Tag: arts
member name: Kimberly Ripley
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May 31, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
Some people have junk drawers. I have a junk room. In fact, somewhere in the midst of my junk room is my office. Yes, I work amidst stacks of stuff....some of it will be sold on eBay, some of it will . . .
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February 08, 2008 11:57 PM EST --
She's not supposed to have too much sugar, but every now and then Nana sneaks her just a little taste! This particular evening Mom gave the okay...for a couple of bites. Lilly's personality changed . . .
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August 02, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Reprinted from Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass: Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens by Kimberly Ripley
There . . .
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August 07, 2007 09:43 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Reprinted from Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass: Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens by Kimberly Ripley
He is tattooed from his jaw to his ankles. . . .
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August 31, 2007 05:31 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Will it be like this at YOUR Labor Day gathering???
How much worse does it get than arriving at your childhood home and learning that your second cousin twice removed . . .
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February 07, 2008 10:18 AM EST --
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to Thursday's Writing Essential. I'm settled into my southern office for the next couple of months and want to thank John Philipp for filling in for me . . .
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April 28, 2008 09:26 AM EDT --
This week I have to drive to my hometown in Maine and attend a funeral. My former mother-in-law (my ex's mother) passed away this weekend. She was 79. She was very good to me throughout our years . . .
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June 02, 2008 12:01 AM EDT --
Wasn't there a Gidget movie by that or a similar name? I think I'm remembering correctly, but then again I'm older now. That means my mind tends to transpose things now and then. Take . . .
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October 04, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Copyright 2004
When you visit a large family, you certainly can't expect optimal housekeeping conditions. In our house we strive . . .
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June 07, 2007 07:17 PM EDT --
This is a true story I wrote for Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul. As with many Chicken Soup stories, I still own the rights and am free to reprint the story elsewhere.
A Tale of . . .
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July 26, 2007 11:25 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
As parents we strive to set good examples for our children. As writers we often elaborate upon these examples, using the lesson as a twofold . . .
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August 13, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Reprinted from Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass: Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens by Kimberly Ripley
The most intriguing species of child . . .
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July 12, 2007 12:57 PM EDT --
This is reprinted from "Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass: Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens" by Kimberly Ripley
The book is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & . . .
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May 20, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
We faced unpredictable odds. Turmoil raged from within his family. His father was a tyrant and not quite stable, but he controlled it all......the business, the family, their money.
I had three . . .
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September 13, 2008 02:23 PM EDT --
I've always been good at rolling with the punches, and this weekend I'll get lots of additional experience. Our household of 1200 occupants (okay, there aren't really THAT many people living . . .
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February 16, 2008 04:35 PM EST --
Johnny Pesky played in the American League from 1942-1954...missing entire seasons in 1943, 1944, and 1945 while serving his country in World War II. Pesky has been associated with the Boston Red Sox . . .
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March 20, 2008 10:57 AM EDT --
Happy Easter to my Gather writing friends who celebrate the holiday. Happy Spring to those who don't.
For today's writing essential, please submit stories/articles/poems, etc. on how you . . .
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March 27, 2008 07:31 AM EDT --
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to Thursday's Writing Essential. I'm in Sarasota today conducting a couple of interviews. In light of my my own assignments, I started wondering who you'd . . .
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April 08, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
First published on Gather last September, I'm partial to this piece, and it has recently been accepted for publication in an anthology about dogs to be published late in 2008. Of course I . . .
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May 14, 2008 01:46 PM EDT --
If you have yet to meet Gather writer Zara Stevens it's high time you did. Her column "Boy Meets Girl" is as delightful and thought provoking as her book by the same name. In the . . .
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