shartsell

@shartsell (31)

United States • Age 60

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Childress Vineyard

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 12 Sep 08

It is a beautiful sight, as you drive up to Childress Vineyards. The grape vines are on both sides of the driveway, as they fill the acres around the building. Tours at Childress Vineyard are at 12noon, 2pm, and 4pm daily. The...

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Chinqua Penn

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 20 May 08

Chinqua Penn Plantation is located near Readsville, North Carolina. It is a 27 room mansion. The mansion has various antique aritcles from 30 countries. There is a chair of King Tut's tomb and two Chinese boxes for a young girls's...

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A Day at Biltmore House

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 19 May 08

Building Biltmore was a 6 year project. An entire community, of craftsmen, came in on railroad cars to build the largest house in America. Mr. Vanderbilt had his own brick factory and wood working shop. Richard Morris Hunt was...

Old Salem, Go back in time.

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 16 May 08

Old Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The town was founded in 1766 by Moravians. They bought 98,000 acres. Over 100 buildings are in the town. The people used quill pens, fireplace cooking, and learned to sew back...

Can you make money writing poems?

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 14 May 08

I have always heard that poets cannot make any money. I hope that you all enjoy reading my writings. Are We Willing In a world of sin and sorrow, the master calls us in. Will we listen and heed to his call? The fields are...

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What are the little orange bags for?

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 14 May 08

In the South we had a drought last summer. Now, while we are driving around in our car, we keep seeing these little orange bags (boxes) on tree limbs in the area. Does anyone know what the little orange bags or boxes are for? The...

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Do our military men and women have a vote?

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 4 May 08

Do our military men and women have a vote? They sit by silently and never say a world about who they think our next President should be. They are defending our freedom everyday in Afganistan, Iraq, North Korea, and other places...

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What do the stars mean?

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 4 May 08

What do the stars mean on my lot?

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How does my lot work?

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 4 May 08

How does my lot work? Do you have to sit at the computer and answer all of the discussion questions to earn money or do you earn money when you start new discussions? I have not figured it out yet. If someone could help me out...

discussions

my lot

questions

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Anyone with a child in public school.

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 25 Apr 08

This is a poem that I wrote a few years back. My son was in middle school and he with drew from the family and started sitting in his room alone. Give Me Strength I have stood reluctantly, as he gasped; "Help me."He was...

children

hard ships

public schools

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Trees

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 25 Apr 08

I see a group of children sitting in the shadow of the forest trees. These children do not smile. Peace is there and the world does not see. The children appear to be waiting, with unseen fears, quiet and still. How they are...

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Sold

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 25 Apr 08

The old Adam's Millis building where my grandfather worked is quiet. The grass is knee high, doors are closed, and the halls are empty. The machines are silent and the heart of the American factories are gone. Sold out to the...

factories closed

middle class jobs

sold

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School Days

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 25 Apr 08

As the big yellow school bus stopped, we jumped off. We walked down the tracks on the busy 311 toward home. It took 20 minutes to walk at a steady pace to get home. We lived in a split level house down below Glenola Baptist...

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Church

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 25 Apr 08

As children we went to church proud of ourselves. With a smile on my and my sister's face. Mom sewed our dresses of blue. We had white Easter bonnets snd black patten shoes. We sung on stage as the Pastor played, his black...

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Love

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 24 Apr 08

This is a poem that I wrote for my Mother and Father-in-law. I hope that everyone enjoys it. Love A boy and a girl grow to be teenagers. They fall in love and get married. They go to church on Sunday. They are sucked into the...

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Father's Knee

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 22 Apr 08

On Sunday mornings at 8am, we met our Dad in the living room. My sister and I were wearing our stiff, wire curlers in our hair. With our pajamas still on, in the corner, was a book shelf. The cloth chair sat in the corner, next...

My URL at Google

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 22 Apr 08

My name is Sandra Lee Hartsell. I am 43 years old and I live in Thomasville, N.C. I have been writing for several years. Alot of my writings are not in circulation because, I have not had anywhere to circulate them at. To view...

google

pond

who am i

Waves

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 22 Apr 08

These are the words to the poem you are about to view. Some people say that they have trouble looking the photos' Waves I watched,as the ocean waves crashed in from the open sea. They seemed to speak to me, as I approached the...

Sea Shells

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 22 Apr 08

Being a small girl of 7, I walked the beach to find the softened look of beauty looking at me. The sandy, hot beach was decked with sea shells in a vast variety of shapes. From small cone shapes, to large Conch shells, they all...

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Career Moms

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 21 Apr 08

All women take care of their children but, sometimes our children think that we live in a box. Sometimes we live in a box so that our children can have better things than we did growing up.

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