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The Finish Line

June 29, 2016 gaisheagirl

It has been said that one never gets things done because of perfection in nonexistent. If you can never get…

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Posted in: Experiences, God, Life, publishing, Robin F. Gainey, Spirituality, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: authors, Aviation, books, coincidence, editing, Finishing, Flying, France, Georges Guynemer, novels, Perfection, reading, Serendipity, Words, world war I

The Emotion of Language

November 6, 2013 gaisheagirl

Simple fact: Writers use words. If we’re lucky those words connect in a way that produces images in the mind. Even…

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Posted in: books, eBook, Experiences, Life, Parenthood, reading, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: Birth of a Word, Deb Roy, evolution, Language, Language Research, novels, Tedsword, Words

Author of Life

May 1, 2013 gaisheagirl

Is this you? If so, take note: As a writer, one thing I know for certain. Life is like a…

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Posted in: Experiences, God, Spirituality, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: books, Happiness, Life, spirituality, Susccess, Transformation, Words

Epigrams

September 1, 2009 gaisheagirl 1 Comment

I love epigrams.   The English critic and poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, said, “What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole,…

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Posted in: History, humor, reading, writing Filed under: books, Epigrams, Life, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Tempation, The Secret to Life, Words, Writer

Top Twenty-Five

June 29, 2009 gaisheagirl

Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high…

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Posted in: Life, reading, writing Filed under: English, Essays, High School, humor, Kids, Metaphors, Teaching, Teenagers, Words

We, The People

April 16, 2009 gaisheagirl

No matter where man is, man always finds something to love.  Sweet, salt, wine, water, beauty, truth, company, solitude, greed,…

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Posted in: Life, travel, writing Filed under: Diversity, Feeling Good, Love, music, Project FEELGOOD, Stand By Me, The World, Videos, Words

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

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

Guilty?

January 20, 2009 gaisheagirl

The top ten most irritating phrases, according to researchers at Oxford University:   1 – At the end of the…

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Posted in: books, humor, publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: Common Usage, Language, Oxford, reading, 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

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