Tag: living
group name: ruthd
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October 15, 2006 07:11 PM EDT --
Wednesday 4:00 AM. I was awakened by a tidal wave of nausea, driven to my knees for two solid hours of toilet-gazing, enduring endless spasms of wretched retching. I spewed up cake from my first . . . more
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August 16, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
My son just called to tell me his father died yesterday. Had I not divorced him, we would have been married 60 years in two weeks. Sonofabitch slipped out on another anniversary!
My son and I discussed . . . 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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September 14, 2006 11:42 PM EDT --
I just read a poem. It touched me so. So much I can't write much more. Tears won't let me. It reminded me of my son. A son I haven't seen in over twelve years. . . . more
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October 18, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
Sometime later (pain has a way of distorting time…it could have been minutes or hours) a portable computer was wheeled in by Nurse Robot. Without a glance in my direction, she stood at the . . . more
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October 24, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
An elderly husband and wife noticed that they were beginning to forget many little things around the house. They were afraid that this could be dangerous, as one of them may accidentally forget to turn . . . more
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January 15, 2007 06:06 AM EST --
I live full-time in our "vacation/retirement house"
Why? Because I am older..yes older, and have "retired". He is younger, and not even near retirement. So, while I live . . . more
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June 08, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
I have lived a happy life. Of course I've had my share of setbacks, disappointments, and downright catastrophes, just like everybody else. But in spite of that, my life has been a happy one. I have . . . more
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October 24, 2006 09:17 PM EDT --
What do you call the back door to a cafeteria? Bacteria
Signs!
§ Sign on an electrician's truck -- Let . . . more
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October 24, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
Points to ponder:
§ If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
§ Have you . . . more
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October 24, 2006 09:29 PM EDT --
A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary. The old man leans forward and softly says to his wife, "Dear, there is something I . . . more
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November 02, 2006 12:38 PM EST --
FTC and FDA Act Against Internet Vendors of Fraudulent Diabetes Cures and Treatments
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), working with government agencies in . . . more
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January 15, 2007 05:40 AM EST --
I just told my significant other of more then sixteen years, I hate to sleep with him.
Until I was in my fifties, I hardly ever slept alone.
As a kid, I had my own bedroom, sure, but my parents . . . more
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February 06, 2007 09:37 AM EST --
Targeting Tau: Inflammation Study Suggests New Approach For Fighting Alzheimer's
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that impaired function and loss of synapses . . . more
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December 18, 2006 01:44 PM EST --
25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 . . . more
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January 26, 2007 02:05 PM EST --
Recently, a spate of “you hurt my feelings, so I’m going to leave” articles have appeared here, instantly followed by long comment . . . more
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October 16, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
When I was about four years old, my parents bought my grandfather's house, and he moved into a new house he had built. This house was on three acres of land, open fields where my grandfather worked . . . more
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November 21, 2006 11:30 PM EST --
I was reading about Gather being a neighborhood, and just felt the need to comment. I have to say I think it's more of a neighborhood than the one I'm living in. For the most part people . . . more
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May 01, 2008 08:50 AM EDT --
There are people who will walk away from you. Or hurt you. Or not love you. Or not 'see' you. And hear me when I tell you this- when people try to walk away from you: let them go. Don't try . . . more
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October 24, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
Bob received a free ticket to the Superbowl from his company. Unfortunately, when Bob arrived at the stadium, he realized the seat is in the last row in the corner of the stadium; he is closer to the Goodyear . . . more
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