Tag: women
member name: Faith H.
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December 19, 2006 09:39 PM EST --
We were there, at the edge.
Tough, weathered at an early age.
Did we give up, did we sacrifice?
Where were you, near the edge?
We survived, we fought for you.
Riding out beyond the fringe. . . .
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September 09, 2006 07:23 PM EDT --
The wisteria is a deep purple
jolting a memory
of a deep purple deception
the lover who did not love
the deep purple flowers
given to exact . . .
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October 25, 2006 10:35 PM EDT --
The conversation resumes,
on a different plane, how are you?
the wife?
the kids?
Me, oh, fine, thanks.
the . . .
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November 05, 2006 06:04 PM EST --
(Republished for Veterans Day)
I was military when military wasn't cool. In fact, it was very not cool. I graduated from college in 1970, with a B.A. in urban geography . . .
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April 21, 2006 07:55 PM EDT --
I began Officer Training School in January, 1972 at the Medina Annex outside Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Five of us departed from Jackson, Mississippi on a group ticket with the leader . . .
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May 15, 2006 09:46 PM EDT --
I became a second lieutenant in the Air Force. My commissioning ceremony in April of 1972 was marred by only one thing, my parents were not able to attend. My father was recovering from double bypass heart . . .
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September 22, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
It's never easy, this other woman thing. I've been on both sides now. My marriage of twenty years ended because of the other woman. That was a blow to the solar plexius that took . . .
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May 31, 2006 11:25 AM EDT --
I signed on as the Executive Support Officer for the 410th Field Maintenance Squadron at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan in June of 1972. As a newly minted Second Lieutenant, I was unsure and overwhelmed with . . .
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April 18, 2006 10:42 AM EDT --
For April 18, 2006
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Ask yourself who is creating the expectations you must adhere to, the big to-do list, the astronomical standards. Why, it's you! Dare to chuck the . . .
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April 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
I was military when military wasn't cool. In fact, it was very not cool. I graduated from college in 1970, with a B.A. in urban geography and an acceptance to Ole Miss to their school of urban planning. . . .
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May 22, 2006 08:42 PM EDT --
Originally, I wanted to call this the Lazy Slut's Hurricane Preparations. The past two years have shaded my casual abandon with a huge dose of caution. This thing called a hurricane is . . .
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April 08, 2006 06:23 PM EDT --
I saw B in the supermarket this morning. I'm pretty sure he recognized me as I walked in the door. I must say I was looking pretty good, the tight jeans and a light pink peasant blouse with the lace . . .
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April 22, 2006 06:30 PM EDT --
My daughter will be stopping by tomorrow night, on her way from Texas back to North Carolina. She's a captain in the Air Force, a C-130 pilot with five tours to the desert on her resume. . . .
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June 11, 2006 08:49 PM EDT --
Alone
Is a familiar Country,
. . .
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April 27, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
We drove, once, from Helberskov to Skagen.
To seek the end of the peninsula, to see two seas.
A sullen spouse, crazed children. And me.
And me. I was there, but just. There. . . .
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May 16, 2008 01:56 PM EDT --
It's the face that signals deceit
mirrors whisper your mother's name.
Silver outweighs gold
as if it were more valuable.
Pretend to not want
the imposed . . .
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