Tag: published
member name: Kimberly Ripley
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March 30, 2008 12:00 AM EDT --
On a recent weekend our family wound up with more family members and guests than adequate transportation seating, so my husband opted to rent a car for the weekend. Since I drive my Camry to Florida . . .
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April 08, 2009 12:34 AM EDT --
Tomorrow I'll have the distinct pleasure of meeting an actual Gather friend in the flesh. I've always thought this would be so much fun, and I have been looking forward to it for many weeks now. . . .
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April 24, 2009 12:42 AM EDT --
Greetings from Savannah! We checked into a hotel just after midnight after leaving Fort Myers around 2:00 this afternoon. The driving was easy, and my daughter took over for a couple of hours while I . . .
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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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July 06, 2009 10:51 PM EDT --
Issue #58
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Book promotion is nearly as important as the content on your book's pages. After . . .
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May 11, 2008 08:38 PM EDT --
So 14 things about me ....1 of which is not true. If you haven't yet been tagged, consider it done and get typing.
I'm not sure how we let people know whether or not they've . . .
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April 20, 2009 10:45 PM EDT --
While I don't subscribe to a lot of the thinkings of some radical Christian groups...those promoting hatred toward any group of human beings....I must say I have witnessed some disturbing behaviors . . .
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February 13, 2008 12:55 PM EST --
I may have posted this a few months back....probably not in this exact format, but am reposting it today for Kathryn Esplin-Oleski's Wednesday Writing Essential.
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February 13, 2008 08:35 PM EST --
I wrote this piece several years back when my in-laws first became ill. They have both since passed away, within four months of each other.
When did life as they knew it slip away? . . .
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March 28, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo pitched seven scoreless innings and never issued a single walk yesterday in their Spring Season game against the Minnesota Twins at the Ed Bradley Stadium . . .
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January 13, 2009 11:23 AM EST --
Issue #49
Seinfeld amused audiences for years with his sitcom about nothing. Leno garners roars each weeknight with his stellar monologue. Bombeck immortalized housekeeping and . . .
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January 17, 2009 10:36 PM EST --
Have you ever walked into a great kitchen with a true antique feel and wondered what one piece you could buy that might give your kitchen that same ambience? Could there be a versatile . . .
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January 18, 2009 08:13 PM EST --
This was written in 2003, before the passing of both my mother-in-law and father-in-law. I am working on a piece for tomorrow (Humor Monday) and it reminded me of having written this. It's a fitting . . .
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April 08, 2009 04:43 PM EDT --
Ellie was right. And then Nancy. And Richard Frisbie made a very naughty joke...well, he almost did....all regarding my piece yesterday that baited Gather members with, "Guess who I'm meeting . . .
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February 19, 2008 09:47 AM EST --
Issue #26
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. When I first wrote this column, more than a year ago, I discussed a few tips to broaden . . .
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February 19, 2008 10:30 AM EST --
For flit's Tuesday's Writing Essential, she requested articles on our best writing advice...received or given. The following is a piece I wrote years ago, when trying to convince a writer friend . . .
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February 25, 2008 08:33 AM EST --
I tormented my now 14-year old handsome young son last night by threatening to publish this piece again. It first appeared on a humor site in 2004. Can't wait to show him today that yes, Mom did . . .
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January 20, 2009 09:43 PM EST --
I've never claimed to have any decent nursing skills. In fact I've often said I'd have made a lousy nurse. The sight of blood does me in, as do other bodily revulsions like mucus and vomit. . . .
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March 06, 2009 10:54 PM EST --
Parenting woes hit hard when an unassuming mother or father becomes privy to information they'd just as soon not know. I think we've all worn blinders when discovering a hidden handwritten . . .
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May 30, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
She lavished attention on this room. For hours she'd sit and play for Charmaine...her little sister wracked with illness and retardation from the age of two. Her rocking would stop and Charmaine . . .
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