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member name: Betty Dobson
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May 22, 2006 02:24 AM EDT --
I bought my first girdle last year--an amazing piece of construction involving a three-by-one panel of spandex, eight rows of plastic ribbing, and enough hooks to land a boatload of fish. It was . . .
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May 29, 2006 01:27 AM EDT --
Lupins sway by summer's roads
Tossed to and fro by each passing car
Unseen by white-knuckled drivers
Bent on quiet retreats at any price
But the children chant, "Lupins, lupins!" . . .
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June 11, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
As other's have mentioned, Father's Day is on its way. In my case, I also have to deal with my father's birthday in June.
Like anyone born in December, Dad often gets the short end of the . . .
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June 11, 2006 04:39 PM EDT --
Great great grandmother Esther was wild,
Never a husband, many a child.
When long in the tooth
She tarred her own roof.
Ain't nobody dared get her riled.
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August 12, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
InkSpotter Publishing is currently accepting submissions of holiday-themed personal essays and poetry for its inaugural e-book, Holiday Writes.
When you hear the word holiday, you might automatically . . .
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May 27, 2006 08:48 PM EDT --
Katherine Gibson knows a thing or two about pushing clutter out of her life. In fact, the British Columbia author wrote the book on clutter busting--and not just in the physical sense. From the cover image . . .
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May 23, 2006 01:01 AM EDT --
The first time I read Kevin Staniec's And This Was My Happy Ending, I didn't think too much about mechanics and style. I just let myself get drawn into the story. I felt the words as much as read . . .
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May 25, 2006 10:32 PM EDT --
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World is surprisingly interesting--a history lesson tied together by an unusual but effective theme.
Author Mark Kurlansky begins in the modern day, observing . . .
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May 27, 2006 01:08 AM EDT --
Carol Lesbirel and Julie Ann Wilton embody many fine attributes, separately and together, including positive thinking, teamwork, and determination.
Lesbirel delivers dynamic and hard-hitting presentations . . .
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May 25, 2006 05:20 PM EDT --
William B. Hamilton loves to talk--about history in general and his new book in particular.
We'd no sooner settled in at one of the Waverley Inn's breakfast room tables than he'd launched . . .
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May 27, 2006 08:18 PM EDT --
Sometimes, you have to leave the home you know to find the home you love.
That's what happened to Golumba Kim in 1997. She felt dissatisfied with life in her native Korea and decided to make a fresh . . .
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