Tag: living
group name: allaboard
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November 28, 2007 03:42 PM EST --
How quickly American?s seem to turn their backs on our roots?the simple foundations on which our country was built upon. Some of these ideas, while seemingly outdated and maybe not the most convenient, . . .
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January 20, 2007 03:37 PM EST --
A few years ago I was staying at the Outdoor World Campground in Ogunquit, Me. We decided to explore the towns as we usually do. We came upon this gem- Old York. This was a historical town with alot of . . .
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February 12, 2007 05:16 PM EST --
Riding on rails through the Canadian Rockies at 40 miles per hour was the last place I expected to find myself hunched over a Bingo card, teeth clenched, and dauber poised in anticipation of a single number: . . .
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January 06, 2007 11:27 AM EST --
It was our first visit to the home of some dear friends. We had corresponded with Frank and Marilyn for some time, but never met them. In person they were even more delightful than they had been through . . .
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February 27, 2007 09:33 AM EST --
If you think the best Boston-area seaside experience is on Cape Cod, it’s time to head north to Cape Ann. This destination is a granite-strewn apostrophe of land, a promontory that juts into the . . .
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January 17, 2007 09:11 PM EST --
Riding the Rails during the Great Depression
Berkeley Hackett made his first trip in 1929 at 13, riding with his stepfather from Flint, Michigan to Kalamazoo to get a summer job working in . . .
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November 18, 2006 11:22 PM EST --
Boston's South Station is only minutes from my fabulously located apartment so I left for a 5:20 train about two minutes passed 5pm. Since I only had one small bag – I'm an exceptional minimalist . . .
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January 22, 2007 02:49 PM EST --
I have precious few positive memories of my father. This is one and it’s probably the reason I still love this kind of street theater.
My dad was not a big traveler. Neither was he known for his . . .
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April 25, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone Az.
Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone, Az.
There are Boothill Cemeteries all over the United States from . . .
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June 16, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
When his father lost his job in 1931, Jim Mitchell saw his family slide to rock bottom in . . .
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July 03, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
The spike sits on a shelf opposite my desk, four inches of mottled iron with a square shank and L-shaped head tapering to a wedge. I picked it up on the Devil's Railroad in the heart of the Amazon . . .
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March 05, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
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Hello to all,
Have you taken an urban hike yet? If not - why not? It isn't hard to do. It doesn't take much preparation. You don't need to . . .
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October 03, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
Life has a way of handing us great moments when we least expect them. And so it was with my summer as an on board naturalist on the Whale Watcher out of Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod, MA.
I would . . .
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March 21, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
Road trips can be an exhilarating experience for writers. When alone, the open road provides a time to ponder story ideas, explore plot turns and character developments. Or, a time . . .
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June 05, 2007 05:26 PM EDT --
The Maryland Writers Association recently announced the winners for their 2007 Short Works Contest.
In the fiction category, the winners, as published on the MWA website, are:
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March 06, 2007 10:10 AM EST --
For father's day last year, my daughter and son (with a little help from their mommy) presented me with Paul Simon's Surprise album inside a handsome manuscript box. The album includes Paul . . .
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March 07, 2007 05:20 PM EST --
Today I’m announcing my intention to enter the Gather First Chapters Contest. I plan to submit Tracks, my novel in stories, this week. I’m in, and I’m in to win!
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March 12, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
It’s official. TRACKS, my novel in stories, is now in operation. Chapter one is available for the Gather community to read and rate.
Tracks takes place on an Amtrak . . .
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March 22, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
TRACKS, my novel in stories, has picked up a lot of steam. Readers and fellow writers are on board and continue to drive it ahead. But it still needs a boost.
This book began . . .
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March 09, 2007 12:37 PM EST --
No, this isn’t a political announcement on the war on terror or the spreading of democracy. It’s about my story, “Freedom.”
"Freedom" is a story . . .
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