Tag: humor
member name: Kathryn Esplin-Oleski
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April 02, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I call to my two cats, Mao and Cheddar. And they come running.
I called "Baby Fooooood." Sure, they know the words, "Baby Food." They're cats. . . .
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May 21, 2006 01:45 AM EDT --
Men's list here.
1. Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, for starting all manner of things Beatific…
2. Beryl Singleton Bissell, for "The Scent of God."
3. Hannah Dreyma, . . .
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May 21, 2006 01:49 AM EDT --
Women's list here
1. Ed Nudelman
2. Ludolf
3. George Corneliussen
4. Ron Hall
5. Nathan Schauer
6. KR Craft
7. John . . .
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June 16, 2008 02:40 AM EDT --
You're at the computer, reading and typing in a cacophony of joy. You're on Gather, of course.
In your own space, your own time. Suddenly, your cat jumps up to the keyboard, steps on the . . .
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October 06, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
Sunday, 8 a.m. Drank whey powder, amino acid supplements, Green Tea power drink. Powerlifted at club, mega treadmill workout, 30 wind sprints on the track. 2 hours. Sunny but windy.
Smiled at . . .
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September 08, 2008 12:12 AM EDT --
With apologies to Judith Viorst.
Rewritten but originally written in 2006. Presented now for Back to School and Back to Pre-School.
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August 27, 2007 06:17 AM EDT --
Outside the attic window,
a bird flew against the glass;
not hurt, he flapped again and chirped.
Up the attic stairs, thunderous steps
the sound of one hundred elephants, times two;
it . . .
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September 03, 2007 07:15 AM EDT --
Mao well lives up to his name.
Mao, I wanna go out.
I let him out the back stairs.
Mao, he whines, less than a
minute later, I wanna come in. It
is cold on the back stairs. Besides,
there are no . . .
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September 16, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
With apologies to Judith Viorst.
Rewritten but originally written in 2006. Presented now for Back to School and Back to Pre-School.
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September 17, 2007 05:20 AM EDT --
Yook, a big, red fire fruck!' Teeden yelled as he ran to the window.
'Teeden, don't' say 'fruck' say, 'ter-uck.' Can you say 'ter-uck?''
'No I . . .
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August 04, 2008 05:20 AM EDT --
Some may say: "it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it." The male stick insect copulates with the female for 10 weeks straight without pause and all the poor lady wants . . .
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September 12, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
Yook, a big, red fire fruck! ' T eeden yelled as he ran to the window.
'Teeden, don't' say 'fruck' say, 'ter-uck.' Can you say 'ter-uck?'' . . .
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July 19, 2006 11:47 AM EDT --
Heat's addled my brain
Cannot think
Heat's addled my brain
Vapor steams from my fingers, as they fly on the keyboard
Heat's addled my brain
I cannot sleep
Heat's addled my brain
No AC except . . .
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October 07, 2006 03:27 PM EDT --
I missed last night's run,
spirit was willing (not really)
flesh was weak (in the extreme)
must get around to commenting
but first my café;
the more I Gather
the farther behind I am,
it always . . .
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October 13, 2008 02:25 AM EDT --
We left Little Kathy in kindergarten. She grew up, up and up, and graduated high school.
Kathy managed to graduate high school a year early in Grade 11, and to go to two Proms, . . .
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April 11, 2006 11:55 PM EDT --
Sitting at her desk, today the Quill peers into the future and wonders about those who will live one-hundred and ten years from now. She fears a new, and as yet, unseen world where people speak to each . . .
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April 13, 2006 01:34 PM EDT --
..it's been 10 minutes, and no one has commented, yet.
You've heard the stories: Gather produces an intoxicating high unlike any other. This is all too true. And you don't get a hangover, . . .
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May 09, 2006 03:24 AM EDT --
"Hey, you there – don't jump."
A short, balding man with a twinkle in his eye and appearing to be ageless, yet elderly, caught the younger man by the arm, and stopped him . . .
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May 17, 2006 07:42 AM EDT --
cooking with gas tonight, dirt included
laying it out in the open
soul, dirty
flesh raw, bones bare to skull
god, what have I done
cooking with gas tonight, dirt included
I'm real
we've all got . . .
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July 06, 2006 02:04 PM EDT --
Somewhere in the Wild West
This is the second installment. In the first installment, Kristina Stephens wins Bartholomew Smith, Sheriff, for a day. Previous
Next
Bartholomew walked with Kristina . . .
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