Tag: storytelling
member name: David Marshall
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November 17, 2009 02:53 AM EST --
This is a great article from the Wall Street Journal called "Story Time: The Heck with looking foward. There's value in looking back." It is about the wisdom of telling stories from the past to . . .
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May 25, 2009 03:35 AM EDT --
Book Of Myself: If I Had Any Trouble With Dad...
original blog post
...Growing Up, It Was In This Area:
Hmm, not much to report here. As my dad was away a lot it was great to see him, and he was . . .
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June 01, 2009 03:50 AM EDT --
Since it's almost Father's Day, I will answer this question from my DIY autobiography book. If I had any trouble with my father while I was young it was in this area: My dad . . .
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February 23, 2006 04:05 AM EST --
Mark P. was my best buddy. We grew up in Chicago but were both from the deep south. We were preachers' kids (PKs). I met Mark in first grade at six years old—and we are still . . .
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January 13, 2007 05:56 AM EST --
Memoir, Biography & Autobiography, The Book of Myself, and Struggling Writers & Artists Gather Group members,
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: I have just updated our The . . .
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February 23, 2006 04:15 AM EST --
David - I have been playing golf for almost six years now but only have three previous birdies to my name. Today I racked up another one. I was playing at Grayson Woods, my favorate nine-hole . . .
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March 02, 2006 05:22 AM EST --
Mrs. DeMars was my teacher in third grade, and I was in love. I was ten and she was about thirty-five. She was tall, blond and wore skirts just above her knees. I had an unbelievable . . .
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February 12, 2006 04:35 AM EST --
Valentine's Day is a wonderful time to step back from our daily romantic relationships and say thank you—to express deep appreciation for giving and receiving love. It's a day to honor . . .
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March 10, 2006 03:50 AM EST --
As a PK, or preacher's kid, I figured I'd be a minister like my dad and grandpa. Even my mother attended seminary. That's where my parents met. It was destined that I would . . .
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March 19, 2006 05:23 AM EST --
As I kid, I knew my favorite actors by their screen names. In most cases, I didn't even know their real names. I grew up in a tough neighborhood and dreamed of getting out. When I . . .
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May 08, 2006 04:44 AM EDT --
BIG DAY! I got my first birdie ever on a par-5 today. In the six years I have been playing golf, I have birdied only five times, all on par-3 holes. I know I said this site would . . .
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December 17, 2005 05:18 PM EST --
We just signed up to Gather.com today. Let us introduce ourselves. We are David and Kate Marshall, co-authors of popular family journals. We also recently signed up for Amazon Connect, . . .
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April 03, 2006 03:05 AM EDT --
My father had an infuriating way of disappearing into his own private place, where he couldn't hear a word I said, even when I stood right beside him. He was usually studying for a sermon . . .
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April 25, 2006 06:01 AM EDT --
(from "The Book of Myself" Gather Group)
Note from David Marshall: This entry is from "Just a Country Boy," the original memoirs from my grandfather Carl E. Marshall that inspired . . .
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May 31, 2006 04:11 AM EDT --
J. was my first mentor in the software business in the early 1980's and became a true friend over the years. He was a marketing genius and about twenty years my senior. We traded roles . . .
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July 04, 2006 03:47 AM EDT --
Dad said it is important to have beliefs and to share them with others, but he was willing to accept new information that might change his previous beliefs. For example, when he found out my two . . .
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October 19, 2006 02:55 AM EDT --
My friends nicknamed me "Monkey Man" because I used to scale our apartment building four stories high hanging by my fingers from the brick ledge. I remember people called me a daredevil . . .
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April 25, 2006 05:46 AM EDT --
Note from David Marshall: This entry is from "Just a Country Boy," the original memoirs from my grandfather Carl E. Marshall that inspired us to co-write "The Book of Myself". . . .
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July 04, 2006 03:52 AM EDT --
Dad said it is important to have beliefs and to share them with others, but he was willing to accept new information that might change his previous beliefs. For example, when he found out my two . . .
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April 15, 2006 02:53 AM EDT --
I applied to Harvard Business School in early 1985. In April a thin envelope arrived from Cambridge. Not a good sign. Only thick packages offer admission. But it wasn't an outright . . .
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