Tag: random
group name: writerscove
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February 19, 2007 02:32 PM EST --
It is a frigid, sunny morning, made brilliant by the sun's reflection on the snow outside. I sit in the center of the class, not committing myself to the front row (the conspicuous overachievers) . . . more
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February 02, 2007 08:10 PM EST --
True story from Argentina. I'll reiterate that it is true but politically incorrect by American standards, and I'll probably get hate mail, but here goes.
A lady went to the local curandera . . . more
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February 26, 2007 07:42 PM EST --
It happened again. I live just off Main Street in a small town (population about 2000) in New Hampshire. I'd just had a hot shower, put on my tatty green turtleneck and sweatpants as . . . more
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February 14, 2007 01:16 PM EST --
Blank sheet of paper
Hostage to my empty pen
Bleeds tears of dry ink
more
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February 21, 2007 01:01 AM EST --
Rounding a sharp bend, I startled a covey of grouse in the tall grass beside the trail. Five of them took clattering flight, their wings beating hard against the air. Two cut across the trail in . . . more
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June 05, 2007 08:08 PM EDT --
How can something you love so much can cause so much pleasure and at the same time, so much pain? I love to write. Novels, short stories, poetry and non-fiction. Many genre's call to me. Ideas come . . . more
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February 27, 2007 07:29 PM EST --
I have complained about this before, and I guess that I am in the minority here. But, being vocal nevertheless I will continue to complain.
If Gather is intended as a forum where people publish . . . more
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September 08, 2007 11:55 PM EDT --
My Mom is a stalker.
She follows me everywhere I go.
When I’m playing in the back yard, she watches me through the slats on the blind. She thinks I can’t see her, but I can.
She drives me . . . more
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February 01, 2007 12:43 PM EST --
I overheard a couple of guys talking by the bus stop this morning. (No exaggeration, I'm quoting directly.)
Man #1: "What did you think of that big snowstorm we had yesterday?" . . . more
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July 29, 2007 11:04 PM EDT --
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
. . . more
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August 06, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
Everyone knows, from the endless movies and televisions shows and novels, of the American pioneering archetype: the cowboy. He was the white knight of the wild West and the wide open plains, . . . more
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July 25, 2007 10:26 PM EDT --
In mid June I began a project I called The Gather 30 Day Countdown.
We have all seen fellow Gatherers get disillusioned, enraged, outraged, plain old pissed off and sign off the site permanently . . . more
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August 05, 2007 04:52 PM EDT --
Up here in "The Great White North" we have a national, publicly owned broadcaster called the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, or CBC. This is a public broadcaster that does earn some of its . . . more
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October 14, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
Everyone who does laundry on a regular basis knows the mysterious nature and frustrating prevalence of odd socks.
Rarely do symmetrically limbed people wear a single sock. One either goes sockless . . . more
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October 22, 2007 07:56 PM EDT --
Language is the main tool we have for expressing our thoughts, ideas, feelings, hopes, dream and fears to one another. Each of us has our own distinct history, frame of reference, point of view, . . . more
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June 07, 2008 01:20 PM EDT --
This has been on my mind for months. I want a dog, specifically, I want a Poodle.
Yes, I want a poodle. They don't shed and I can put little bows in its hair and talk to . . . more
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June 07, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
I took a break from the treadmill of life to sit on my porch steps and drink my coffee this morning. It's very warm here today and it was nice to just let the air move gently about . . . more
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July 23, 2007 07:26 PM EDT --
I sign on this afternoon and find that a whole bunch of my read emails are showing unread. 1038 of them to be exact, and just checking them and hitting mark as read doesn't work, you actually . . . more
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January 21, 2007 07:44 PM EST --
10. Your boss thanks you for all your hard work then actually
asks you with a voice drenched in mock concern: "You will
be . . . more
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September 09, 2007 12:16 AM EDT --
When Janice woke up, everything seemed the same. Her same old slippers were lying on the floor beside her bed, same as always. Her same old bathrobe was hanging on the end of her bed, just the same as . . . more
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