Tag: life
group name: onewordatatime
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September 19, 2006 01:44 PM EDT --
I saw the film Thank You for Smoking recently, and let the moral quandaries it depicted sit and ripen nicely. Finally they fermented to perfection during a lecture on universal morality . . . more
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September 09, 2006 09:54 PM EDT --
Here it is, 15 minutes is really fast. I have no idea if this will make sense because I didn't think about it or about any potential grammatical errors, etc. Oh well, here goes....
It's . . . more
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January 13, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
December 2004 - For the last month I've been writing a novel. Every November since 2001, the year after I moved to Happy Camp, I've written a novel. Before then I only dreamed of writing novels. . . . more
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July 15, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
warning: this is one of those self indulgent stream of consciousness rambles with no care to write "well" whatever that means. i am writing for me. and that will have to suffice . . . more
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July 20, 2008 02:42 AM EDT --
There were many days when she thought back to that day in June of 1970. She was not sure if it was a blessing or a curse. How many years had it been? And still, there were times she dreamed of her . . . more
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November 17, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
It hardly seems possible, a whole year has passed since I joined Gather. What an interesting, engaging year it has been.
It started with a small link at the top of a newsletter I receive weekly . . . more
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November 28, 2006 06:01 AM EST --
As Dena turned away from the changing table with Alyssa in her hands, I heard a faint gasp, barely audible, like a whimper. My wondrous daughter's body instantly turned as limp as the . . . more
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May 31, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
The house is quiet and I am alone with my thoughts.
I am still hearing the phone ring. The news. And I know my next journey begins. Things change. As much as we try to hold still . . . more
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June 29, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
I went to my Gather mailbox today and found the usual mass e-mailings inviting me to look at articles and images and participating in contests. But then to my surprise I saw a letter . . . more
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January 21, 2007 10:09 AM EST --
I wrote an article last night about this growing older nonsense and I referenced (poorly) some of my favorite poetry and literature pertaining to being wistful of one's life growing shorter and not . . . more
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June 03, 2007 08:17 AM EDT --
A few notes before I begin. I think I will take the suggestion given to me and create a group just for this diary so folks will know where to find it. And I promise to write about more than . . . more
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June 19, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
They say everything happens for a reason. I am inclined to believe that. Or maybe it is just that I want to believe that. Believing, even if it is an illusion, is preferable to not believing in anything . . . more
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June 28, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
The perfect summer day...
Did it ever really exist? Or do we cloud over...or rather blue sky over...reality?
I do remember the last summer of childhood. I was nearly twelve, still a kid but nearing adolescence. . . . more
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January 06, 2007 09:35 AM EST --
For those of you who have missed it before , the way this works is everyone writes ONE sentence of the story. You can write as many sentences as you want but they have to be seperated by a sentence written . . . more
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October 09, 2006 10:09 PM EDT --
There are some things we just cannot wrap our mind around.
And so the world will always offer us mystery.
That urge to explore will always be a part of the human condition. As much as we . . . more
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May 26, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
The Little Fairy ©
The only thing Jeannie enjoyed about spring cleaning was the fact that she always found something that had been lost for a long time. Today she, her mother and younger sister Millie . . . more
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September 26, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
Late night writing
There is something to be said
For staying up most of the night
To clear ones busy head
Silence is what's healing
My soul this balmy night
I woke up broken, down and scared . . . more
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September 30, 2006 08:20 PM EDT --
I'd tell but
You'd make a joke
I'd reach out
But you would flinch
I'd give but you wouldn't know
What went into this gift of heart
And how I wanted it to touch yours
I'd ask but . . . more
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October 10, 2006 04:10 PM EDT --
In his memoir Tuesdays with Morrie and his novel The Five People You Meet In Heaven, New York Times bestselling author Mitch Albom succeeded in creatively addressing the struggles we all encounter in how . . . more
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September 18, 2007 11:22 PM EDT --
As the jets billowed through the sky, five year old Tara stopped working on her vowel lesson and rushed outside. The fighter planes fascinated her. She had never seen so much airpower! “Ma!” . . . more
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