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Jennifer wrote about the word patience 2 years, 7 months ago
Patience? Ha! What a laugh! It’s something I only have with my art. Not with people and especially not with little urchins who love to repeatedly do the exact opposite of what I’ve asked them 4 or 5 times to do just so they can see mom lose it. I’m convinced that’s why they do [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word coaster 2 years, 7 months ago
“Here you go,” he said as he handed me the small crocheted doily. A doily, of all things! I stared at it in bewilderment. Just what was I supposed to do with this? Sensing my confusion, he took the doily from me, placed it on the coffee table and then sat my tea cup atop [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word jazz 2 years, 7 months ago
“All that jazz…that’s all you can think of? Really? Come on? There’s got to more than that, doesn’t there? All that jazz and razzmatazz. Is that really even a word? I know, go look it up in the dictionary,” my daughter uttered, shaking her head as she turned away to go in search of the [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word waiter 2 years, 7 months ago
“Garcon! Garcon!” she cried while waving her hand frantically in the air as she tried desperately to get the waiter’s attention. Anna thought Shelly looked rather silly, sitting there all prim and proper as she imagined Shelly thought a Frenchwoman would sit. She knew it was their day to speak French as much as possible [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word raise 2 years, 8 months ago
“I want a raise in pay? No. Raise the house? No, that’s raze. Hmmm…maybe it is raise the house. Can houses levitate? Raise the kids? Can kids levitate? Oh! No, it’s not that raise either. Raise the alarm? Is that right? Why does nothing feel right about how to integrate the word raise in a [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word trees 2 years, 8 months ago
I walked out on the deck of our new house that first April and my glance slide from the carpet of green grass to the freshly blooming shrubs and continued up to the trees filled with leaves. That’s when the first panic attack set in. Our backyard was a fortress of green with no sky [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word cheek 2 years, 8 months ago
She held her cheek up for me to kiss it and then took my face in her hand and turned my head so she could kiss mine. Of course, when I pulled away, my cheek showed a big chocolatey mouth print. She giggled when she saw what she had done…on purpose, I think. But isn’t [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word vase 2 years, 10 months ago
“Oh! Please tell me that wasn’t real” cried the new intern as she stared at the Ming vase now laying in pieces on the floor. “Well…actually, yes it was” replied her new boss. Both stood staring at the pieces, neither sure what to do next. “How are your sweeping skills?” asked her boss.
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Jennifer wrote about the word lens 2 years, 10 months ago
I adjusted the focus on the camera and got ready to take the photo when the lens cracked, producing a very skewed image on the viewfinder. “Think this qualifies for out of focus” I asked.
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Jennifer wrote about the word bear 2 years, 10 months ago
I stood at the door to the deck and couldn’t believe my eyes…there was a bear on my deck. A big, black bear. I’m accustomed to squirrels, birds, wild turkeys, raccoons and deer in the yard, but bears? That’s just a bit too much.
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Jennifer wrote about the word chaos 2 years, 10 months ago
“Chaos. That’s a good word to describe life right now,” she thought. “Hmmm… Chaos. Not in a bad way though, just that everyday is so darned unpredictable. No pattern, no routine. Chaos. And that’s alright for now.”
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Jennifer wrote about the word myth 2 years, 10 months ago
She stood at the computer, her hands hovering over the keyboard, wondering if she really dared to write about it…the myth of it…the reality of it…of her being a mermaid. Did she dare?
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Jennifer wrote about the word mud 2 years, 10 months ago
The mud felt cold and fresh under my toes. “There’s nothing better than walking barefoot after a long rain to cool one’s soul” she said.
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Jennifer wrote about the word salute 2 years, 10 months ago
“Salute? You’ve got to be kidding me. I have to salute you? Why? Can I give you a one finger salute? There. How’s that?” the newly inducted Marine said to his drill instructor.
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Jennifer wrote about the word trend 2 years, 10 months ago
“But Mom, it’s the latest. Everyone is who is anyone is wearing it” her daughters exclaimed as they stood there wearing purple face makeup over their entire faces…which only helped to highlight their orange lips and chartreuse eyes. “This? This is the latest is fashion trend? You’ve got to be joking. You look like clowns [...]
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Jennifer wrote about the word carve 2 years, 10 months ago
She wanted to carve her own little niche in the world. Naive? Maybe. Mostly hopeful and full of ambition.
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Jennifer wrote about the word fossil 2 years, 10 months ago
A relic of days gone by. That’s what a fossil is. Something that once lived is now preserved for history. That’s what I feel like today. A fossil.
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Jennifer wrote about the word peculiar 2 years, 10 months ago
Peculiar. A good word to describe how she felt these days. Kids yelling in the background, cloudy skies, a house that makes her feel closed in. Yes, peculiar is the word.
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Jennifer wrote about the word beach 2 years, 10 months ago
The feel of the sand between her toes, the scent of the air, the spray from the waves as they crashed on the shore, the sound of ocean, this is the beach to her.
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Jennifer wrote about the word tide 2 years, 11 months ago
As the tide rolled in, birds swooped over the cresting waves in search of food. Some seemed to be simply enjoying flying.
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