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Category: <span>Life</span>

Irony

June 5, 2009 gaisheagirl

“The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.” —Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Posted in: God, Life, Uncategorized, Words, writing Filed under: Atheists, Being Thankful, Dante, Irony, quotations

Happy Memorial Day

May 30, 2009 gaisheagirl

May 30 is the traditional day Memorial Day is celebrated.  And it is not in celebrating the start of summer…

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Posted in: God, Life, Words, writing Filed under: America, Giving Thanks, Holidays, Memorial Day, Soldiers, USA

A New Crop

May 27, 2009 gaisheagirl

For us, the last foal of the season was born this week.  He is a beautiful bay colt with the…

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Posted in: God, Life, writing Filed under: Animals, arabian horses, Breeding Programs, Colts, Foals, Gainey Arabians, Horses, Mares, Spring, Stallions

Baby-Boomers

May 26, 2009 gaisheagirl

Any other observations??

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Posted in: Life, Words, writing Filed under: Baby-Boomers. The Onion, Cartoons, humor

Mother's Day, Encore

May 22, 2009 gaisheagirl

In the history of my children’s lives, I have never been home for Mother’s Day.  This saves much angst on…

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Posted in: humor, Life, travel, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: Cards, Children, Daughters, E-Cards, Horses, Mother's Day, Riding, Riding Groups, Trail Riding, Women

Here Kitty, Kitty

May 20, 2009 gaisheagirl

On a typical day he will devour 20 lb of meat, usually beef or chicken, and is capable of eating 100 lb at…

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Posted in: Life, writing Filed under: Animal Breeding, Big Cats, Ligers, Lions, Pedigrees, Strange Animals, Tigers, Tigons

The Editing Letter

May 18, 2009 gaisheagirl

You may think that writers still at the keyboard all day, every day.  Not true, though an author friend of…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: Agents, editing, Funny Videos, Lara Zielin, The Editing Letter

Penny Postcards

May 12, 2009 gaisheagirl

  I love penny postcards.  After my grandmother died, I spent hours going through her old files and found a…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Antiques, Cards, History, Penny Postcards

Mothers, Daughters

May 10, 2009 gaisheagirl

I’ve been both a mother and a daughter and I’ve had both a mother and a daughter (actually two of…

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Posted in: Life, Words, writing Filed under: Because I Love Her, books, Daughters, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Joyce Maynard, Karen Joy Fowler, Mother's Day, Mothers, reading, Susan Wiggs

The Writer's Work

May 8, 2009 gaisheagirl

“Every reader finds himself. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the…

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Posted in: Life, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Proust, quotations, Writing Quotations

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