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A Tisket, A Tasket

May 26, 2010

Image via Wikipedia “A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow …,” the soft baby voice singing came to a stop.  Madison turned, looking up at the woman seated nearby in a lounge chair.  “Miss Terry.” The little blonde cherub pronounced the name as “Terwy”.  It had been endearing the first time. Now it was [...]

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A Broken Seal – “gasket”

May 21, 2010

A short writing exercise inspired by the word “gasket”. The tree was massive and solid, not planted in the earth like a shrub but jutting out like a column. Its leaves rustled in the enormous branches, and a patch of torn, light wood shone out from among the dark, dirty bark like a wound. Doug [...]

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creative writing exercise – gasket

May 17, 2010

We sat in rapt attention as the lead scientist continued his demonstration. “At just two millimeters in thickness, the Burgenstar gasket represents the current state of the art in the prevention of dispersed-by-air particles from being transferred across a barrier in either direction.  In short, we can’t smell them, which has a positive effect on [...]

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Six short stories about a “gasket”

May 16, 2010

As part of our tinkering with this blog and the content, we’re next going to be each doing a short piece derived from the word “gasket”.  The word was Finn’s suggestion, so we’re running with it! This exercise is something we do in our writing group to keep us writing when we hit slumps. The [...]

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