Tag: random musings
member name: marilyn l.
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March 05, 2007 09:20 PM EST --
This poem was written by my granddaughter when she was in the ninth grade. She is now graduating from high school.
Wandering through a dark, eerie passage,
Pondering my whereabouts. . . .
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April 16, 2007 03:09 PM EDT --
I just turned on Gather to spend an enjoyable hour on this gloomy day in the month of April. Well, its not too enjoyable! This website in it's lovely way has managed to ruin it.
I signed in . . .
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July 04, 2007 10:01 PM EDT --
As I am writing this article on the 231st Fourth of July, I am watching a beautiful exhibition of fireworks both in Washington DC and New York City on t.v.
It is breathtaking....I feel so proud to be . . .
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January 14, 2007 08:33 AM EST --
We are living in a new world, so they tell me.
When people are walking around talking to themselves, waving their hands wildly, discussing their personal business on public transportation, on the streets, . . .
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March 20, 2007 08:52 PM EDT --
well, we survived the last few months of winter. Some people had it worse than others. The midwest was really hit hard with snow. In NYC, winter came in with a blast around the middle of January, so it . . .
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April 14, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
Today is Yom Hashoah, a day that Jewish people mourn for the people, men, women, children who were murdered, maimed, tortured, starved, had medical experiments done to them by the Third . . .
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May 02, 2007 01:45 PM EDT --
It's cherry blossom time in New York City. Yesterday I visited the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens located in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. It is just plain breathless to see these trees . . .
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May 27, 2007 04:34 AM EDT --
Happy Birthday, Whiskers!
Today, last year you were adopted into our family. Now, you have become a member of our family, even though you are a CAT. But, such a cat, no one else has a cat like ours. . . .
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January 25, 2007 02:12 PM EST --
---SEEING THE SUNSET AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BEAUTIFUL DEEP PINK'S, BLUE'S, AND RED STREAKS IN THE SKY AND THE BLAZING SUN GRADUALLY SINKING OVER THE HORIZON.
---SEEING THE . . .
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February 15, 2007 02:56 PM EST --
It's been one year since I signed up with Gather! My how time flies when your having fun.
This group has enabled me to meet people from all over the world and from all walks of life!
I have met Sigalet . . .
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May 25, 2008 09:18 PM EDT --
No, the cat shown as my icon is not the one we want to have adopted. The one in my icon is my first grandcat. His name Whiskers. My daughter adopted him from an animal shelter 3 years . . .
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July 24, 2006 07:13 PM EDT --
Today, as I was walking home, down a residential block lined with private homes in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, I saw people sitting on their porches , some on Adirondack chairs, some on old time rocking . . .
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January 20, 2008 01:35 PM EST --
I am reading" Emma" and saw "Pride and Prejudice" for the umteenth time. I enjoy reading about life in the village in the 18th century but I find Jane Austin's books very . . .
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December 25, 2008 08:33 PM EST --
I am very confused on how to post photos since they instituted this bright idea of albums....must i have an album or can i just post pictures individually like we did before...why does gather always . . .
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November 19, 2006 07:49 AM EST --
When I first joined Gather in February 2006 people wrote lengthy stories and essays. Now it seems that most folks are just posting one sentence articles....While these questions are thought-provoking, . . .
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June 18, 2007 01:16 AM EDT --
Today I saw the grossest picture I've ever seen. It's called "knocked-up." I went to see with my friend against my better judgement. It was hot and humid out, so we thought . . .
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November 11, 2006 11:02 PM EST --
I just finished a book called "Our Founding Brothers" by Ellis, I forgot his first name. Reading it gave me some food for thought....
There was a very intelligent group of men in the 18th century . . .
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December 25, 2008 08:39 PM EST --
name all the states in the union and their capitals.
gives you something to do if you can't sleep.....
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March 31, 2006 01:10 AM EST --
I remember when my grandmother (my bobbie) took me to the country via the Greyhound Bus some sixty years ago. Sounds like a long time ago but to me it seems just like yesterday. The bus ride . . .
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October 25, 2006 08:02 AM EDT --
Being a native new york city gal, I often wonder how tourists view this city when they first come here.
What hits them first----the tall buildings, the crowds, the subways, the bridges, the harbor...... . . .
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