Tag: environment
group name: firstwriteit
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April 16, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
Every spring, Matt and I put a lot of effort into our gardens, plants and landscaping. I have been doing a lot of research over the last few years to find ways to garden more economically and in . . . more
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February 20, 2008 12:40 PM EST --
Anytime my husband and I have to drive through downtown (or anywhere there are lots of tall buildings around) I get terrified. I can't stand to be around a lot of tall buildings. I don't have . . . more
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January 19, 2008 10:26 AM EST --
I had to trudge a mile from the parking lot to the front of the store. Once inside, I couldn't help but witness the chaos. People were running from aisle to aisle, climbing over each . . . more
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January 30, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
We had a screened in back deck built, and it turned out wonderful! (This is the first time I've added imag es to my article, so I hope it turns out right.)
This is when we started... . . . more
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January 10, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
On January 2, 2007, a few of us managed to locate the resting place of John Barnett, my 5th great uncle on my Dad's side.
Although just down the road from my home, the cemetery, full of sunken-in . . . more
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February 17, 2007 05:52 PM EST --
(I wrote this in July 2002 for a little girl in the news, Samantha Runnion. Her story broke my heart and I cried for a week. I didn't know her, but she was close to the same age as . . . more
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April 01, 2007 05:41 AM EDT --
Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
--Catherine Ponder
Getting mad at someone, a friend perhaps, is normal. Everybody gets mad sometimes. But when we stay mad for very long, it ruins . . . more
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December 28, 2006 03:06 PM EST --
The Green Eyed Monster
It slithers earthward from the fiery depths
Rearing its ugly head, fangs glinting in the darkness
Nostrils flaring at the scent of fresh blood
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August 15, 2008 07:52 AM EDT --
This is a poem I wrote when I was a teenager.
Day by day, year by year
Things are changing too much, I fear
Pollution's spreading, it silently chokes
Nature, who's fallen . . . more
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January 04, 2007 02:39 AM EST --
I have had a very cranky day today.... as anyone who has read my earlier rant would know... but even so... I am so aware of how very very lucky I am.
Hubby went to bed awhile ago .... came out for . . . more
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March 31, 2007 05:29 PM EDT --
Let everyone sweep in front of his [or her] own door, and the whole world will be clean.
--Goethe
Taking care of ourselves rather than trying to control others may be difficult. Our character defects . . . more
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September 16, 2007 09:31 AM EDT --
Whats moves you forward in your job? What motivates you? On the other hand, what drags you down? What sucks energy out of you? Feel free to share personal experiences. We all go through this with any job. . . . more
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March 13, 2007 12:58 AM EDT --
GEA
standing there arms spread
a very large man is covered with bees
as his head is covered he starts to move--
to shake them off . . . more
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January 22, 2008 04:18 PM EST --
My daughter wrote her first haiku. She's only 10, so I think she did pretty good.
. . . more
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February 18, 2007 06:23 PM EST --
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Mommy, get me some
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Yummy! Here we come
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Vanilla just might do
Ice cream! Ice cream!
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October 13, 2007 04:32 PM EDT --
Around the lake~
To see the season change~
In the woods~
The path~
The back of our house~
Clarence doesn't mind the cold water~
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August 08, 2008 10:03 AM EDT --
I was curious why my grandfather was calling my from the back porch to get out there and get the camera. But, I grudgingly stopped what I was doing on Gather, grabbed my camera, and went out to join him. . . . more
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March 17, 2007 12:21 PM EDT --
at the end of a visit to Maui a few years ago...
ISLAND BEACHES
Why so moderate, you ocean power?
Upon a swiftly-turning globe you tolerate
an island, several, lonely in your . . . more
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March 31, 2007 05:20 PM EDT --
I don't always get to know why.
I may find myself caught up in wondering why something happened while asking myself, "What did I do wrong?" or "Why did this happen to me?"
If . . . more
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January 08, 2007 10:09 AM EST --
Police shut down 10 blocks of businesses in the heart of downtown Austin early Monday after dozens birds were found dead.
Experts were testing for any sort of environmental contaminant or gas or chlorine . . . more
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