Tag: environment
group name: amusingmusings
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April 12, 2006 03:39 PM EDT --
My First Haiku
Introduction: I was sick as a dog yesterday and last night, just coming around now. Not knowing where to go I read the introduction to Jack Kerouac-Book of Haikus. This was my introduction . . .
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May 19, 2007 11:50 AM EDT --
Is it the latest fad or a future necessity? In case you haven’t heard, a green funeral is the burying of deceased by placing them directly into the ground without embalming and without a casket. . . .
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August 07, 2006 11:59 AM EDT --
dancing waves, glittering in the sun
frothing, bubbling, reaching
frolicking with wet sand and dry
ceaselessly encroaching, leaving mark after mark
erasing footprints, creating waveprints
incandescent . . .
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September 01, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
the end of summer seems to be upon us quickly this year. last year, we were swimming until october. this year, we've not been swimming for a few weeks. the water is really cold!
it's been so windy . . .
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May 26, 2006 10:53 PM EDT --
Wetland Lake Motion Mosaic
Time for a canoe meditation: work the abs, loosen the back, and free the mind, for today life is kind.
Laughing duck at dusk
Shadowy shapes on the shore reflected . . .
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October 02, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
It suddenly occurred to me that I have been overlooking my primary purpose in joining Gather, which was to share what I have learned in almost a century living to the hilt. So, rather than spend . . .
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June 09, 2006 10:16 PM EDT --
Ancestors remembered and rowing with me
Shoved off on a row, blue above, wind increasing, dark clouds moved in and I had to row hard and steady against the wind. Self-fulfilling consternation . . .
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August 18, 2006 03:56 PM EDT --
(this was first published in March, the day after the Acadamy Awards)
but I have to say what must be said....
I've been trying for years to be politically correct about certain things, but . . .
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August 14, 2007 06:45 AM EDT --
Book TwoBobby (The Not So Great Blue Heron)
The War Of The Mile Long Pier
Chapter 1 : Canada Geese Bobby was fishing for white bass for his tabby cat friend Calawdalonzo . . .
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October 29, 2006 04:04 PM EST --
KEO's article concerning the pregnant 17-year old has prompted me to publish this exerpt from my book LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIA. I think it is a pertinent response. A discussion would . . .
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April 23, 2007 10:55 AM EDT --
Having difficulty following instructions? Well since you are here you might as well read this article. Yea, I know you are tired of hearing about it by now, but here goes:
As I am sure . . .
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March 12, 2008 03:20 PM EDT --
As I have been going through Gather and reading everyone's articles I realized by the date on left hand side bar that I have been submitted content to Gather for about a year now. Wow, I'm a little . . .
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December 17, 2006 05:37 PM EST --
Having paddled my way into this wonderful place, with so many voices to be heard, I think that I will linger her a while and listen. This is something I have learned in my kayak. Stop paddling, and just . . .
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May 19, 2007 11:14 AM EDT --
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20070320-000001.html
I really enjoyed reading the article! Psychology Today is a great magazine. I used to have a free subscription to it, but it expired . . .
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August 20, 2006 07:06 PM EDT --
After fourscore years of deliberate avoidance, I have seen my first corpse. The new dock directly across the canal from me, the one I have been bitching about because it partially blocks my view of the . . .
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April 29, 2007 08:31 PM EDT --
When I was a child, my younger sister had managed to get her eyes on one of those old cowboy and Indian movies. You know, the kind that portrays the Indians as savage, bloodthirsty beasts. . . .
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June 10, 2007 02:04 PM EDT --
Co-dependent ~ psychologically influenced or controlled by, reliant on, or needing another person who is addicted to alcohol, drugs, gathering, etc.
I hate to be the one to break the news to you . . .
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June 11, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
Political activism begins at home.
You who are proud of being vegetarians, of not using pesticides, of not stomping spiders -- do you even recognize "dust bunnies" as living creatures? . . .
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May 27, 2006 05:34 PM EDT --
I don't know about you, but every time I pinch a sad looking leaf off one of my houseplants, I tell it I'm sorry. Well, I can't help it. I just know they have feelings and if I expect them . . .
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October 07, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Some days are better than others. I'd had a run of the others though and was hopeful as I paddled out into the surf last night. I was out in a new play boat and the evening looked like a good one for . . .
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