| I was so happy, school was out for the summer and except for my chores around the house, most of my days were free. I spent as many afternoons as I could with.... |
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| Johnjon Conrad's, Lucifer Weadon, and Michaela Joday were all best friends. They meet one day on a bus to camp and found out that though they had very different personalities, they had one thing in common: they .... |
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| I walked barefoot in the damp grass. It was Tuesday afternoon-even though it felt like morning. Fog surrounded me as I carried my basket. Most people would say it would be an odd day to have a picnic.... |
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| It was a rare afternoon in July, for the weather was cool and breezy. It had rained yesterday, and the cool water had washed away the last of the dreary hot air. Fall was soon to come. I felt guilty, playing and having fun with my friends. |
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| The dairy cows grazed contently in the front meadow just this side of the River Feale, not far from the open picture window where we sat contemplating afternoon tea. They were close enough so that we could hear.... |
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| Janet looked at her best friend and sister Megan with a grin. ''Well, what do you think?''Janet asked. ''I think you are the most perfectly insane girl I know.'' Megan answered laughingly. ''Well?'' Janet asked. ''Well, we have nothing else to do.'' |
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| Upon entering a clearing, us kids raced ahead to pinpiont the strange sound we heard. Chasing us, the older kid and adults closly followed, as though closing in on a special moment in time. Locating the sound.... |
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| A warm breeze softly caressed the two sweethearts as they sat with their wine glasses and freshly-baked bread in front of them on a woven picnic blanket. A strand of golden hair released itself from Karen's ponytail and was whipped .... |
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| It was a sunny summer day. The sky was a perfect blue and yellow butterflies sprinted among the colorful flowers dotting the lush green lawn in the garden. Eight year old Anna stepped out of her house, clutching a small picnic basket in one hand and |
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| Living as a little girl in the beautiful state of Montana where the skys are big and blue going on a picnic was a wonderous thing to do. We packed up our picnic into .... |
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| I didn't want to go on a picnic. Family events bored me to death and this was bound to be extra long. My parents could never just pack sandwiches and go for a short walk. We had to hike a mile or more .... |
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| My parents divorced when my sisters and I were quite young. Alicia is the oldest, Terri, the youngest, and me, well, I am the middle child. Two years stand between each of us.
After the divorce, our mother moved us to her hometown, where our |
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| Twenty-seven third graders slouched against a wall of the building in the center of Hogs Head Island. This group was my first class and like any good first year teacher, I planned and tried new things. A field trip that began with a boat ride .... |
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| Roberto and Raphael tossed the football pretending not to see Loren take Cary's hand. The couple took the basket and a blanket down the lane to eat under a tree out of sight. Cary walked a little better - at least the wine dulled some of the pain... |
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| July 4, 1995. Las Vegas was boiling that day. A group of friends, that I met two years prior, at the University of Las Vegas, and I decided to leave town for several hours and ride to Red Rock Canyon. Luckily, the car I chose to carpool in was a .... |
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| My sisters and I decided to suprise our mother for her 83rd birthday.So, we rented a table out at Lake Lanier. Mama was in a wheelchair at the time due to a fall she had resulting in her fracturing her hip. One of my two sisters, (Clarice) .... |
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| I've been told that I tend to go overboard with certain endeavors, and picnics are certainly no exception. This isn't entirely a bad thing - except when the best-laid plans go awry!
My most memorable picnic, about 25 years ago, was a surprise .... |
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| It is amazing how a few little extras can make something ordinary feel completely extraordinary. Eating on a bench next to a tree isn’t all that memorable or romantic. However, as soon as a blanket, a basket, wine glasses, and those famous plaid .... |
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| Wayne and Suzan met on the net. Suzan moved in with Wayne and they have been just getting used to each other so they have be spatting a bit. But it's over little stuff and she miss my family and just things like that. So she planned to have a .... |
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| By mid June, Roger knew it would not be much longer before he had to say goodbye. The woman who had held his hand on the first day of kindergarten, who had kissed every boo-boo, and who had taught him how to pray, the woman who had been the light.... |
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