Tag: random musings
member name: Jude Cowell
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June 20, 2006 09:28 PM EDT --
There once was a cat from Amherst
whose poems were always the worst
he dropped every e
except after c
he wasn't so very well-versed.
jc (c) 6.20.06
(apologies to poetic cats everywhere.) . . .
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July 29, 2006 01:18 AM EDT --
Here's the latest installment of verse from Lim's Limericks which you may or may not find to be timely and unlimericky:
The lowly penny's under seige
by forces dark and deep
they . . .
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December 04, 2006 10:03 AM EST --
Oh come closer children and soon you will know
the daylightin' rumbles of Rev'em Up Jo
she motored about taking all of her fun
while scattering cats sending dogs on the run.
A meanstreak . . .
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December 10, 2006 08:38 PM EST --
Earlier today the slowdown was already in progress: the slowing down of Gather by way of active ads and banner ads which also style themselves as active. Active!
Thing is, a member could be . . .
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December 29, 2006 09:24 PM EST --
When fighting naptime eyelids droop
inside your sleepy heads
so take a hint from this lament
and snug yourselves abed!
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December 31, 2006 02:32 AM EST --
Well, I'm certain your ears perked up when you heard recently that food from cloned animals is 'safe' to eat.
Guess that means the corn tacos you had this morning won't be morphing you . . .
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January 20, 2007 04:08 PM EST --
Since joining the Gather Community Feb-06 I have occasionally received and of late noticed for others' creative efforts what, in person, might be considered conversation stoppers.
You know the . . .
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January 28, 2007 09:21 PM EST --
Here's a peek into the felt-activity-book-in-the-making--an ongoing project ever since soon after hearing of my daughter's first child on-the-way.
Violet isn't ready for the small felt accoutrements . . .
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October 03, 2006 01:15 PM EDT --
Everyone knows the old SNL skit based on the reality of refrigerator repairmen who are, shall we say, on the hefty side.
This morning was spent counting the moments until I had the joy of seeing one of . . .
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November 12, 2006 05:34 PM EST --
Now no one loves the younger generations any more than I do especially since I once was a member of one myself and have raised a couple of children through the last few decades.
Disclosure: the title . . .
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December 20, 2006 12:11 AM EST --
Little Violet got her angel's wings just in time for Christmas...check out the shirt, Y'all!
This makes perfect sense to a grandmother such as myself (enjoying her first-ever grandchild) since . . .
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December 23, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
Earlier this week, George Bush gave a press conference in which he had a message for the American people: Go Shopping!
Now I'm certain that many of us have already heeded the decider's command . . .
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January 04, 2007 01:56 AM EST --
This Clematis, 'Mrs. Cholmondeley' is cordially requesting your presence at the deFLeur Portaits Collection, soon-to-be a part of http://secretmoonart.blogspot.com and she assures you . . .
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October 18, 2006 03:06 PM EDT --
Every summer a man leading a pony would come to our neighborhood to give pony rides and snap photographs for a modest fee. Such joy!
Here you see effort number two for me, summer 1958, age nine. . . .
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November 27, 2006 01:55 AM EST --
You'll be pleased to know that my Annie Oakley impersonating days are long over.
Born August 13, 1860 in Patterson Township, Ohio, in a log cabin, Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee was dealt a tough hand in . . .
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October 30, 2006 06:29 PM EST --
Thirty years ago, while moseying around ye olde book and junque shop, I came upon a set of The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia published by The Century Company of New York.
A few dollars plunked . . .
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December 17, 2006 11:55 AM EST --
Two kittens meet Wednesdays for lunch
a cod and a salmon to munch
when quick to the table
Meow Cat is able
to beat Howie Cat to the punch.
Their first names are Meow and Howe
much cuter than . . .
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October 21, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
In the year 1986, ages sixteen and twelve, my daughter and son were privileged to cross the seas to visit the Old Country and the Irish grandparents in Dublin.
Two weeks before their bon voyage, . . .
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October 24, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
No, not the government kind--that nag is out of the barn and grazing.
I'm talking about growing up with a brother several years older than a skinny, Care Child-looking girl who never had a moment's . . .
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October 29, 2006 07:37 PM EST --
This evening I was clearing out a seldom-used kitchen cabinet. Exciting stuff, I know, especially for a Sunday night.
It was with some small amount of mild surprise that I discovered a piece of paper . . .
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