Tag: storytelling
group name: amusingmusings
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April 02, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I call to my two cats, Mao and Cheddar. And they come running.
I called "Baby Fooooood." Sure, they know the words, "Baby Food." They're cats. . . .
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April 29, 2006 09:45 PM EDT --
Two Decembers ago, it was 65 degrees and my crocuses and tulips bloomed.
They trusted. They trusted their instinct that the time to bloom was at that moment.
It doesn't matter they were wrong. They . . .
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April 05, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
Clutching my seventy-five cent deli corn dog, my body hanging precariously in mid air, I realized that time had stopped – which was convenient because it gave me both the opportunity to reflect on . . .
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April 08, 2006 09:01 PM EDT --
I'm sure that there will be a story on this evening's local newscast featuring an unexplained tremor in the Phoenix Metro Area. It had to register at least a 4.5 on the Richter scale,and . . .
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June 04, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
Fireside 4: Roast
Hello, do come in! I just knew you'd drop by, round about just now. Is that the smell of roast beef and all the trimmings for a cold night? You're . . .
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April 07, 2006 10:28 AM EDT --
Perhaps I was Lucrezia Borgia in a past life? Only the karma of one seriously DEPRAVED could have wrought the week I'm finishing....
Monday started off innocently enough. I bought . . .
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December 16, 2007 01:25 AM EST --
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.....
Recall that opening line? At that point you were ready to suspend critical thinking and accept the tale ready to be told.
This introduction is a traditional . . .
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June 06, 2006 12:48 AM EDT --
Fireside 5: Stew
Hi, it's you again! I haven't seen you for such a long time. Don't stand outside - these autumn nights are so damn chilly. You'll catch . . .
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February 17, 2006 11:14 PM EST --
A few years back, when my eldest was just about to head into High School, certain vocabulary components had to be formally verboten. (We had a toddler in the house who loved to repeat things.) . . .
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April 04, 2006 07:04 PM EDT --
It has recently come to my attention that children obtain most of their social cues and even some of their learning by observing their parents. For some reason I was either not given that information or . . .
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April 09, 2006 12:55 AM EDT --
...these words...
When is a divan not a divan? When it is a sofa or couch. What else do you call it?
When is a pocketbook not a pocketbook? Oh, what IS a pocketbook? You must not be from around here. . . .
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June 17, 2009 07:06 PM EDT --
The following is just a random musing I banged out in about 10 mins,,,
Enjoy...
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June 13, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
Fireside 8: Hot Chocolate
What a wild evening it is! Thunder and sheet lightning all over the place. Damn, I'll have to oil these squeaking front door hinges. Oh, . . .
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April 02, 2006 07:10 PM EDT --
He was as straight-laced as they come, ties, polished shoes, slicked-back hair. She was flip-flops, jeans so tight they gave her . . .
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April 16, 2006 09:28 PM EDT --
That's right. A bath. You CAN bathe cats. Cat care books recommend it, but I don't know why. The cat gets wet, cold and meows. You get wet, cold and you howl.
But if you're so inclined, here's . . .
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June 16, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
Fireside 9: Friday, 13th
Oh, I thought I'd never see you again. You're brave to be out tonight, it being Friday the thirteenth, and all. Oh, you're not superstitious? . . .
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April 30, 2006 02:19 PM EDT --
Each boy staked out his territory. Two boys on the same turf, fighting for the same bag of drugs.
Mao hooked a left into Cheddar; Cheddar hooked a right and tossed Mao straight to the mat. . . .
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February 18, 2008 10:40 AM EST --
Computer love, relationships via modem are not just the wave of the future. These opportunities are here now and every single person should take advantage of possible romance for just a few dollars a . . .
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April 19, 2006 03:22 AM EDT --
In 1952, Eisenhower was in the White House, ranches and bungalows sprung up everywhere, men wore Hawaiian shirts on Fridays and gave barbecues on Sunday afternoons. In 1952, women stayed home to mind the . . .
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June 05, 2006 11:45 AM EDT --
Allen Lowell had been looking forward to this night for a long time. His first Halloween with a friend who had a car. Two wild teens on a mission.
He had often heard stories told by his family of mischievous . . .
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