February 25, 2012
I don’t think I need to explain this one…
Tag: humor
February 17, 2012
I know you’ve all been pining for an update about Ernest and Mabel, the two marble lions that my husband Jay bought in a mad moment in Vietnam. (Click here to read that post if you missed it.) When last seen, they were standing among a forest of other white marble flora and fauna (not…
February 7, 2012
I’m always keen to improve my writing, and with examples like the ones below, I shouldn’t have no problems…The first set of rules was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers’ Digest. I found them on the Plain Language website, put out by the government to help…
January 29, 2012
When I first started writing this “Christmas” letter it started “It’s November, and…. Then it morphed into “It’s December and…” Fact is, you’ve probably noticed that, in fact, “It’s January and…although I’m sitting here looking at a deceptively placid and sunny lake, we’ve already had at least a foot of snow here in New Hampshire….
December 9, 2011
I entered this piece in a contest called ‘Tis the Season, run by eChook Digital Publishing, and came second. So much fun (and there was a cash prize…). Every word is true, I swear. Hope you like it! And you can read the other winning stories here: http://echook.com/ ‘THE OUTFIT’ by Gabi Coatsworth It had…
December 9, 2011
I entered this piece in a contest called ‘Tis the Season, and came second. So much fun (and there was a cash prize…). Every word is true, I swear. Hope you like it! And you can read the other winning stories here: http://echook.com/ ‘THE OUTFIT’ by Gabi Coatsworth It had been at least thirty years…
October 30, 2011
We reached Hoi An in the early evening and checked into our riverside hotel. But before we reached there, our guide stopped in a courtyard with a large open storefront. “Here we make clothes,” he announced. It goes without saying that the CS (Chief Shopper) was agog at the prospect of a new jacket, though…
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