Tag: triple name club
|
February 28, 2008 10:49 PM EST --
February's snow fell gently
praising the green verdancy
of the holly on the side of the house.
Snow did not fall with the diligent message
of the unexpected power of nature, nor did . . .
more
|
|
May 11, 2008 12:29 PM EDT --
Amid the sweetest smell of viburnum
and a multitude of orchids, orchids
that emerged from bark, orchids coming
to light from moist moss
I become aware of her hands. . . .
more
|
|
September 16, 2009 01:49 PM EDT --
Assisi: parking ticket and all
We came to Assisi seeking St. Francis and Clare. We found them. We found, as well, a greeting from the Assisi police: a parking ticket. Parking in Assisi . . .
more
|
|
May 05, 2008 12:14 AM EDT --
My girlfriend and I walk every morning
and on Friday we visit the local cemetery
in all its beauty, its serenity, its mystery.
There are deer that gather there:
among the tombstones, the benches, . . .
more
|
|
September 19, 2008 09:41 PM EDT --
Drinking from the Saucer by Charlene C. Duline is a fascinating memoir of a strong-headed, devout, and idealistic young black American woman who was among the first volunteers to join the Peace . . .
more
|
|
April 14, 2009 10:33 AM EDT --
My husband Bill is noise sensitive. Sounds of traffic, noise from factories, lawn equipment and machinery drive him batsy. I, on the other hand, having spent many years in a cloistered monastery on a . . .
more
|
|
January 17, 2009 07:09 PM EST --
We left Rome for Naples on my birthday, October 10, 2008. This was not a wholly good idea, unless one thrives on travel tension. The day started off innocently enough when we took a taxi to the Termini . . .
more
|
|
January 27, 2009 11:36 AM EST --
"What is it you REALLY believe?" asked a friend in her weekly email "On the Waterline."
She posted the question two days ago and I am still pondering the thought. What . . .
more
|
|
March 15, 2008 12:13 PM EDT --
Bless us this green land
where shamrocks hail lightsome sky
as angels' harps trill
Blue eyes, Irish smile
tin whistle plays a reel
boon from Erin's land
Irish lassies gather . . .
more
|
|
March 17, 2008 12:50 PM EDT --
The Irish man has a natural smile,
a lilt in his voice
weathered freckled hands
and a fine lookin tweed cap
on his head.
The Irish man can build a
wall of mortarless stone . . .
more
|
|
May 28, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
The Liar’s Diary: A Book Review
Gather keeps getting better. I keep bumping into fine writers that I hadn’t encountered before and a growing number of outstanding authors. Often these . . .
more
|
|
December 12, 2007 01:18 PM EST --
For centuries stuffed toy animals have been hugged, kissed and played with. They’ve been fed pabulum and sticky candies, been dressed and undressed, tucked into bed and tossed into corners. They’ve . . .
more
|
|
October 28, 2009 11:14 AM EDT --
After numerous turns around a town square outside the walls of Florence, the GPS system leading us to the wrong building in a different section of town with the same address, and several phone calls . . .
more
|
|
April 21, 2006 01:04 PM EDT --
Forty-eight years ago I lost my name. More accurately, I gave my name away. I let it go eagerly, like a balloon released into the sky or like a stone dropped from a cliff into the ocean. I had no idea . . .
more
|
|
July 19, 2007 01:41 PM EDT --
Actually, I almost leapt the wall but I didn't. If I'd pictured a cozy retreat where I didn't have to talk and could just moon around being thoughtful I was sadly but wondrously mistaken. This . . .
more
|
|
January 14, 2007 10:16 AM EST --
It takes three thousand Gather Points to earn $50. I have been a member of Gather since August 2006 and I have 255 points. If I wanted to get three thousand points in one month I would have . . .
more
|
|
March 03, 2007 11:44 AM EST --
I wrote the below during the midst of a blizzard and then lost my connection for two days. I am finally able to repost with photos.
I am in total awe. We have got massive seas . . .
more
|
|
October 03, 2007 10:31 PM EDT --
For months I counted down the days until Ann Patchett's newest book Run arrived in my mailbox. When it arrived I immediately set aside what I was doing and lost myself in the joy of her story-telling. . . .
more
|
|
October 10, 2006 01:45 PM EDT --
Sunday morning I woke to find a palomino horse in my back yard. About eight o'clock I'd let my dog, Rita, out of the garage and she immediately began barking warnings, so I followed . . .
more
|
|
April 06, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
As I watch our beloved old dog Shelby find it more difficult to rise from the floor, when she refuses to eat or suffers interminable bouts of diarrhea I know that at some point we shall have to say goodbye. . . .
more
|
|
|
|
