Tag: memories
member name: Robb F.
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May 30, 2007 10:57 PM EDT --
Louisiana: Sportsman's Paradise
We were all in agreement we wanted to “do something” the following day. After all, there are not many days in the year when my wife, son, . . .
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February 11, 2007 02:04 AM EST --
Today, my normal Saturday routine was broken. I usually leave home around 8 a.m. to pick up my 12 year-old son. I usually arrive in Baton Rouge around 10, depending on how . . .
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March 15, 2007 09:35 AM EDT --
On the dusty shelf sits silent silver skates, rawhide ball, and catcher's mitt, brittle and broken from life without playful purpose.
Also, the toy treasure is there, perched just . . .
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April 16, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
Saturday Morning
While I have often enjoyed the anticipation and planning of a road trip, whether a half-day spent close to home or a two-month cross-country jaunt, there are other times I prefer . . .
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August 18, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
While watching the distant tempest
now boiling the tropical seas,
my mind fills like a mizzen pulled taught
by a strong, unfortunate breeze.
Transported back by memory
to a . . .
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August 29, 2007 12:58 AM EDT --
On this date two years ago, I was moving back and forth between the television and computer watching waiting for any new scrap of information about the huge and powerful hurricane that would be . . .
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February 12, 2007 02:49 AM EST --
For what reason,
To what rhyme,
Is the season,
And the time,
When love blooms,
Then slowly dies,
In deafening grief,
And silent cries?
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February 14, 2007 03:45 AM EST --
Last night I was awakened from a deep sleep by the sound of the wind outside. I did not think much of it and returned to whence I came. I awoke this morning to learn a tornado had mangled . . .
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February 19, 2007 10:25 PM EST --
This is the second installment of “100 Things About Moi” If you are somehow interested, the first installment can be found at:
www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976902568 . . .
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March 12, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
Restroom Graffiti
This is one I found humorous. As guys well know, there is a certain stance that is assumed when utilizing a urinal. I am sure you ladies can imagine. . . .
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December 25, 2007 12:27 PM EST --
Flashback.....Yes and No
Yes, I experience flashbacks.....and nightmares.
Yes, the kind that are by-products/symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Yes, they have diminished both . . .
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February 23, 2007 09:59 PM EST --
(From "Backwoods People")
The hounds were whinin' and barkin'
as we pulled to the edge of White Road.
The beagles and us kids were excited.
At least, in us, it showed. . . .
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August 28, 2008 07:05 PM EDT --
Living at the edge of the marshland just south of New Orleans, I was away from my home for a month following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. My family and I lived in a FEMA trailer parked next to the . . .
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April 01, 2007 03:44 PM EDT --
The Fire House: A Very Unique Setting
As many of you know, I had the privilege of working as a professional fire fighter for 15 years. During that period and since, I have always thought, . . .
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March 16, 2007 02:07 AM EDT --
Installment Three
This is the third installment in my quest to complete an article, "100 Things About Moi." For the most part, I have taken a chronological approach in my self-disclosure . . .
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September 04, 2008 04:24 PM EDT --
Home...For How Long?
We are back home on the Westbank of New Orleans following Hurricane Gustav. Our parish re-opened for return at 6a.m. this morning. Filling up our vehicle's . . .
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March 29, 2007 11:23 PM EDT --
Here I go, once again submitting yet another installment of this quest of explaining who I am in One Hundred Steps. Thanks to all who are reading this installment and to all who have read any . . .
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February 06, 2007 12:48 AM EST --
Lost to me forevermore
her smile that shone
as stellar decor.
Warden Death shut her cell's door,
her quiet voice quelled
by its deafening roar
By that, shaken to my core. . . .
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February 04, 2007 04:48 AM EST --
Being new to this site, I was inspired by another's article on “One Hundred Things About Me. Encouraged by that writer, this is my first installment of 20 of my own 100 Things.
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