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By helen.jm BRONZE
East Bay, California

The calm waves lull at the rocks, in and out, in and out. A kayaker passes my window, it's green sides silently gliding through the calm water. The flag pole in the yard waves...
helen.jm BRONZE, East Bay, California
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Nonfiction
By Tgentry15 SILVER
Moses Lake, Washington
Tgentry15 SILVER, Moses Lake, Washington
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Celebrate your successes and stand strong when adversity hits. For when storm clouds roll in, eagles will soar while small birds take cover. BE AN EAGLE

rots28 DIAMOND, East Hampton, Connecticut
85 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you&#039;re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone&#039;s feelings.&quot; <br /> &mdash; David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)

Nonfiction
By singergurl12 GOLD
Jacksonville, Florida
singergurl12 GOLD, Jacksonville, Florida
15 articles 0 photos 190 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fairy tales are true, not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.

jcroxas BRONZE, Ipil, Other
3 articles 9 photos 4 comments
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By polypore BRONZE
San Jose, California
polypore BRONZE, San Jose, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Aro13 BRONZE
New York, New York
Aro13 BRONZE, New York, New York
4 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t worry about your background whether its odd or ordinary, use it, build on it&quot; Gloria Steinem<br /> <br /> &quot;All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.&quot; Leo Tolstoy

S-Chique00 GOLD, Dundalk, Other
10 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Rocky Balboa: You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain&#039;t how hard you hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

Nonfiction
By ScreenName2014 GOLD
West Chester, Ohio
ScreenName2014 GOLD, West Chester, Ohio
17 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. And do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering. - Ida Scott Taylor