Tag: personal stories
group name: journalmoments
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September 12, 2007 12:41 PM EDT --
I hope the title set the mood for this because it is personal, but it is not about me, and the fellow it is about can't speak for himself.
I made my living for many years reading news stories aloud. . . . more
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August 21, 2007 03:13 AM EDT --
Tonight I found myself in a bit of funk, for the third or fourth time some wet behind the ears know nothing suggested that I should “Get a life.” I swallowed hard and put the insult . . . more
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June 30, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
Phoenix Arizona Weather Descriptions. January, Clear and Mild. February, Clear and mild with a 10% chance of showers. March, "It's a Beautiful day in Arizona, Leave us all enjoy it." Jack . . . more
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November 24, 2007 01:49 PM EST --
We are constantly confronted with individuals who seem to always be on the short end of life. All too often, upon greater scrutiny, . . . more
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December 19, 2006 08:02 PM EST --
Throughout the world cultures have stories of all sorts of creatures. Some are benign, others dangerous, some human in form but larger . . . more
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December 19, 2006 08:05 PM EST --
I can remember my grandfather telling me as a kid while out on one of our forays into the field, about a place named "The Huey or Yuey Rock". The Huey Rock was a place where there . . . more
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August 09, 2007 12:30 PM EDT --
Living in a diverse culture is an education, it’s a short walk from my house to an East Indian food market, complete with TV dinners. Just a few blocks further down the street is a Mexican . . . more
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July 14, 2008 06:47 PM EDT --
I my local newspaper today was an article about how recent college graduates are having trouble finding jobs - as they always . . . more
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July 27, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
World war two and my life started at about the same time. I was born in Chicago, and came to Arizona a few months after Pearl Harbor. We got here before Phoenix was much of a city.
The . . . more
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August 14, 2007 04:53 PM EDT --
It has been over 50 years since this story took place, and I didn’t write much down in those days. Bare with me if you see any minor discrepancies, I am doing my best to recreate the story, . . . more
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July 13, 2008 06:53 PM EDT --
Several years ago the radio talk show host Dennis Praeger made a flub that astounded me. He was commenting on how the movie . . . more
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February 08, 2007 07:09 PM EST --
I do not agree with the practice of making counselors use only empirically supported techniques, because I think that it limits a counselor in doing their job. In Tan (2001), it states that there . . . more
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June 24, 2008 07:39 PM EDT --
We all know what urban myths are but there are rural myths that are also apocryphal in origin. One in particular I have heard . . . more
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July 06, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
Last week I posed a question to the audience and today I will ask you to entertain a similar one. There is another "rural . . . more
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July 20, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
Sometimes being competent and knowledgeable can be a curse. On the one hand being interested and conversant in many subjects . . . more
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December 18, 2006 09:10 PM EST --
Introduction To Weather Folklore One of the most ubiquitous facets of humankind are folk tales of weather prediction. I dare to say they exist in all societies in one form or another. . . . more
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May 18, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
Well folks, as much as dealing with the lowest common denominator wears me down, at least they provide me with a constant . . . more
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July 25, 2008 07:05 PM EDT --
Ever get the feeling you went wrong somehow? I have for a long time. I always followed conventional wisdom and somehow it . . . more
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July 24, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
Early in the beginning of James’ third grade year, Ms Plumber, the teacher asked everyone to write their favorite food for the last word of the spelling test. James was surprised, but when . . . more
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June 29, 2008 02:43 PM EDT --
As soon as you ask anyone if they like nature and the environment of course they always say they do. But they are being hypocritical . . . more
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