Tag: published
member name: Kimberly Ripley
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March 30, 2008 12:00 AM EDT --
On a recent weekend our family wound up with more family members and guests than adequate transportation seating, so my husband opted to rent a car for the weekend. Since I drive my Camry to Florida . . .
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April 20, 2009 10:45 PM EDT --
While I don't subscribe to a lot of the thinkings of some radical Christian groups...those promoting hatred toward any group of human beings....I must say I have witnessed some disturbing behaviors . . .
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July 06, 2009 10:51 PM EDT --
Issue #58
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Book promotion is nearly as important as the content on your book's pages. After . . .
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July 09, 2009 07:13 PM EDT --
This was today's theme for the Writing Essential:
"For today's Writing Essential I'd like you to try your hand at writing the news. Choose an actual headlined topic or make one up. It can . . .
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May 11, 2008 08:38 PM EDT --
So 14 things about me ....1 of which is not true. If you haven't yet been tagged, consider it done and get typing.
I'm not sure how we let people know whether or not they've . . .
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April 08, 2009 12:34 AM EDT --
Tomorrow I'll have the distinct pleasure of meeting an actual Gather friend in the flesh. I've always thought this would be so much fun, and I have been looking forward to it for many weeks now. . . .
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April 24, 2009 12:42 AM EDT --
Greetings from Savannah! We checked into a hotel just after midnight after leaving Fort Myers around 2:00 this afternoon. The driving was easy, and my daughter took over for a couple of hours while I . . .
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February 13, 2008 12:55 PM EST --
I may have posted this a few months back....probably not in this exact format, but am reposting it today for Kathryn Esplin-Oleski's Wednesday Writing Essential.
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May 31, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
Some people have junk drawers. I have a junk room. In fact, somewhere in the midst of my junk room is my office. Yes, I work amidst stacks of stuff....some of it will be sold on eBay, some of it will . . .
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August 31, 2007 05:31 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Will it be like this at YOUR Labor Day gathering???
How much worse does it get than arriving at your childhood home and learning that your second cousin twice removed . . .
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October 04, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Copyright 2004
When you visit a large family, you certainly can't expect optimal housekeeping conditions. In our house we strive . . .
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November 01, 2007 10:24 PM EDT --
It’s become a national phenomenon. A much higher number of people these days are caring for their aging parents than this country has seen in several decades. Many of these families are still caring . . .
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May 30, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
She lavished attention on this room. For hours she'd sit and play for Charmaine...her little sister wracked with illness and retardation from the age of two. Her rocking would stop and Charmaine . . .
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August 14, 2008 10:01 PM EDT --
Have you ever watched HGTV? If so, you probably know who Vern Yip is. He's the host of a program called Deserving Design, and I'm here to make a public plea.
Vern Yip, I need you! I understand . . .
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July 09, 2009 08:55 AM EDT --
Greetings, Gather writers. It's Thursday....and that means it's time to submit some well-crafted writing. For today's Writing Essential I'd like you to try your hand at writing the news. Choose . . .
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February 13, 2008 08:35 PM EST --
I wrote this piece several years back when my in-laws first became ill. They have both since passed away, within four months of each other.
When did life as they knew it slip away? . . .
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March 28, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo pitched seven scoreless innings and never issued a single walk yesterday in their Spring Season game against the Minnesota Twins at the Ed Bradley Stadium . . .
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July 17, 2008 10:37 PM EDT --
One lone submission was accepted into today's writing essentials. Submissions were supposed to describe someone on Gather.
Kathryn Esplin-Oleski's submission was exceptional, as always. . . .
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January 13, 2009 11:23 AM EST --
Issue #49
Seinfeld amused audiences for years with his sitcom about nothing. Leno garners roars each weeknight with his stellar monologue. Bombeck immortalized housekeeping and . . .
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January 17, 2009 06:01 PM EST --
Reprinted from Vacations Magazine. I own all rights.
It has become the dream of millions of people to own a second home when they retire. Sometimes these dreams are grandiose. . . .
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