Tag: life
member name: Clare Stella
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July 08, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
I turn 60 today. It's hard to believe! It seems like it wasn't that long ago
that I was in my 20's, just starting out the in the world as a young adult.
I want to share . . . more
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April 30, 2006 06:35 PM EDT --
Are you serious??! I'm just not that interesting. I think I can come up with ten though:
1. I have met an albino black person.
2. I am currently learning to shoot a semi-automatic . . . more
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May 12, 2006 08:18 PM EDT --
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. --Tennessee Williams
The straw that breaks the camel's back comes at different times for each of us. For me it is . . . more
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August 15, 2006 08:53 PM EDT --
I have had the same therapist for over fifteen years.
At one point when my marriage was failing and I had
better insurance, I would see her once a week. Now I
consider her my "on-call" . . . more
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July 27, 2006 12:57 AM EDT --
Oh, how I used to mourn for that young woman who weighed 112 and was a perfect 34-24-34. She had unlined skin, good vision, and light brown hair.
She knew everything there was to know. . . . more
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January 15, 2007 12:16 PM EST --
I have been striving for serenity for as long as I can remember. My sister thinks I have a bit of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. At first I thought she was plain crazy but then I . . . more
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June 25, 2006 11:52 AM EDT --
Okay, so I quit my job about two weeks ago but absolutely nothing has changed and I am going crazy. I heard a rumor that my boss interviewed someone this past Friday so I am hoping that he hires . . . more
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July 10, 2006 10:40 PM EDT --
For a long time I was Christie's stepmother and she didn't like me much. Now, many years later, we are friends. The road to friendship was a long one. When I married . . . more
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August 27, 2006 02:49 PM EDT --
I cannot imagine life without my sister, Goddess Nancy Spivey. We have shared experiences for over fifty years... the good, the bad, the ugly (ex-husbands). We have been together through . . . more
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June 18, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
Remind me never to take a full-time job again. Especially in a substance abuse treatment center. It nearly killed me off.
First there was the switch from being a nocturnal person to . . . more
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September 11, 2006 12:29 PM EDT --
When my son realized that he was stuck with a birth date that would forever be associated with the bombing in New York, he was upset. I urged him to try and look at things in a different way . . . more
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June 18, 2006 08:12 PM EDT --
The fabric of my childhood
Woven from tears
Tattered threads of paternal accusation
And maternal neglect
Sewn tight with needles forged in alcohol.
Teenage years of bumpy nubbled cloth
Colored . . . more
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April 14, 2007 05:43 PM EDT --
I'm one of those people who eats the vegetables first and saves the shrimp for last because I love shrimp. What kind of person are you?
Okay, so the crappy stuff for today comes first (the veggies . . . more
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April 21, 2007 02:58 PM EDT --
Hi Mona, Here I am again writing about my good and bad. As you probably guessed from my last letter there is major good news. Baby Son 35 and his wonderful girlfriend have decided to get married! . . . more
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May 20, 2006 03:41 AM EDT --
"If you want to store antique fabrics away, wrap them in linen and keep in a cool dry place. Use acid-free tissue paper, not regular tissue paper. The acids in regular tissue paper can . . . more
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May 24, 2006 12:18 AM EDT --
Me: So, Andy, did you and Cindy go look at that house today?
Andy: (doesn't say anything, goes over to fix my computer)
Thank God I understand Andy's got ADD or I might think he is . . . more
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September 17, 2006 02:17 AM EDT --
I am a person who is proud to be an American and proud to serve on a jury . Well, I would be proud if I actually got to do it. I picture myself serving on a big case deciding profound issues . . . more
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July 13, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
I finally left my job after I had the week from hell. I had one patient
cut himself and come into my office with blood streaming down his arm.
Hold wound with face cloth. Check. . . . more
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April 15, 2007 08:41 PM EDT --
Oh, Mona!
Probably nobody gives a fat fadoodie about my day but if people can post jokes I can post about my day. I do write other stuff too, ya know. Poetry, serious articles . . . more
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February 23, 2006 10:09 AM EST --
A recent furor over the use of the term "wife beaters" (referring to men's sleeveless undershirts) in an advertising circular inspired me to a write a letter of protest. The pain of . . . more
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