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The Romantic Tip of the Week Ezine |
| The Romantic Tip of the Week is one of the internet's longest running and most popular newsletters. To read other issues that we have posted, click here. Romantic Tip of the Week July 8 Thanks to all of you who have been sending me kind notes about how much you like this service and the newsletter. It means a lot to me. Sorry if I don't always have the time to respond personally to everyone. Have a terrific week. -- Michael MORE THAN WORDS by Michael Webb Finally. Athena went away for the weekend. It’s not that I was getting tired of her -- I just needed a few hours alone to create a special gift for her. I’m sure most of you have seen the magnetic poetry kits at gift shops. They contain a hundred or so individual words with magnetic backing that can be arranged to create refrigerator poetry. I think they are a great idea, however, I wanted to make a set that was more personalized. First I went to the office supply store and purchased a pack of 25 magnetic backs for business cards. They cost about $5.00. I measured the magnetic pieces and created the appropriate margins in my word processing program. Then I began typing. I put in over two hundred poetry words like “stars, flicker, moonlight, touch, gentle,” etc. Then I added personalized words such as “Athena, Michael, travel, best, friend, sweetheart, cutest, girl” and other nicknames and words that would have special meaning to the two of us. Of course I included liberal amounts of “a, an, the, I, and, but” and suffixes and prefixes like “s, ed, pre, sub, extra, ly, ing” and so on. I printed out all the words and then placed them on top of 20 of the magnets. Then, I used clear shelving paper and placed it on top of the paper for a protective layer. I used a razor utility knife and scissors to cut the words apart. Then I rummaged up a little box and put all the pieces inside. I created a label on the computer that said “More Than Words” and put it on the box. It was ready to greet Athena when she came back from her trip. By now, some of you are saying “that sure does sound like a lot of work to me. I don’t have any spare time to do anything like that.” The whole project probably took me about 3 or 4 hours. It is true that you probably don’t have the time in one sitting to create this. However, if you took 10 to 15 minutes of your lunch break every day, you could have it done in a couple of weeks. If it still seems overwhelming for you, you can always buy the romance edition of the Magnetic Poetry at gift stores. It won’t be personal, but it still is a nice gift. ...................................................................
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