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December 27, 2008 05:38 PM EST --
I wonder if any of you remember me. I find to my amazement that I have not ventured onto this site since May. What a dreadful way to treat a friend, particularly a friend who has been a great . . .
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May 27, 2008 07:22 PM EDT --
He pulled the cork from the bottle unmindful of what it contained. The situation called for alcohol. He bent to take glasses from the cupboard, trying to avoid sight of the body that lay on the carpet. . . .
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May 18, 2008 07:45 PM EDT --
There was no point in getting up, because there was no point, no point to anything. Yesterday there had been but that was but a vague memory. Yesterday was a long time ago, a life time . . .
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May 03, 2008 07:28 PM EDT --
He pulled the cork from the bottle unmindful of what it contained. The situation called for alcohol. He bent to take glasses from the cupboard, trying to avoid sight of the body that lay on the carpet. . . .
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March 10, 2008 03:33 PM EDT --
The room had all the charms of a charity shop, a musty charity shop where donations lay unsorted and neglected. Boxes and baskets lay at odd angles over-flowing with sweaters, socks and underwear. A filled . . .
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February 26, 2008 07:10 AM EST --
Don't let me die now. God, that's dramatic. I mean don't let me die with alcohol on my breath. Bit choosy how I should go and "she'd had a few drinks, you know" is not in the . . .
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February 23, 2008 12:37 PM EST --
The last breeze of day beckoned me into the twilight, tempted me with cool caressing fingers. I followed it and it followed me, teasing me with its soft touch. It allowed itself to be drawn deep into . . .
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February 18, 2008 06:26 PM EST --
"Oh! I wish" she said,
Laying her head against mine.
I wished for courage.
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February 01, 2008 06:16 PM EST --
I was driving Mimi to the hospital to have a chest x-ray. As she is profoundly deaf such journeys are perforce mostly silent affairs. We drove through the countryside, green fields with a . . .
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January 05, 2008 10:58 AM EST --
From her reverie in the dark the storm drew her to the window. Rain thrummed on the glass like brushes on a snare drum. In the street an indecisive wind sent rainwater whirling and twirling in vaporous . . .
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December 31, 2007 07:33 PM EST --
I wish all my friends at Gather a very happy, healthy and fulfilling New Year. Love to you all, Moya
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December 24, 2007 05:28 PM EST --
by Mimi to wish all her friends a very happy Christmas and she sends you her love. I would like to join her in sending best wishes for a loving and peaceful time. I went to visit her yesterday . . .
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December 16, 2007 05:05 PM EST --
I was travelling in the Underground when the train came to a halt between stations. There had been a signal failure. I was tired so I thought I'd just close my eyes while we waited. The following . . .
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December 15, 2007 07:12 AM EST --
A
lone
tree
Shivers
Clad in leaves gossamer light
B rave in winter's chill
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December 04, 2007 06:08 PM EST --
To teach man patience
Must surely be God's purpose
For pomegranates
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December 01, 2007 07:27 AM EST --
My! am I a lucky girl. At present I have 972 messages awaiting my attention in my in-box. I do hope that these do not need my personal reply as the senders are doomed to disappointment. . . .
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November 30, 2007 12:51 PM EST --
An expectant hush pervaded the darkened auditorium. On stage the curtains opened and Bernadette Soubirous began her painful journey from obscurity to sainthood. Backstage the girl who would be Mary, . . .
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November 22, 2007 05:33 AM EST --
They danced up the street,
Giggling, intricately bound,
Two girls, one ipod.
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October 12, 2007 09:09 AM EDT --
Gather friends, On Monday I shall be sitting an exam and I need your help. In the past, a word of your encouragement provided a tremendous boost so I thought that if you all . . .
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October 06, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
It left me smiling
To see those two old people
Laughing in the street.
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