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October 10, 2009 gaisheagirl

For those of you who follow my blog, I’m back. After a death in the family and a rough few…

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Posted in: Death, God, Life, Words Filed under: Drama, Families, Family Dynamics, Funerals, Mourning

Cat-Habit

August 24, 2009 gaisheagirl

I have a cat; a very old cat. She is relatively good shape, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to chase even…

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Posted in: food, humor, Life, Words Filed under: Addictions, Bong, Cat food, Cats, Conspiracy, Drugs, Pet Food, Pets

Right Brain, Left Brain

August 17, 2009 gaisheagirl 1 Comment

Just when I think I have it figured out…. “Everything you can imagine is real.” –Pablo Picasso “Reality is merely…

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Posted in: God, History, humor, Life, Words, writing Filed under: Creativity, Einstein, Illusion, Imagination, Picasso, Quotaions, Quotes, reality, Thoughts

Memories

August 10, 2009 gaisheagirl

I have no memory of my mother.  She was killed in a car accident 18 months after I was born.…

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Posted in: Death, God, Life, movies, Words Filed under: 8mm, Family Movies, Family Videos, Film, iMovie, Memories, Mothers and Daughters, Old Movies

Screaming Eagles

July 28, 2009 gaisheagirl

We boat in British Columbia every summer, and one of the things I love  watching are the Bald Eagles.  B.…

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Posted in: food, Words, writing Filed under: boating, British Columbia, Canada, Comox, Eagles, Feeding Animals, travel, Wildlife

'Tis

July 22, 2009 gaisheagirl

It’s true, I guess. Frank McCourt has moved on.  I have been waiting to hear the punch-line, as I have…

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Posted in: books, Life, publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Angela's Ashes, authors, Frank McCourt, Ireland, Irish, Malachy McCourt, Pullitzer Prize, writers

Got Milk?

July 20, 2009 gaisheagirl

  Here’s a creative writing exercise for you.  Or, if you’re too tired to write after a day of summer…

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Posted in: books, humor, Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: Creative Writing, Got Milk, Milk, reading, Summer, Tuscan Milk, Writing Exercises

To Tweet or Not to Tweet

July 16, 2009 gaisheagirl

First of all, when I hear the word tweet, I think of a Warner Brothers cartoon.  If you’re old enough,…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, travel, Words, writing Filed under: Agents, Shimoni, Social Networking, Twitter

A Connecticut Yankee

July 9, 2009 gaisheagirl

I spent the Fourth of July weekend in Connecticut.  Salisbury, to be exact; the charming town that Meryl Streep calls…

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Posted in: humor, Life, travel, Uncategorized, Words, writing Filed under: Connecticut, Conservation, Ecology, Lawns, Meryl Streep, Salisbury, Water

Icons, Adieu

June 26, 2009 gaisheagirl

Two icons of my childhood moved on yesterday.  Farrah Fawcett, whose hair I always wanted (well, maybe her body, too),…

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Posted in: God, Life, Words, writing Filed under: Compassion, Contributions, Death, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Negativity, Obituaries

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