engaged to host one of the presenters; to make him…

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Posted in: rejection, writing Filed under: indifference, novelists, plays, Poets, writers conferences

Heart-Stopping

April 24, 2008 gaisheagirl

What a lovely idea.  Take a group of people who are largely forgotten by today’s society, give them purpose, an…

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Posted in: music, writing Filed under: Coldplay, Fix You, old age, Young at Heart Choir

The World Clock

April 22, 2008 gaisheagirl

I think a good follow-up to tax day last week is a quick examination of world affairs, in particular a focus…

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Posted in: writing Filed under: Births, Deaths, Network TV, Population, The World Clock, TV News

Throwing Doughnuts on Tax Day

April 15, 2008 gaisheagirl

At the beautiful Cafe Imperial in Prague, one may buy a tray of stale doughnuts for 2,000 crowns ($60 American) and throw them…

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Posted in: publishing, writing Filed under: Cafe Imperial, catagories of people, character, Cold War, donuts, doughnuts, Hasek, humor, personalities, Prague, Skvorecky, Taxes

I Confess

April 11, 2008 gaisheagirl 1 Comment

OK— I confess I have not been drawn into the obsession with American Idol.  Nearly all of my friends are…

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Posted in: God, music, writing Filed under: American Idol, confessions, Jason Castro, Over the Rainbow, writers

Flight of the Red Balloon

April 9, 2008 gaisheagirl

Taiwanese director, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s newest work is based on a 1956 film by Lamorisse, but a much more delicate piece…

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Posted in: movies, writing Filed under: directing, films, Flight of the Red Balloon, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Lamorisse, Paris, Seinfeld

Remember Bolero?

April 7, 2008 gaisheagirl

Anyone run out and buy Ravel’s Bolero after the movie “10” was released many moons ago?  Well, if you liked…

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Posted in: music, writing Filed under: "10", Bolero, Daphnis and Chloe, Ravel

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