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Do You Wanna Dance?

February 8, 2009 gaisheagirl

I recently passed through London and, I’m sorry to say, I missed this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM&feature=bz303] Give the state of the dollar…

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Posted in: humor, Life Filed under: Dancing, England, Liverpool, London, music, People, T-Mobile Dance, Train Stations, travel, U.S. Dollar

Home For The Holidays

January 31, 2009 gaisheagirl

Did I mention we had a little snow in Seattle over the Christmas holidays?  The fact may have been hidden…

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Posted in: humor, Life, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Christmas, Daughters, Family, Holidays, Relationships, Seattle, Snow, weather

Can't Write This Stuff

January 27, 2009 gaisheagirl

Sometimes things just shouldn’t go unnoticed: Lazy Daredevil to Lie Across 12 Couches LAS VEGAS—In his greatest feat to date,…

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Posted in: humor, Life, reading Filed under: Believe It or Not, Irony, Odd Things, Weird Headlines, Words

Lenticular Festival

January 24, 2009 gaisheagirl

Friday, December 5th, Mt. Rainier, Washington: The show was spectacular!  I’ve seen these occasionally over the years, gracing the top…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Lenticular Clouds, Mt. Rainier, Seattle, Washington, weather

To Be or Not To Be

January 17, 2009 gaisheagirl

You may wonder about the secret, or not-so-secret, motivations that drive writers. Personally, I always thought most of it lay in validation:…

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Posted in: books, History, Life, publishing, reading, rejection, writing Filed under: Critics, Motivation, Peter DeVries, Words, writers

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

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

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