Tag: living
group name: cr8nonfiction
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June 15, 2006 12:19 AM EDT --
Winston Reina calls himself a man without a language. That's really ironic from a man who speaks five languages, but that's Winston . . . more
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September 27, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
"Come on. He deserves better."
"Don't you think I know that?"
"If you know it, why don't you let him go?"
She releases her hair, lets it fall over her face, stalls, . . . more
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October 18, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Something within my gut recoils as I hear the flippant response . . . again. My words, thoughts, ideas are dismissed as a husband no longer consultsthe once esteemed mental checklist of "verbal offenses." . . . more
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October 13, 2006 10:42 PM EDT --
She caught the misguided traitor--once known as her left hand--in time to save face, but too late to protect her emotions. Two decades of near-perfect denial washed away, dropping her in a life-changing . . . more
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April 28, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
My big mistake was in expecting a twenty-mile drive to erase the thirty years I had been away. I set myself up for the unwarranted sense of betrayal that came when . . . more
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October 11, 2006 11:57 PM EDT --
Every October 12, as the Blue Angels fly over the city, I remember the day you came into the world. People would have paid money for our spectacular view that day. We were at University of California San . . . more
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August 31, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
I had unusual children. They wanted to stay at home and hand out candy on Halloween, and provided lists of their favorite charities when . . . more
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June 21, 2006 10:03 PM EDT --
The first two articles missed the point entirely. This article is imbued with a subtle richness due to the olive oil used by the author in her evening salad.
I have some news for you: I am . . . more
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January 01, 2007 11:55 PM EST --
At the end of 2005, I swore off all resolutions for the rest of my life. Faced with my 40th birthday, my daughter's announcement that I was SURPRISE going to be a grandmother, the last semesters of . . . more
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October 03, 2006 08:58 PM EDT --
I could have let my daughter feel as rotten and neglected as I've sometimes felt considering her dads recent actions. But, not if I could help it this time. One morning my husband took a thermal coffee . . . more
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October 02, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
It suddenly occurred to me that I have been overlooking my primary purpose in joining Gather, which was to share what I have learned in almost a century living to the hilt. So, rather than spend . . . more
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May 11, 2006 12:43 AM EDT --
Last year we sold our Minnesota lake home & moved to a lake in Texas. We weren't sure if Texas was the right choice for us, so we moved back to Texas...I know a lot of moving, but I'm not done . . . more
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August 18, 2006 08:19 AM EDT --
It's only been a few hours since some fast acting doctors saved my life. Robin, Bill, RG and his new friend hung around my bedside for awhile. It's now evening. Visiting hours are over. Everyone . . . more
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December 21, 2006 09:37 AM EST --
When I was a young boy I use to dream about being a famous football player and movie star .
Just like any kid I guess.
However those dreams were so good ….sometimes I wish I . . . more
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August 24, 2006 03:01 AM EDT --
I knew you before I met you. I fell in love with you when your name first graced my lips. I dreamed about you. I longed for your . . . more
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September 15, 2006 12:30 AM EDT --
I'm proud to announce that on September 15, 1956 a couple that were destined to be my parents were married in a Catholic church in an unassuming Midwestern town. They had met at a New Year's . . . more
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August 18, 2006 06:55 PM EDT --
While the religious right eats away at the edges of American culture I had thought their influence on education, particularly science education, was confined, primarily to Kansas, where we get to watch . . . more
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October 13, 2006 12:19 PM EDT --
So commonly, we have a tendency to view change as intimidating. I supposed it's fear of the unknown. In reality, we are in on a journey where we can't always stick with what's familiar. Life . . . more
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November 28, 2007 11:56 AM EST --
During the late 1970s I lived with my wife, Jeanne, and three kids in Marsa-el-Brega, Libya, about halfway between Tripoli and Benghasi. It was a large fenced enclave, about five miles across, . . . more
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December 06, 2006 08:47 PM EST --
When Things Go Terribly Wrong
Usually, I don’t watch the nightly news, because I prefer to go to bed feeling like the world isn’t going to hell in a hand bag. I changed my routine Friday night . . . more
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