Watch this trip down memory lane...about the women of North Platte, Nebraska... http://videos.komando.com/2009/02/21/the-north-platte-canteen What did you do...
Daily Writing Tips Daily Writing Tips What’s Your Style? A writer’s style is the sum of sentence structure, sentence length, vocabulary, literary or...
... have any ideas on how to get started, I'm open for suggestions! To All: Here's what I did... Our Government mandated a Life Story Writing Class all across...
Overboard! By: Linda DePeel (c.)2009 I am a zealous person, to say the least. When I develop a passion for something, I go after it, full steam ahead....
AOL Email24 Things Disappearing From Our Lives... Not only is this page interesting, but it should trigger a story for each item! 24. Yellow Pages This year...
My mom and dad grew up during the depression and became adults during World War II. After the war, they attended college and met and married. But their wanting...
Thelly, At your prompt, I checked our local library's events and classes calendar this morning and discovered that they are on week 8 of a 10-week life story...
Well, Dave, Don't slow down too much 'cause those sharp toes on Thelly's shoes hurt when she gives you a quick kick!! Bill (OTD) Pray for the peace of...
Linda (Blue) wrote: Thanks for the nudge about classes! I'm sorry you missed the class...sign up ahead of time for the next one...the Lifestory Classes fill up...
... YeeHaw!...An editor among us...Welcome! Sounds as though you have much *grist for the mill* with all the travel stories from your past. We look forward to...
Arkie Bill wrote ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You only get the toe of my stilletto's if you're not writing...clickety, click! You know...
... to get me off my butt and get me writing! (Please kick gently!) ... Welcome, Dave! It sounds like you have some really interesting stories! I will be ...
Habits for Everyday - Written in med-century: (Compared to todays rules, if there are any, this will give you thoughts to ponder and perhaps a vignette to...
... Hello Dave and welcome to this group. I came to the realization there needed to be a record of the life and times of my family around the turn of the...
Herm wrote: Give and you will receive! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amen! Herm! That is the very best most concise advice anyone will...
My head was souged into my purple pillow and I clinched the gold sheet to my chin. Wake-up, come on, wake-up! The voice sounded like it had been searching for...
Thelly Thoughts...Happy St. Patrick's Day! May joy and peace surround you... May joy and peace surround you, contentment latch your door, and happiness be with...
Scared Silly By: Linda DePeel (c.)2009 My mom was reminiscing about how she and my grandma and grandpa would walk on the railroad tracks, back in the 1930's....
To All: This was sent to me by a friend who only wishes he was writing his life story : ( A LICK AND A PROMISE 'I'll just give this a lick and a promise,' my...
Can't Do It Now! By: Linda DePeel(c.)2009 Twenty years ago--back in 1989, I was a File Clerk for Cass County, Nebraska Health and Human Services. I had to look...
Winning Writers Newsletter - Spring 2009 SpecialThis was sent to me by my writer friend Connie Daley...www.skylinetoshoreline.com/ She enjoys receiving the...
The Little Voice in My Head By: Linda DePeel(c.)2009 Last Monday evening, I got the Dreaded Call. It was my sister, Liz. "Is there any way that you can come...
Linda, I'm glad my advice to you helped you. I am also glad you listened to the voice In your heart not your head. It was Jesus reminding you of the best way...
I don't share my stories to brag...I know that they are not perfect, I share them because they are written! I hope that in doing this it triggers a memory for...
Picking corn or shucking corn. Those are a couple of terms our fathers would know but they went out with the horse drawn wagon. When I was a kid growing up in...
Have you written about what Easter was like BITD? I know the individual celebrations will differ, but it would be fun to see how y'all celebrated. Did you...
This was thoroughly enjoyable, Linda. Thanks so much for sharing it. Hugs, Blue ... The Little Voice in My Head By: Linda DePeel(c.)2009 ... Hope I'm all...
If words and phrases fascinate you and you want to know a little more about them than Webster's is able to tell you, this (www.word-detective.com) is the place...
Thanks, Lisa, for your encouragement. Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a very happy ending--yet. It seems that my sister wants to play games. She is the...