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    Death on the SS Great Eastern -I. K. Brunel's Tragic Visit

    JULY 5, 2011 7:58PM

    By another steve s


    Topics: victorian era, ships, engineers, stroke, emigration, geneology, journals, diaries, letter-writing, historical fiction, crainberries

    • 0 Ratings
    • 221 Views
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    What happened with Daryl

    JUNE 16, 2010 3:21PM

    By Dina Baker


    Topics: business, customer service, letter-writing, storytelling, anger, complaints

    • 3 Ratings
    • 294 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    So good at telling people that they are so bad

    MAY 20, 2010 10:42PM

    By Dina Baker


    Topics: complaints, anger, storytelling, letter-writing, health care reform, customer service

    • 29 Ratings
    • 4884 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    When You Are Discouraged or Feel Bad

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 5:53PM

    By Love Grandma


    Topics: queen of crossword puzzling, felix the cat pin, p.g. wodehouse, jeeves and wooster, writing, christmas, gifts, synchronicity, letter-writing, grace, grief, death, stroke, poem about my grandma, nostalgia, lunchbox purse, felix purses, postum, addicted to coffee, mad scientist hermit, breakfast, family zoo, dog, cat, bobby, mommy, childhood drawing, the professor, felix the cat, favorite memories, southern california, kindergarten stint in massachusetts, single mother, divorce in the fifites, world war ii, shipyard, first woman electrician, deltra, jessica, taffy, mp3, hilarious footnote, dj dimeyes, marajuana violations, somme shit, the wonderful wonderful cat, lyrics, theme song, black hat, historical stuff, feminism, fun, hunch, bunny hop, grandmother, mother, synthesis, butterflies, insomnia, public speaking, nervous, anxiety, moral politics, don’t think of an elephant, george lakoff, nurturant parent, strict father, nurturant vs. strict models of leadership, don’t think of a patriarch, conference presentation, home, workplace, society, roles of women, humbling, putoffism, surprise, interview, public radio, jefferson daily, women in leadership, sharpies, feeling bad, discouraged, good thing to play, note, calvary chapel, cd, disorganized, cards, letters, mom, grandma

    • 50 Ratings
    • 20059 Views
    • 108 Comments
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    I Hereby Resolve to Write to You, Especially When I Die

    AUGUST 6, 2009 9:01PM

    By Love Grandma


    Topics: grandma, letters, sense of humor, laughter, wodehousian wit, perfectionist/procrastinator, death, writing, guilt, grief, grandmothers counsel the world, jeeves and wooster, p.g. wodehouse, stephen fry is literally jeeves incarnate, audiobooks, exhibition, stroke, coma, eighty-two, documentary, thank god, premonition, diving for pearls, digital recorder, equipment failure, the last interview, no song, the unsent birthday gift, the unrecorded interview, the unmade phone call, the unwritten letter, guilty!, grace, thank you, letter-writing, compassion, open call, it’s nice to have humor still in this world such as it is, things always start out with a tarabang for me in the morning, when i first smile at myself in the mirror, no teeth, usually, hair all weird, eyes squinty, i start the day laughing, i like that

    • 2 Ratings
    • 434 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Words Typed, Sketched, or Painted

    JANUARY 9, 2009 5:30PM

    By Donald Gardner Stacy


    Topics: letter-writing, the philosophy of history, technology, psychology, open call

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