Tag: travel
group name: firsttimewriters
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January 23, 2008 10:43 PM EST --
sunshine in september
burnished roofs
starlings scatter
at sound of hooves
he arrives home
the old house stands
time spent far
in foreign lands
he halts his horse
suddenly afraid
of the past . . . more
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February 22, 2007 07:15 AM EST --
I was all ready to write one of my usual humor-interjected articles this morning as I sat here reflecting on my first week on Gather, when I decided to do something a bit . . . more
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February 22, 2007 12:11 PM EST --
To show that I have a serious side and am multi-facetted, I decided to continue sharing some of what else I'm all about. This is but the lighter side of my rhythmic . . . more
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February 22, 2007 05:47 PM EST --
One more attempt at sharing another side of my writing. My two earlier presentations were of a more rhythmic nature. This is of yet a different style, but still . . . more
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January 10, 2007 11:49 PM EST --
(The following is not intended to criticize honest gun owners -- our bulwark against tyranny -- or anyone facing armed conflicts or tyranny, or anyone from any ethnic group. It merely asks, "What . . . more
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February 05, 2007 08:12 AM EST --
Goodness, thinking way back to the 1960's, back to a tijme when I used to be young.
I graduated from High School in 1963, back when the war in Vietnam was going on. I loved the water so I decided, . . . more
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January 14, 2007 11:43 PM EST --
There was an interesting story on CBS (TV) News tonight. In San Rafael, California, birdwatchers congregate to watch "European starling" formations! They swirl . . . more
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June 30, 2007 03:07 AM EDT --
As a destination, Bali has a lot to offer The Intrepid Traveller.
For the Adventuresome there’s the famous surfing, or the climb up crepuscular Mt Batur to watch the sunrise. Then there's the . . . more
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July 31, 2007 06:12 AM EDT --
As I sit here, shivering in the depths of a Southern Hemisphere winter, the call comes out from Gather Travel : I read of temperatures in the nineties and of dreams of summer days at the beach, and naturally . . . more
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March 08, 2007 05:13 AM EST --
Would that the truth be ever known
As, collarless, i face my life
That by my hand i fail myself
Yet still behind my fetters hide
From whence i came i must return
Defeated
No glory earned . . . more
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December 19, 2007 02:47 PM EST --
Continued from the previous article.
A Summary of the First Part of the Novel ( Needed Here for Understanding this Part)
Kismet (and this is not his real name) . . . more
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March 29, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
So, on the road again
Praying to your Deity
(Hi Deity, glad to know that you're doing ok)
The centre line marks the boundaries
Of the only home you'll ever know
Home is shrink wrapped cutlery, . . . more
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November 25, 2006 11:51 PM EST --
Rock and roll music has always inspired me to create, although early on I realized that I probably wasn't going to make "the big time"! Still, my two brothers and . . . more
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February 28, 2007 09:33 AM EST --
to anyboody else it was just a bag
tatty and travelled
some scratched and well loved music
a couple of old books full of scribble
a handfull of funky silver rings
an old watch
a petrol lighter
nothing . . . more
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June 22, 2007 08:30 AM EDT --
There are three gas pumps on Alaska's Dalton Highway.
The first is a red gravity-fed fuel tank at a barebones wayside named HotSpot just north of the Yukon River. The second is 160 miles north . . . more
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July 20, 2007 11:37 PM EDT --
I moved close to the inner wall of the tent and watched Breedlove and the huge biker struggling. I hadn't heard so much grunting and groaning since the time I left my window open at . . . more
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March 14, 2007 08:00 AM EDT --
For the whole of February and some days in March, I was away from Gather and it felt really strange, not able to communicate with this group that has come to mean so much to me in a short while. . . . more
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April 01, 2007 11:09 PM EDT --
It was the trip that would change my life forever. And I was not even sixteen years old. On July 16, 1978, my brother Ross and I embarked on a journey into history -- and a future . . . more
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April 06, 2007 12:14 AM EDT --
The last summer semester I spent at Northern Illinois University (before graduating) was actually more like a vacation to me. My friend Dave (aka "Sherlock") had managed . . . more
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October 16, 2007 10:11 PM EDT --
Hands pushing into the vinyl material of the school buses green seats. Arms stiff against my sides, pushing into the green seats like pistons in a car engine. Hands balled into fists, trying . . . more
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