Tag: random musings
member name: David C.
|
June 09, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
I can't blame this on Gather, just my old clunkety laptop. I was nearly done with an article, perhaps the next edition of Wine Chat, if I was satisfied upon reviewing it. The computer . . .
more
|
|
June 17, 2007 08:10 PM EDT --
I’ve consistently been running into two problems on Gather, wondering if anyone else has had the same issue.
1) When pasting in an article drafted in Word, . . .
more
|
|
September 24, 2007 08:20 PM EDT --
I'm attracted to some of Proust's concepts but haven't managed to make it through any of his works entirely. I recall falling asleep to Remembrance of Things Past for a couple of weeks . . .
more
|
|
June 05, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
Today I was getting back into my car in Cambridge, and noticed a car trying to parellel park ahead of me. As I deposited my bag into the passenger side, I kept one eye on this car as they slowly . . .
more
|
|
October 26, 2006 07:21 PM EDT --
The gray stone church at the end of the oak-lined street marks the end of the neighborhood. I pass by as leaves scatter, and pull my coat tighter before heading into the open space. Around . . .
more
|
|
July 30, 2006 10:41 AM EDT --
Upon arriving in South Dakota for our annual visit to my wife's family, I am very conscious of being a blue man in a red state. It takes me a few days to adjust to the "friendliness factor", . . .
more
|
|
July 22, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
"Energy is never destroyed, only transformed."
So states the First Law of Thermodynamics. What does the energy we start the day with get transformed into, when at the end of the day we . . .
more
|
|
October 15, 2006 01:23 PM EDT --
on the sacred path
silence of the dense forest
descends so gently
***
moment out of time
absorbing nature's powe
peaceful breeze through pine
***
gurgling stream wakes me
quickening my step . . .
more
|
|
October 19, 2006 09:41 PM EDT --
scent of sagebrush hovers
in crisp desert night air
mesquite-kissed meat grills slowly
lonesome coyote only sound
save for twinkling stars
glimmering against deep black night
***
hoping for something . . .
more
|
|
October 21, 2006 06:49 AM EDT --
world lurches forward
need to connect and create
in the time we have
more
|
|
November 04, 2006 01:15 PM EST --
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
I was taught that Romeo and Juliet was one of Shakespeare's tragedies, but apparently my 14 month old son thinks it's a comedy. . . .
more
|
|
November 10, 2006 05:45 AM EST --
A clash over culinary definitions made its way to a Worcester, MA, courtroom recently. Stop the presses, the verdict is in--a burrito is not a sandwich . (note after a few days this boston.com link . . .
more
|
|
December 03, 2006 12:14 PM EST --
waiting for flight watching
hundreds of untethered souls
not clear if they are coming or going
hanging on to threadbare dreams
next trip will bring what they seek
love adventure money . . .
more
|
|
June 18, 2006 09:27 AM EDT --
I imagine it started with soft tosses to build my confidence, but what I remember is your throwing hard fastballs and nasty curves so that I'd be ready for whatever others might throw at me. . . .
more
|
|
November 04, 2006 04:44 AM EST --
waking in deep night
no hint of dawn yet graces sky
a few revelers still stumbling home
yet I am here starting my day
***
tapping at keyboard
aroma of coffee wafting over
promises a little . . .
more
|
|
November 23, 2006 09:17 AM EST --
“I raised to my lips a spoonful of the cake . . . a shudder ran through my whole body and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary changes that were taking place."”
. . .
more
|
|
March 04, 2006 10:06 AM EST --
Cheerios, I read on the side of the box, have been trusted by Moms for their kids for over 60 years. Meanwhile, I suppose, Dads have been skeptical about this wholesome cereal. Let's get . . .
more
|
|
March 18, 2006 11:36 AM EST --
Well, the good news is that my Gather inbox is not yet overflowing with offers for Viagra or lucrative deals from former ministers of finance. But the flood of emails sent to large groups of . . .
more
|
|
March 30, 2006 09:07 PM EST --
I've had this question in my mind for a few days--can there be a such thing as fast Slow Food? If so it definitely sounds much better than slow fast food. I consulted Kurt's helpful . . .
more
|
|
May 11, 2006 08:15 PM EDT --
"Every child begins the world again."
-Henry David Thoreau
With our first child just turning 9 months earlier this week, I can appreciate the wisdom of this quote. At . . .
more
|
|
|
|
