Ginger, this has a piece on "the most famous piece of kudzu ever." [link]
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flea - Jun 14, 2012 11:01:45 am PDT #946 of 1416
information libertarian
Typo Boy - Jun 14, 2012 12:39:54 pm PDT #947 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah. I once did a survey. A number of people in the South chose "Raise the ghost of General Sherman to burn Atlanta again" over "grow Kudzu on purpose".
BTW, the Jungle book (the Kipling version, not the Disney things) includes a chapter Mowgli destroys a village for revenge. The chapter includes poem (I think sung by Mowgli in mocking triumph) which repeatedly includes the line "Kudzu, bitter Kudzu shall cover you all".
dcp - Jun 14, 2012 2:24:44 pm PDT #948 of 1416
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Ginger - Jun 14, 2012 2:39:54 pm PDT #949 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
As dcp says, It's "For the Karela, the bitter Karela,/ Shall fruit where ye slept!" I had an intense Mowgli period in my youth. Heaven knows it would work for kudzu.
Typo Boy - Jun 15, 2012 3:26:40 pm PDT #950 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
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Ginger - Jun 26, 2012 4:45:14 am PDT #951 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm trying to find a diplomatic way to say, "Some writers today feel the need to build their portfolios by writing for low-paying content sites. My problem is sifting through the hundreds of articles I've written to find the ones that best represent my talents."
I hate writing about myself.
Ginger - Jun 26, 2012 5:01:14 am PDT #952 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What about something like this:
Sorting through the hundreds of magazine articles I've written to find the ones that best represent my talents is a daunting task. In a career including newspaper reporting; writing and editing articles for internal and external corporate audiences; writing for The Nuclear Professional; and freelance magazine writing, I've written about everything from meter readers who dodge alligators and attack geese to licensing nuclear power plants. I've ridden in experimental aircraft and visited 25 U.S. nuclear power plants and one Canadian plant. I have offered a myriad of ways to save energy and uses technology. It's never stopped being fun.
Pix - Jun 26, 2012 7:45:01 am PDT #953 of 1416
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Love that, Ginger!
Beverly - Jun 26, 2012 7:54:11 am PDT #954 of 1416
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I've offered myriad ways, please.
Also, "The Nuclear Professional; and freelance magazine work, I've written", etc. I know the piece is about writing, but too many can cause the reader to glaze over, and having writing and written separated by one word isn't enough.
Otherwise, it gets your point across beautifully and articulately. What more could anyone ask of a writer?
smonster - Jun 26, 2012 8:05:35 am PDT #955 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Looks good! In the last sentence, shouldn't it be "use energy"?