Tag: gather
member name: Birdie Jaworski
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August 11, 2006 09:29 AM EDT --
I think I could write anywhere. You could throw me naked in a meat locker turned to 42 degrees, and I would scrape words in the frost on the floor. It wouldn't be fun. Probably read like frozen crap, . . .
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October 18, 2006 12:44 PM EDT --
Two and a half years ago I paid ten bucks to peddle Avon door-to-door. I started writing stories the week I started selling cosmetics. I don't know why. When people ask, I tell them I wanted to remember . . .
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October 21, 2006 12:06 PM EDT --
Fess up, now, folks!
It doesn't matter whether you're walkin' that fine gang plank, whether you will trip the literary fantastic next weekend.
Who will you dance with? Which song will you . . .
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July 19, 2007 07:59 AM EDT --
Good morning! Today's Writing Essential has gone to the dogs... and cats, birds, bunnies, pigs, horses! The theme is Animalia, and you are invited to post your short stories and poems about animals. . . .
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March 28, 2007 08:00 AM EDT --
Please read Mothership Down - Part One, first. Thank you.
I don't remember the day after my surgery. I don't remember the following night. My sister told me I slid from pain killer to sleep, . . .
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July 12, 2007 07:00 PM EDT --
Today's Writing Essential explores darkness, fear, things that go bump in the night. Gather's writers have posted some incredible stories and poems of their dances with the devilish. I'm enjoying . . .
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August 09, 2007 11:00 PM EDT --
Different foods push memory to my surface. Polish dumplings filled with mashed potatoes and garlic remind me of my gramma. Cinnamon bread means Mom. And ice cream, oh ice cream pulls me into the start . . .
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June 21, 2007 10:53 AM EDT --
In my tiny New Mexican town, the sun splays my shadow against caked earth. We're getting more rain than usual, but the ground still remembers the drought, pulls the rain from the clouds, yanks it deep . . .
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August 23, 2007 09:04 AM EDT --
Thursday, August 23
Wild Card!
Post your best story, poem, or article on writing! A prize (Yes! A real-life prize that I will ship to you!) will be awarded to the piece that I enjoy the most:
The Navajo . . .
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July 20, 2007 03:44 AM EDT --
I have returned from the wilds of New Mexico, and have selected a few wonderful new articles for your reading pleasure. Please drop by each of my Thursday Night Featured Picks and leave a comment for these . . .
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August 02, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
August means wilting dog days, sunburnt shoulders and roasted marshmallows, means the last moments of school vacation twilight. My boys want to stretch the summer, make August last through September, October. . . .
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June 28, 2007 08:25 PM EDT --
Thanks to hail, lighning, and heavy rain from... SPACE... I was locked out of anything electrical most of today. The skies are growing dark again as I type this, and the rumble of the goddess rolls across . . .
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July 05, 2007 08:31 AM EDT --
My Avon district sales manager sat next to me at my kitchen table three years ago. She wore soft caramel lipstick to match her Asian print jacket, a shade just two tones shy of her sculpted bouffant. . . .
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June 14, 2007 07:47 AM EDT --
I am excited about my position as Thursday editor for the new Gather: Writing Essential. I look forward to reading each submission and adding my comments to the ongoing discussions.
I plan to feature . . .
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July 26, 2007 08:39 AM EDT --
Good Morning! It's Wild Card Thursday in the Writing Essential!
Post your best poems, stories, and reflections on the Writing Life.
I'm in the Windy City at the BlogHer Conference, so my features . . .
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June 21, 2007 07:05 PM EDT --
The sun still sits above my roofline on this longest day of the year. As it drops behind the Rocky Mountains, the crickets will turn up their volume, hum into the fresh tumbleweed that owns my lawn. I . . .
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June 28, 2007 05:19 PM EDT --
I will be watching the telecast of the Democratic Forum at Howard University tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern, and live blogging the event for Gather.com. Tune in to PBS for the event, and my blog for a New Mexican's . . .
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June 24, 2007 04:49 PM EDT --
My son, age 12, called me to his side. He sat at the family computer. The screen flickered with the ochre, black and gray of NPR's website.
"Mom! Look! You should send one of your stories here!" . . .
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June 14, 2007 05:34 PM EDT --
Next week begins the big Thursday Writing Essential Themes, but I wanted to point out a few wonderful articles posted to the Writing group today. In addition to these stories and articles, there are more . . .
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July 05, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
The Writing Essentials Group had some wonderful submissions during today's A Matter of Principle theme. I am excited to see the group continue to grow, and the writers stretching in surprising . . .
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