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Quotation of the Day

March 28, 2009 gaisheagirl

My older daughter has a blog and it’s well worth visits on a regular basis.  I am taken by her eye…

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Posted in: Life, reading, writing Filed under: Change, Edith Wharton, Elemeno Press, March, Quotaions, Words

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

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

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

Summer Beach Reading

August 2, 2008 gaisheagirl

The weather in the Northwest promises to be great again after a week of rain, so I will suggest grabbing a…

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Posted in: books, reading, writing Filed under: Beaches, novels, Romance, Summer Reading, Susan Wiggs

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