http://ammanon.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Mary Fagan en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:40:12 GMT 2009-12-30T20:40:12Z 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=281474977948693 This just came in my email. Gotta share it before it goes viral!                   . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:59:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948693 Mary Fagan 2009-12-15T20:59:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936864 My son called an hour later. "She's gone," he said simply. This was my grandsons' other grandma. She was at least 20 years younger than I am; wasting away on her pillow, murmuring small snatches of . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:48:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936864 Mary Fagan 2009-12-08T13:48:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932718                   Look what we discovered in Grandma's attic! It's 1930's at the very latest. Peter, I know you work on your . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:28:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932718 Mary Fagan 2009-12-06T02:28:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929282                                                 . . . Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:39:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929282 Mary Fagan 2009-12-03T18:39:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893097 Do you have one of those booming, resonant voices that command attention? Can you speak with the standard midwest radio accent OR have a standard British announce voice? You don’t need prior media . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:29:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893097 Mary Fagan 2009-11-09T23:29:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879277 This photo says it all! (Sent to me by my teetotaling son-in-law)    Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:13:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879277 Mary Fagan 2009-10-31T17:13:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977871480 My computer has taken to seizing up a lot lately. Just now - after I finally got it moving again - I found this email from back home in rural Indiana. Seems my 86-yr-old uncle (who takes to computing . . . Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:25:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977871480 Mary Fagan 2009-10-27T01:25:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977869774 Why are we so ugly to each other? Lately I've been reading reams of comments that degenerate into name calling and vicious insults. C'mon, people! Normally I'm not one to get sappy, . . . Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:05:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977869774 Mary Fagan 2009-10-26T03:05:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977848887 Having just read several posts on youth issues, I couldn't resist sharing this one from one of my husband's coworkers: I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 92). . . . Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:28:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977848887 Mary Fagan 2009-10-11T23:28:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799367 It was the only thing I could do! How can you unload your daily caregiving frustrations when the "comment" function won't work? Since there's no way to contact the BlogSpot administration for help, . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:37:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799367 Mary Fagan 2009-09-04T00:37:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799105 Last Wednesday, way past bedtime, we got this text: "Tornado on my street. Neighbors roof in my back yard. Kathy".  I roused, grabbed my glasses, and read it again. "Hey!" I yelled to Husband who . . . Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:51:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799105 Mary Fagan 2009-09-03T20:51:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977779867 Your worst fears confirmed! This peek inside the male mind exposes all the raw, outrageous facts you either hoped, or tried to believe, weren’t true. And you know what? I’m fine with it. How . . . Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:07:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977779867 Mary Fagan 2009-08-19T16:07:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977759133 Okay, I went and created a world where I'd like to live. Ammanon is a healthy place with many technological advantages. Ammanians are educated, honorable...all that good stuff and they have lots of . . . Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:58:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977759133 Mary Fagan 2009-08-01T18:58:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977730686 Nothing like offering caregivers a place to unload and botching the link! Try: http://thecluelesscaregiver.blogspot.com  Sigh. The original Elder Care post: So what happened today? Are you . . . Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:27:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977730686 Mary Fagan 2009-07-07T02:27:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977730361 So what happened today? Are you tearing your hair out? Beating your head against the wall? Well, here's the place to vent! http://cluelesscaregiver.blogspot.com/ It'll only take a minute and you'll . . . Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:22:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977730361 Mary Fagan 2009-07-06T18:22:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726866 OMG! Has anyone else caught the commercial for Gather.com? I heard it yesterday on PBS. Garrison Keillor delivered it in his thoughtful, inimitable style during one of his literary shows. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:05:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726866 Mary Fagan 2009-07-02T01:05:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708420 Actually it was back in May 2009 but I'm having a devil of a time figuring out how this page works! Still struggling to add photo of cover - I've uploaded it multiple times but who knows where it's . . . Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:03:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708420 Mary Fagan 2009-06-30T20:03:04Z