Tag: writing
group name: photoessayist
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June 24, 2007 07:11 PM EDT --
A habit of 12 years...glancing out the cabin screen door to check that Nick is still sitting on the bottom step. If he is not there, he has followed a chipmunk to the woodshed or is on the neighbors porch . . . more
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July 16, 2008 12:24 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials . This week: Exotic Locales.
Three great image prompts to whet your writer's appetite. It is the middle of July and the prime . . . more
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August 26, 2008 09:16 PM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, August 27th, is the theme:
What did you do this summer?
Not only this summer, but any favorite summer is fine.
. . . more
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August 20, 2008 01:07 AM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, August 20th, the following writing prompts.
Guatemala, volcano and Lake Attilan, Kathryn's Wednesday Writing Essentials . . . more
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October 19, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
As the train jolts along, I'm fascinated with the scenery on both sides of the tracks. My friend Diane and I, along with our tour group, are ascending Rio de Janeiro's Corcovado Mountain via . . . more
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October 02, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
The trees begin to burn with the colors of flame
In the air, a hint of coolness foretells the passing of summer
The moon hangs low and large, catching the glow of fire
And flowers share . . . more
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February 20, 2008 01:00 AM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, February 20, is OPEN.
Schedule:
February 27: OPEN
March 6: OPEN
March 13: St. Paddy - Polish your Irish! Erin go Bragh! . . . more
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April 08, 2008 06:09 AM EDT --
Debbie G. started a new group called "Growing Young Gatherers" and I thought it would be a fine place to feature some of the journal writers in my class. From the first day of kindergarden . . . more
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June 13, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
Sit, stand or walk—I wait.
On the shore, I peer out over gray seas, squinting.
Does he return today? Will he come as the sun fades? Does he return with the day’s new light?
I wait. . . . more
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June 13, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
West Oz 024
Parrots & Photographers Reaping
I've just taken Mrs Beelzebub on the back of my motorbike to Mundaring Weir , located in the hills . . . more
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February 21, 2008 06:29 PM EST --
I am totally smitten by eclipses, fascinated by all celestial events. I have been pondering how to express it since last night's eclipse of the moon. We were so lucky to have clear skies during most . . . more
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March 01, 2008 10:35 AM EST --
I have been going home now for over two years. It all started when my mother had a stroke that put her in a nursing home. I decided I needed to move back to Michigan to be near her and to support my sister, . . . more
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March 16, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
The very first memoir piece I wrote was for an assignment in the very first memoir-writing class I took. We were told to write about our childhood home. And thus began my career as an amateur memoir writer. . . . more
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April 05, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
One of the stories I read each year to my kindergarteners is Bill Martin's rhyming, rolicking tale "Fire, Fire" said Mrs McGuire . It's about a group of silly mice who live . . . more
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May 16, 2008 08:19 PM EDT --
As many of you know on Gather, each day I teach two sessions of kindergarten. Recently, we received a grant from the state and next year, all day kindergarten will be intoduced in my town. . . . more
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October 08, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
Today I awoke with thoughts on my mind of cleaning this house and minding the bills. Today I was not going to Gather, not me, today I was going to be full of industry! But between raising this . . . more
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August 22, 2008 06:51 AM EDT --
West Oz 034
Perth Domestic Airport - Goodbye, Mrs B.
Well, all good things must come to an end ... which is just as well for me because I've almost overdosed on Mrs . . . more
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June 29, 2007 08:59 PM EDT --
Could you do it? Could you read forty million books? Would you like to try?
The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. holds nearly forty . . . more
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April 04, 2008 07:20 AM EDT --
Did I ever tell you
How much you
mean to me
Starting and ending
each day like bookends
on an old worn shelf
content in each other's
presence, whether in
conversation or not.
. . . more
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June 28, 2007 11:22 PM EDT --
I’m a terrible planner. Organizing events has never been a strong point. When my children were little, even their simple birthday parties with neighborhood playmates flummoxed me. Should we play . . . more
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