Tag: stories
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May 29, 2007 01:53 PM EDT --
What is everyone's most embarrassing moment?! Don't be shy!
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September 26, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
So my sweet teenager kindly informed me yesterday that I have "rustic hair." Huh? Rustic? Like log-cabin-in-the-wilderness rustic? She continued with "Mom, really, . . .
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April 14, 2008 06:51 PM EDT --
This is an index of some of the stories I have posted on Gather. I've chosen my favorites or ones that seem relevant. These are not nearly all of the stories I've posted here, but it would . . .
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November 03, 2008 10:36 AM EST --
Submitted By Pearl S. Buck
He woke suddenly and completely. It was four o'clock, the hour at which his father had always called him to get up and help with the milking. Strange . . .
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November 05, 2008 08:05 AM EST --
Found this on the Internet.
Author Unknown
It was only four days before Christmas. The spirit of the season hadn't yet caught up with me, even though cars packed the parking lot of . . .
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November 09, 2008 10:13 AM EST --
Found this on the Net and thought i share it with you.
Author Unknown.
My brother Joey and I had just finished hanging our stockings by the fireplace one Christmas Eve, when the most . . .
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November 21, 2008 08:45 AM EST --
Lol, i think this is too funny.
Chippenham George worked for the Post Office and his job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day just before Christmas, a letter landed . . .
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April 24, 2008 12:40 AM EDT --
Cole tossed a handful of dirt. It landed in Myra's hair, and she slapped his hand. His squeals made her head throb. "Shut up!" Myra fell back on the grass. She flung an arm over her face. . . .
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November 20, 2008 10:40 AM EST --
This is such a wonderful story, it had me in tears reading it!
Author unknown
The Christmas party was over. Several of the men were sitting at a table reminiscing about the Christmas days of their . . .
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November 23, 2008 09:44 AM EST --
BY SHIRLEY BACHELDER
(Originally published in Reader's Digest, December 1992)
When Ben delivered milk to my cousin's home that morning, he wasn't his usual sunny self. The slight, . . .
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December 08, 2008 05:33 PM EST --
John was such a sweet little boy. So it was no surprise to hear that he believed that his Daddy would be home for Christmas. Early in November he was telling his Sunday School Class that Daddy would . . .
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December 14, 2008 01:57 PM EST --
A charming story is told of Pepita, a poor Mexican girl who had no gift to present the Christ Child at Christmas Eve Services. As Pepita walked slowly to the chapel with her cousin Pedro, her heart was . . .
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January 09, 2009 09:15 AM EST --
Name any fictional place.
It could be the home of a character like Little Red Riding Hood's pad or the Big bad Wolf's den.
Some characters live in fictional houses in real cities and . . .
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May 07, 2006 01:06 PM EDT --
She had to go to a meeting. The company she worked for had several offices downtown, some of which were connected through underground tunnels. Unfortunately, her office was not connected. . . .
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February 19, 2007 01:15 PM EST --
I propose to publish a series of pieces that together I will call Guidelines for Writing Fiction. In this, the first in the series, I will discuss point of view (POV).
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February 08, 2008 07:21 PM EST --
Pat heard the tornado siren and ran for the church basement across the road, dragging her terrified kids behind her.
The roar of the storm could be heard as it set its path on the side . . .
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February 17, 2008 04:09 PM EST --
So, I told you already how independent ma was inclined to be. When I first got involved, she was still not only staying home alone while R was off at his store (8 - 10 hours a day, 7 days a . . .
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March 02, 2008 10:30 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
The music soaked into the deck, tickling . . .
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March 12, 2008 08:43 PM EDT --
Journal Entry 109...
Destiny. Been hearing a lot about it lately. Don't know if I believe anymore. Still undecided. I think mine's was stolen!
Journal Entry 237...
August 28, . . .
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April 02, 2008 06:05 AM EDT --
Ingrid Jonker, a shining star among South African poetesses, she was known as the Queen of metaphor, imagery and heartfelt emotions.
Denied by a father, resented by her step-mother, Ingrid went to stay . . .
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