Tag: travel
group name: roundtable
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November 13, 2007 09:43 AM EST --
Live a Foreign Adventure
Part 12: Step In The Rabbit Hole
The stunt I did had its roots years before in my life when . . . more
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July 28, 2008 09:41 PM EDT --
For a month now I've been a reporter for The Livingston Enterprise http://www.livingstonenterprise.com/news/ in Livingston, Montana. There are more published writers here per capita . . . more
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January 27, 2008 10:50 PM EST --
Some people get riled up over the premise of climate science. There is a real battle of perception in public discourse that brings out the worst in people and of which I am anything but immune. It's . . . more
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March 19, 2008 04:43 PM EDT --
A story by Davd Wainland
As I lie here, amidst the rubble of my home and grand experiment a greater sadness than I have ever known has engulfed me. In the moments of life that . . . more
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January 06, 2008 12:04 PM EST --
In 2004, with the New Year beginning, I sat down to contemplate possible resolutions. Every year I came up with at least one way to improve myself--eat more fruits and vegetables, exercise more, watch . . . more
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January 17, 2008 07:44 PM EST --
The following is an excerpt from merlore. Do you believe that merpeople (aka mermaids and mermen) exist or once existed?
My Love, the Sea
What do I love, I love the sea
The sea, . . . more
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January 20, 2008 04:11 PM EST --
Halfway between San Francisco and Hawaii, a mother scours a mass of garbage twice the size of the state of Texas for treats to take home to her child. A bright yellow Lego block catches her attention. . . . more
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January 26, 2008 09:27 PM EST --
Only adéile and Emperor penguins are considered true Antarctic species. On the peninsula we saw adéiles, gentoos, and chinstraps. Occasionally someone sighted a King or Emperor, . . . more
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June 21, 2007 09:54 PM EDT --
and he was always fixing boats. This one time he had come upon a houseboat that needed engines and a lot of fixing up inside. When he got the engines installed and wanted to take a trip somewhere . . . more
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January 19, 2008 12:31 AM EST --
The ship rocks beneath my feet, as unnoticed as the beating of my heart. The ice stretches out between our ship and the cliffs rising in the distance, and I understand the power of the ice, . . . more
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January 20, 2008 08:24 PM EST --
Icy
Glacier calving
Blue birds white wings melting
As they dive down into the sea
Clouds part winds drop howling currents calling
Follow me to warmer waters
Blind to fate . . . more
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December 04, 2007 10:51 PM EST --
I am all primed for a long ride back home for the holidays.
Last baggage in, I took one last long look at the room that used to be my art studio, psychiatric ward, and playpen for like half of a decade. . . . more
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July 28, 2007 02:42 PM EDT --
First,
there was James Crockett, helping us build our personal "Victory Gardens."
In 1979?
Bob Vila started "This Old . . . more
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July 21, 2008 08:16 AM EDT --
Rhoda Penmark here to introduce chapter 2 of my story.
To begin with I need to mention again I am the number one fan of boy genius, wunderkind and child prodigy extraordinaire, . . . more
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August 08, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
The Chinese government invaded a free and independent Tibet under Chairman Mao. His "dream" of cultural and racial genocide is nearly a reality with the recent completion of his planned rail . . . more
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August 10, 2007 01:59 PM EDT --
Several years ago, my mother and I made a short road trip from my home in northeastern Illinois to Spring Green, Wisconsin. We visited two remarkably different places - one a concentrated look at a single . . . more
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July 18, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
Every month ‘Vanity Fair’ interviews a celebrity (actor, journalist, musician, writer) by giving them the Proust Questionnaire. Since no one has sought me out for such an interview I . . . more
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February 17, 2008 02:28 PM EST --
During my recent trip to Antarctica, I discovered that scientists (and science) can be a hoot. I might have become a scientist if I had known these guys and gals were so much fun and lived lives of such . . . more
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August 23, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
I've re-posted this article here on Gather, because it is pertinent to our discussion of "Why Save Tibet?" More than the obvious merits of Tibetan survival, . . . more
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February 24, 2008 05:19 AM EST --
I'm facing a couple of ends right now.
The school year is ending so my kids will be leaving Swan class and so will I. It's heartbreaking to lose my kids, but, as my husband keeps . . . more
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