http://allaboutnature.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by all about mother nature en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:30:11 GMT 2010-01-07T17:30:11Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981578&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Welcome to My Weather in 2010! ________________________   Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what is happening in . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:16:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981578&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-07T13:16:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981533&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace    What Makes you fell all warm inside? Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:05:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981533&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-07T13:05:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980301&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace I can't believe how cold it has been here in Myrtle Beach, SC the past two weeks.  We have been feeling temperatures in the low twenties at night and for this past week or so the daytime temperatures . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:57:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980301&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2010-01-06T21:57:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979923&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace In this space I have been tracking the ongoing efforts of the current Congress to modernize the 33-year old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which is the primary law governing the regulation of . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:04:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979923&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace David K. 2010-01-06T17:04:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979777&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace   Six To Ten More inches of snow, here in Southeast Iowa. This will start later today, and into tomorrow.  For those that need to , get your food, diapers, ect. while you can. Martin is heading . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:57:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979777&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-06T15:57:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979574&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace   Welcome to My Weather in 2010! ________________________   Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what is happening . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:53:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979574&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-06T12:53:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979465&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace  Here, we are doing our best not to turn the heat up past 70. The costs of heating have soared.  We also try to conserve as much as possible. It is cold everywhere. Some good ways to conserve . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:30:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979465&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-06T11:30:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979155&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Tonight I stopped by Cold Stone and got another one of Kyleigh's birthday freebies: a cup of chocolate ice cream with brownie. Kyleigh ended up only taking two licks and I got the rest.  Hehehe... . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:47:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979155&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-06T06:47:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979105&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace This morning I took Kyleigh in for her 3-year-old check-up. The nurse checked many additional things they didn't use to check before. Kyleigh is 3 ft. 3 in. (90 percentile), 30-3/4 lbs (52 percentile), . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:04:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979105&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-06T06:04:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977516&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace   Welcome to My Weather in 2010! ________________________   Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what is happening . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:48:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977516&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-05T12:48:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976882&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace It wasn't pre-planned but tonight turned into Round Two of Kyleigh's 3-Year-Old Birthday Party. First of all, I had a coupon for a free birthday scoop of ice cream from Baskin Robbins for Kyleigh. . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:30:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976882&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:30:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976817&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Today Kyleigh went back to school for the first time after the long Christmas vacation. She wasn't thrilled to have to get up early this morning. Once we got to the classroom, she clammed on my legs and . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:36:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976817&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T03:36:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976473&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace I've return ed to the Midwest and single digit temperatures after ten days visiting my mother and family in my childhood home of Tucson, Arizona.  Ten days with high temperatures between 60 and 68 . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:25:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976473&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace James B. 2010-01-05T00:25:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975563&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace     Welcome to Weather in 2010! ________________________   Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:02:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975563&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-04T13:02:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974846&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace This is what we had for dinner tonight: pot roast with onions, potatoes, and beans, cooked in my new slow cooker, over rice.  The dish doesn't necessarily look all that great but it tasted . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:20:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974846&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-04T02:20:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974313&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace I received a slow cooker for Christmas - not this past Christmas but quite a while ago.  I never started using it because I don't normally cook and I have no idea what to do with it.  . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:21:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974313&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-03T17:21:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973990&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Happy New Year! 2010! ________________________     Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what is happening in your . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:53:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973990&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-03T12:53:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973971&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace A much needed book for scientific and non-scientific communities alike. Written by science writer (and former New York Times editor) Cornelia Dean, the book makes the case that scientists need to make . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:31:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973971&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace David K. 2010-01-03T12:31:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973960&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace     Cold is putting it mildly. It is -2 here in Burlington Iowa. With the wind chill it is -17. I am so glad I do not have to go anywhere today. My Godmother and I decided the Good Lord . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:31:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973960&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-03T12:31:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973477&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace The following conversations happened between November 2009 and early January 2010. ************ Kyleigh, "Daddy I wanna ride-ah horsey!" Daddy, "You want to ride a horsey?  Where . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:37:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973477&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-03T02:37:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972619&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Happy New Year! 2010! ________________________     Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what is happening in your . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:14:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972619&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-02T13:14:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972472&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace So says Chris Mooney in an opinion piece in the Washington Post today.  Mooney is co-author with marine scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum of "Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:18:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972472&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace David K. 2010-01-02T12:18:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972207&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace I had totally forgotten about the birthday cards from Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt P. Kyleigh picked up the camcorder from the Dora backpack set and started taking pictures of the birthday . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:19:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972207&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-02T06:19:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972139&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Daddy couldn't get a hold of his parents so we let Kyleigh go ahead with their gifts. The first package she opened was a pair of princess slippers with 2 rings and a bracelet.  Kyleigh was very . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:41:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972139&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-02T05:41:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972104&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace In an obvious effort to begin anew, the year 2010 weighed in this evening with a sunset that beat out 2009 in both color and drama. According to the photographer’s guidelines to sunset and dusk . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:08:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972104&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Madame Donna C. 2010-01-02T05:08:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972069&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Kyleigh cut the cake (with Daddy's help) and had one bite. But her real interest was to open the "big box".  Kyleigh ripped open a small corner and revealed the "Do" part of the logo. She immediately . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:51:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972069&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-02T04:51:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971981&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace On 12/29/2009, we would ask Kyleigh, "Tomorrow is whose birthday?"  And she would yell, "Kyleigh!" We would ask, "How old are you?" And she would say, "Five!" Then we would say, "No, you are not . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:05:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971981&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-02T03:05:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971356&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace As the surreality of New Year's eve makes way for the reality of this first day of 2010, it seems appropriate to think about what goals I have for the coming year. I could say something like " . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:56:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971356&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace David K. 2010-01-01T12:56:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971352&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Kwanzaa is based on the Nguzo Saba (seven guiding principles), one for each day of the observance, and is celebrated from December 26th to January 1st. Day #7 of Kwanzaa: *Imani (ee-MAH-nee) . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:42:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971352&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-01T12:42:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970993&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace We have a tradition here of photographing the last sunset of the year and the first sunset of the new year.  So, tonight we captured the last sunset of the calendar year, 2009.  We look forward . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:31:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970993&grpId=3659174697250721&nav=Groupspace Madame Donna C. 2010-01-01T03:31:31Z