http://fargoga.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:40:37 GMT 2010-01-01T00:40:37Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917390 *To my Gather friends- This is something I wrote in 2002 as one of my newspaper columns. I can't remember if I've ever posted it before. But, I wanted to share it now as a celebration of my grandmother's . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:37:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917390 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-11-25T16:37:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977870329 * A repost of something I wrote several years ago and posted here on Gather in 2007...today I am thinking of my two grandfathers who passed away many years ago. I love them still and think of them . . . Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:07:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977870329 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-10-26T14:07:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977807998 A repost of something I wrote in 2007 with photos from a display on campus all week here on at UF. We Remember We remember. We woke to a normal day. Coffee . . . Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:36:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977807998 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-09-11T14:36:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977773112   Hidden Mr. Hyde   In the layers of our souls, secrets hide never told. Hidden from all prying eyes covered here and there with lies. Secrets . . . Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:55:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977773112 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-08-14T02:55:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977771158 My little bird has flown the nest is empty, and I find a crevice in my heart that aches daily... one that won't be , that can't be soothed by any balm or filled by any other.   I . . . Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:43:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977771158 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-08-12T19:43:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731710 Soul Gardening Even now, after all these years I don’t know who I am. I’m still learning. Who knew it would take . . . Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:02:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731710 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-07-08T03:02:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977728672   Fireworks A rocket splits the air; it glares against an ink black sky. A choral crowd ooohs and aaahs, the rocket bursts- a baby cries. . . . Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977728672 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-07-04T02:50:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977715217   I wanted to post this for Father's Day a bit early because I'll be going out of town this weekend to GA to see my daddy. I decided to put a link here to a photo poem I did about him back . . . Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:27:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977715217 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-06-19T02:27:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708237 Kimberly Ripley's Thursday Writing Essential prompt was to post something we've written in honor of someone else. This is a repost from way back when I was on Gather in early 2007. It's something I . . . Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:49:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708237 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-06-11T16:49:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707245 Submitted for Susan Budig's Wed Writing Essential-Poetry Revision Something I wrote about someone I know... Revision version: Delusional Seclusion Unable to deal with the harsher . . . Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:24:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707245 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-06-10T17:24:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702478 June 5th always reminds me of that awful day in 1968 when Robert Kennedy was assassinated. I was not quite 11 years old at the time, and it was only two months since the assassination of Dr. King, and . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:54:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702478 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-06-05T16:54:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977695804 The Cost of War On Memorial Day my husband and I went to a park here in town where the local chapter of Veterans for Peace had set up an exhibit to give citizens a sense of the cost of war. . . . Sat, 30 May 2009 03:33:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977695804 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-30T03:33:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693734 All the rain we've been getting in FL the last week or so made me think of this poem I wrote several years ago after a long, wet drive my family and I made up Hwy 441 to my parents house. . . . Thu, 28 May 2009 03:42:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693734 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-28T03:42:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977691686 A Soldier's Promise It is the pitch black dark of night, but fear not, for I am here. It is the cold dead of winter, but fear not, for I am here. It is the scalding heat of . . . Tue, 26 May 2009 01:46:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977691686 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-26T01:46:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977685110 I just got some great news in an email! My poem, Shanty Stories, which I submitted to the Eighth Biennial Southern Women Writers Conference has been accepted for presentation . . . Sun, 17 May 2009 23:55:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977685110 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-17T23:55:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679817 Spartan , photographer extraordinare, and a good friend to me here on Gather offered to take some of my photos from my B&W vs. Color photo essay and work some magic with them using some of his . . . Mon, 11 May 2009 20:30:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679817 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-11T20:30:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679198   I posted this a couple of years ago when I first came to Gather and thought it was appropriate for a Resurrection Sunday post on Mother's Day. A story about how mothers love and look . . . Sun, 10 May 2009 23:33:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679198 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-10T23:33:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977675864 B&W or C o l o r ? Sometimes It's Hard to Choose... I think I've become obsessed with my new hobby of photography. As I "play" with my camera I find new features . . . Thu, 07 May 2009 16:58:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977675864 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-07T16:58:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977674516 As some of my connections already know, I write a weekly column for my hometown newspaper up in GA...this was what I wrote for the upcoming Mother's Day weekend. From Birth to Adulthood, . . . Wed, 06 May 2009 01:11:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977674516 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-05-06T01:11:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666122   A repost of something for Resurrection Sunday that  I wrote a couple of years ago. I've put some new photos with it this time. It's about the little village where I grew up and . . . Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:33:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666122 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-26T02:33:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977662567 Ode to E a r t h   O fragile sphere—you seem suspended in an infinite universe by some tenuous, invisible thread. Complacently, we go about our . . . Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:25:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977662567 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-22T02:25:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657845   *Posted for Mariana T's group, Shedding Light. The work of freedom is slow and unpredictable; yet it is precisely at this threshold that each individual is the custodian and . . . Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:32:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657845 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-16T17:32:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653576 An Easter Lesson: Never Take a Hungry Dog to an Easter Egg Hunt! Anyone who has visited a store in the last month knows that Easter is just around the corner. Store shelves are loaded . . . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:23:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653576 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-12T04:23:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652802 NEON FLIES AT NIGHT Encapsulated in discharge tubes Neon glows, and it shows its wares: OPEN, HOT DONUTS, MAJESTIC, BUD LITE... . . . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:11:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652802 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-11T06:11:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652169 Creative Currents ~ 2 The Getaway Hike   Late afternoon sunlight beckons me outdoors Its warm rays massage my work-weary brow. Walking down the slope to the . . . Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:47:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652169 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-10T16:47:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977651304   Suwannee River Rising The famous Suwannee River runs right through my little hometown of Fargo, Ga. Since I was up home this past weekend I decided to take a photo of the Suwannee . . . Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:16:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977651304 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-10T04:16:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650289 Easter Lilies My belly pressing damp earth I fidget and angle my camera, snapping several shots as around me, Easter lilies tower. Their slight, sweet fragrance carries me to . . . Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:50:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650289 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-09T01:50:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977649054   Creative Current #1 A quick note to Mariana and my Shedding Light sistahs: I am very far behind, and hope to catch up soon. I have been jotting down my creative currents in my journal, but . . . Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:24:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977649054 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-04-07T13:24:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977640340 For Mariana T's Shedding Light group: Mariana asked us to answer the following questions~ Tell us about you - who are you right now?  Why are you in this group and what do . . . Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:26:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977640340 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-03-29T05:26:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977625800 It's funny how Mother Nature does her own thing and doesn't wait for us. She moves along at her own pace and if we want to capture a photograph of something spectacular, then we'd better be . . . Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:47:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977625800 Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2009-03-28T03:47:47Z