Tag: write
member name: Kimberly Ripley
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April 13, 2009 12:00 AM EDT --
Your hair is gray. Don't you think you should color it?
You used to be so thin. What happened to you?
Don't you take care of yourself? You could really use a facial.
You don't . . .
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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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May 05, 2009 07:31 PM EDT --
Times are tough, and we're all looking for ways to supplement our incomes.
I'd like you to give the following question some serious thought before you answer.
If I were to list . . .
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May 06, 2009 03:27 PM EDT --
Hello,
It's me again. And while I know I've never been your favorite person, I've struggled for years to make you mine.
You were a child when you birthed me. I would have understood . . .
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November 16, 2008 10:22 PM EST --
I don't, but I really need to get some. I have to drive a couple of hours up into Maine tomorrow. The gas here in the seacoast area of New Hampshire has actually dipped below $2 a gallon. Okay...so . . .
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May 03, 2009 10:19 PM EDT --
In a trickle they arrive
Drop shoes
Handbag
Open the paper
And the fridge
Cold drinks
Warm hearts
Share their days
Hopes
Dreams
Futures not so far away
Each unique
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October 30, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
Issue #61
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Are you aware that this time of year is one of the best for breaking into . . .
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November 21, 2008 08:36 PM EST --
I was notified recently by the Chicken Soup for the Soul publishers that they were celebrating their many successful years of publishing anthologies by creating a "best of" series of books, . . .
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January 03, 2009 11:05 PM EST --
As a follow-up to my article about sweepstakes, I have to post that I feel like I just won the lottery!
My middle son just proposed to his wonderful girlfriend of two years, and she said yes! . . .
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January 11, 2009 10:52 PM EST --
How could they be best described? Perhaps like a cross between a chicken and a human being-that is the most accurate description of skin that has suffered the wrath of significant . . .
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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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May 08, 2009 09:33 PM EDT --
At the suggestion of a couple of publishers I work for....as well as a handful of editors; I have set up profiles on both Facebook and My Space. I'm curious about both of these sites.
If you . . .
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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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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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November 18, 2008 10:07 PM EST --
These tips make creating beautiful cookies and ornaments a breeze. Add a dash of your own imagination for even more creative flair. Easy and delicious, these tasty cookies will make friends . . .
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July 17, 2008 10:37 PM EDT --
One lone submission was accepted into today's writing essentials. Submissions were supposed to describe someone on Gather.
Kathryn Esplin-Oleski's submission was exceptional, as always. . . .
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