Tag: life
member name: Faith H.
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August 02, 2006 08:50 PM EDT --
It's been a long hot summer already, and that's just the real world. Here on Gather, it's been hot enough to slap yo' mama. It is time to get out on the front porch and . . .
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November 17, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
It hardly seems possible, a whole year has passed since I joined Gather. What an interesting, engaging year it has been.
It started with a small link at the top of a newsletter I receive weekly . . .
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November 23, 2006 10:53 AM EST --
I am from Love's beat
Life's journey of joy.
Two lovers on this trip,
Caught up in the world.
Given their best,
I made them proud.
Two people determined . . .
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April 18, 2006 10:42 AM EDT --
For April 18, 2006
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Ask yourself who is creating the expectations you must adhere to, the big to-do list, the astronomical standards. Why, it's you! Dare to chuck the . . .
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November 05, 2006 06:04 PM EST --
(Republished for Veterans Day)
I was military when military wasn't cool. In fact, it was very not cool. I graduated from college in 1970, with a B.A. in urban geography . . .
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October 28, 2007 07:42 PM EDT --
Sometimes, I reach for a bowl that followed me
across country, across oceans, across my life.
I pull it out of the cupboard, chipped, stained
as much as I feel my . . .
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April 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
I was military when military wasn't cool. In fact, it was very not cool. I graduated from college in 1970, with a B.A. in urban geography and an acceptance to Ole Miss to their school of urban planning. . . .
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April 27, 2006 05:35 PM EDT --
I will never, ever be able to enjoy my beautiful backyard now. I've enjoyed sitting out there often, especially at twilight, watching the starry skys and the fireflies. It has . . .
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July 23, 2006 04:50 PM EDT --
A few days ago, I was awakened about four o'clock by a loud sound, "ack, ack, ack" which to my sleep-grogged mind sounded like the cat, yakking up a hairball. I moaned and rolled over, telling . . .
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July 21, 2007 05:03 PM EDT --
I missed your face today, and
this whole thing seems wrong.
We need to talk, you know
that sudden turn of events.
The leaves are turning and
you aren't here, and I’ve changed.
The . . .
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June 07, 2006 09:40 PM EDT --
True to form, the Lazy Slut is once again serving up fresh and simple vegetable dishes for your dining pleasure. When the farmer's market or your very own garden bursts with ripeness, it's time . . .
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July 09, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
Like millions of public television fans, I have been watching The Antiques Roadshow program since its earliest days. The variety and quality of items that the appraisers see on each program and the information . . .
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September 22, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
It's never easy, this other woman thing. I've been on both sides now. My marriage of twenty years ended because of the other woman. That was a blow to the solar plexius that took . . .
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October 16, 2006 02:30 PM EDT --
It's not often I have a day or two off work, and those days are usually consumed with errands and chores a single person can't always accomplish on the way-too-short . . .
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October 21, 2006 05:38 PM EDT --
My parents moved the family to Waveland, Mississippi when I was a senior in high school. I hated it, not the least because it wasn't California, where all my friends . . .
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June 09, 2007 07:45 PM EDT --
It wasn't my fault, I should have been there. I was that kind of girl. What happened? My father, bless his heart, had been laid off in 1965 . . .
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October 27, 2007 10:28 PM EDT --
It’s Like
The same feeling I had last year
the one where things spun out
towards who knows where,
not on any known continent.
The flight out to the coast,
after . . .
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May 05, 2006 10:24 PM EDT --
Baldwin County, Alabama, where I live, is on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. Up until recently it was a rural farm community. It's one of the fasting growing counties in the U.S., due in some part . . .
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May 22, 2006 08:42 PM EDT --
Originally, I wanted to call this the Lazy Slut's Hurricane Preparations. The past two years have shaded my casual abandon with a huge dose of caution. This thing called a hurricane is . . .
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May 31, 2006 11:25 AM EDT --
I signed on as the Executive Support Officer for the 410th Field Maintenance Squadron at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan in June of 1972. As a newly minted Second Lieutenant, I was unsure and overwhelmed with . . .
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