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Just So There’s At Least One Incoming Link…

Posted to Uncategorized on 25 July 2008, with no comments so far.

…I’ll announce that I have a new personal blog up at katherinesharpe.com.
It’s the usual blogginess—thoughts, photos, overheard tidbits, and comments on what I’m reading. There’s also a professional component: an ongoing list of my published clips.
Feel free to have a gander, and of course, if you’re feeling generous, I never met a link […]

First Job: Deli Counter

Posted to Uncategorized on the topic of Stories on the topic of Work on 4 January 2007, with no comments so far.

by Lynn — Age 49 — Columbia, MD
My first grown-up job, the first one I found in the classifieds and interviewed for, was working behind the counter at a deli/fast food place. At the time, I didn’t realize that any half-way decent looking chick would have been hired, just as I was, on the spot. […]

Elliot, 29, San Francisco

Posted to Uncategorized on the topic of Stories on 2 July 2006, with no comments so far.

>>The prompt: 400-word autobiography
Once upon a time, there was a meticulous land of milk and honey where even discarded gum on sidewalks and weeds climbing through cracks added intractably to the pervading sense of perfection. Dirt was wholesome, and injury tickled. Into this land I was born—an experience that was truly beautiful for all present.
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Esther, 47, San Francisco

Posted to Uncategorized on the topic of Stories on 1 July 2006, with 1 comment so far.

>>The prompt: 400-word autobiography
In our family we went to Mass every Sunday. My mother took all the commandments of the Church seriously, so attendance was not voluntary. Even if we were far from home, camping somewhere, or visiting friends out of town, when Sunday morning came, Mom would collect us from our disparate activities and […]