http://unexpectedbeauty.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Eye of the Beholder en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:33:32 GMT 2010-01-07T23:33:32Z 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=281474977982009&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Removing tobacco from Daddy’s butt ends, he Rubbed them down into A tin that Mother kept her Loose coins in, and liberating Two cigarette papers from Daddy’s Rizla pack, he Painstakingly, . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:43:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977982009&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T18:43:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981950&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace    Peanut wanted to play, so I played with him awhile, he sure loves the snow. He is not even in his dog house. He has lots of dog food and straw. I can here him barking now, come back out here! . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:20:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981950&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-07T18:20:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981763&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace   I Have alot of them here on Gather. My good freind Fancy C. called me last  and offered to help me clean out older posts in my group, a ten we send. This was SO SWEET of her. Now . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:34:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981763&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-07T15:34:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981501&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Mother tanned his backside For peeing in the box of toys, Her large hand, he remembered, Whacking the dust from his short Trousers and the devil from his Soul, or so she had said, and that . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:18:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981501&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T12:18:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981369&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace The nuns filed out of the church into the cloister after mass and then dispersed and went their own ways. Sister Martha went to the refectory, which was almost empty except for old Sister Agatha who . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:31:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981369&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T10:31:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981265&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Put your arms out straight And keep them steady, Mother Said, placing the wool over your Outstretched arms and slowly Unwinding the wool into a ball, As you gazed at her working Hands, the nimble . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:54:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981265&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T08:54:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979963&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace   A is for alligator... Reptilian lizard from days past, gliding through murky waters, you evoke fear with your primal visage. The . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:27:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979963&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2010-01-06T17:27:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979777&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace   Six To Ten More inches of snow, here in Southeast Iowa. This will start later today, and into tomorrow.  For those that need to , get your food, diapers, ect. while you can. Martin is heading . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:57:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979777&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-06T15:57:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979613&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace I don’t suppose he’d remember that now although he ought always to remember as long as he remains alive and has breath in his body and a brain cell in his head and often when you see him . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:29:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979613&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-06T13:29:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979466&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace The priest crossed the cloister garth of the convent watched from a high window by Sister Martha. Wonder where he’s going to now? Church probably to prepare for mass. There’s a bald . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:15:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979466&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-06T11:15:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979352&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace I’ve seen the old priest take A pint of porter myself, and He’d not say no to a Jameson If it were offered by some kind Parishioner who happened to Be in the bar at the same time As the . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:46:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979352&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-06T09:46:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979297&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Lucia Amazon went to the window. Across the way was the dome of the Duomo. It's strange, she mused, this is the first time I've been to Florence since I met Geoffrey here in 1926. I came with my mother . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:40:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979297&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-06T08:40:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978284&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Father Francis held the host Aloft his head, the key words Had been said, Mrs O’Toole Observed him and his every Move, her keen eyes taking In the dull whiteness of the Host, the fingers of the . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:45:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978284&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-05T20:45:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977725&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace  Everywhere are signs. These are not blocking the scenery though. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:56:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977725&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-05T15:56:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977121&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Mrs Fitzgerald was the great Leveller; she brought everyone Down to her size with the sharp Scythe of her tongue. Did you See the Moran man come to his Home blinded by the drink last Night? . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:35:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977121&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-05T07:35:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976054&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Brother Thomas had whacked More boys buttocks that any Other teacher, Flint remembered Lying in the bed, watching Nancy Walk butt naked to the toilet across The bedroom floor and slipping Out the . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:04:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976054&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-04T19:04:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975529&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace  It is cold out there, look at the front door. I got another pretty sky shot also. In my socks, on the front porch. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:45:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975529&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-04T12:45:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975523&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace If you played your cards Right you could have had Her, Davitt said, sitting comfy In the snug, his hand round a Glass of Jameson, his eye on Moonan who sat opposite Sipping his porter like . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:21:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975523&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-04T12:21:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975309&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace   I just woke up as my son went out to deliver newspapers. He is dressed in layers, and has a face mask on.  It is ~30 here, with the wind chill. Going to have a heat wave, though. It is going . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:24:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975309&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-04T09:24:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974754&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace  It was full. I did not see it turn blue, though. Here it is. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:50:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974754&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-04T00:50:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974738&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Everything is fresh and new. The old begins to deteriorate through and through. The meteorite that lights the sky the bird that passes in and out of view. It vanishes and . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:30:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974738&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace joel samuel 2010-01-04T00:30:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974455&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace When young Sister Felicity fainted in church during mass, falling sidelong into the choir stalls, casting her mass book helplessly across the floor of the aisle, causing a few disobedient heads to . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:18:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974455&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-03T19:18:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974192&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace   This is at a body shop. My freind, Brad Wichmeyer painted it. I think he did a great job. Almost looks like a car show. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:05:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974192&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-03T16:05:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973960&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace     Cold is putting it mildly. It is -2 here in Burlington Iowa. With the wind chill it is -17. I am so glad I do not have to go anywhere today. My Godmother and I decided the Good Lord . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:31:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973960&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-03T12:31:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace                 Here are the responses to last week's prompt:   Singing My Way Through Life, SatWE by Elsie Duggan . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:03:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2010-01-02T20:03:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973088&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Sinead showed her beauty Undressed in her bed, lying Beside Finn, who in his sleep, Spoke some other’s name, but She sexing it hot, heard it not, But in her own over the top . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:54:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973088&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-02T19:54:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972713&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace She resides at the heart of darkness - within the confines of blasphemy. The walls are painted bright by the color of anticipated larceny. She creates melody in bed but doesn't lend her voice . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:57:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972713&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Ratan . 2010-01-02T14:57:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971922&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace And I am only 635 points away from it, here I go wish me luck! Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:42:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971922&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Jeana Hamilton 2010-01-02T00:42:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971862&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Maybe I will put up a picture of me, what do you think? Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:13:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971862&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Jeana Hamilton 2010-01-01T23:13:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971773&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace   Submitted in response to the Friday Gather Writing Essentials prompt by Nancy L. This is the New Year's column I wrote last year for my hometown newspaper. I'm happy to say, this resolution . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:53:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971773&grpId=3659174697247586&nav=Groupspace Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2010-01-01T21:53:08Z