http://barbsbooks.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Barbara Radisavljevic en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2012 Sun, 26 May 2013 05:54:23 GMT 2013-05-26T05:54:23Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2012 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868133 I'm a quiet living sort of person. I like peace, beauty, and open spaces. I like seeing people I know when I go shopping. I love teasing and being teased by vendors at farmers market in the park on Saturday . . . Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:35:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868133 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-04-10T03:35:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865505 I have been to two meetings today that blew my mind. The first was a rather spontaneous lunch with a group to meet Michael Shaw, an expert on Agenda 21, as he was passing through our town on the way to . . . Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:43:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865505 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-04-02T02:43:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864885 Since I should be in bed so I can get up to celebrate Easter in church tomorrow, this will be short. I have been preoccupied earning money by writing almost exclusively at Bubblews since February 15. . . . Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:28:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864885 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-03-31T02:28:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852561 Is anyone else seeing comments appear in duplicate tonight? It's happened to me twice now. I try to comment in reply to someone and then the comment also appears like a regular comment along the left, . . . Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:21:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852561 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-21T21:21:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849869 Today was the day I've waited over a month for -- my first appointment with a new neurologist after not having seen one in the twenty years I've lived here. I was referred by another doctor when I mentioned, . . . Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:42:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849869 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-14T01:42:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849301 Loaded my photos  and then Gather ate them as the groups were being submitted. Oh,well. Maybe I'll do them one at a time next time and maybe I won't try again for a while. This must be God's way . . . Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:35:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849301 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-12T16:35:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848818 A school administrator I follow on Twitter is the co-creator of a website designed for children on explorers. I discovered it when doing my Twitter pruning this weekend. Since one reason I follow educators . . . Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:35:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848818 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-11T15:35:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848429 Imagine my surprise when late last night I received a Twitter post from someone I'm not connected to telling me that Dragoslav and his son Kosta (my husband) were written about in Friday's main Serbian . . . Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:02:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848429 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-10T17:02:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847980 Neither did I. Tweeps share the most amazing things. This interesting experiment shows that a mole can't find food as quickly if one nostril is blocked. If both are open, he finds it almost immediately. . . . Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:48:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847980 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-08T22:48:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847808 i finally get  sick day. Hubby's away for the day on business. Locked me securely in the house. I slept a bit after he left until a call came in that was leaving a message, though I thought I'd better . . . Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:18:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847808 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-08T14:18:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847615 It's a good thing I canceled the dentist appointment that was scheduled for today, since I'm still probably contagious. I too sick to do much that's useful, and I dread going to bed because my head is . . . Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:07:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847615 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-08T04:07:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847193 Back in 1972, I started working at Logos of Westwood, a Christian bookstore in the heart of Westwood Village near UCLA. I worked there for nine years as the card buyer and I was also the go to girl for . . . Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:08:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847193 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-07T02:08:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847148 Each day as I see the "Popular Topics on Gather" float by me on the right, they seem to come from a different world. Indeed, the popular culture is a different world to me. It also shows me why the country's . . . Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:42:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847148 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-06T23:42:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847118 Got up late after not much sleep because of coughing. Had to take a Vicodin to suppress the cough to get to sleep. Then it felt like little bugs were crawling around my ears -- so itchy -- and I couldn't . . . Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:25:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981847118 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-06T21:25:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846724 A bookseller I know tweeted this link out today, and it brought back a lot of memories. The article starts by showing us a mail woman in a rural area on whom many people depend not just to deliver . . . Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:15:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846724 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-05T22:15:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846613 When I woke up this morning, it was obvious that Hubby's cold / flu had caught up with me. It's almost impossible to live with someone and not share our illnesses. I'm taking all the right supplements, . . . Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:11:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846613 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-05T15:11:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846188 I thought about this in bed last night after I'd been working on pruning my Twitter follows. Some people had opened accounts as long ago as four years and never tweeted or followed anyone. Their accounts, . . . Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:43:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846188 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-04T17:43:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845947 If you saw the picture I took for my post It's the Talk of Paso Robles a couple of days ago about the marque on the FOX Theater, there's more to it now. Someone not only claimed credit for the sign, . . . Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:11:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845947 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-04T05:11:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845814 Someone or a group of someones has broken how the Internet works on MAC operating systems Snow Leopard and older. They did this by using holes in Java Script to do nasty things on websites. Apple disabled . . . Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:25:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845814 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-03T17:25:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845807 But after five minutes of website work, I'm taking a Gather break. I slept in this morning because Hubby slept in. Then when he woke up about 11, I fixed breakfast. He's doing a bit better with his cold . . . Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:00:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845807 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-03T17:00:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845801 What? You  haven't heard of Superb Owl Sunday ? I much prefer it to the much more commonly known Super Bowl Sunday.  Give me owls any day (or night.) At least they eat rodents and sing me lullabies. . . . Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:38:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845801 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-03T16:38:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845644 When I opened my @barbsbooks account, I made a lot of beginners' mistakes when I started following people. I tried to be selective in taking the follow initiative. I checked out people for potential target . . . Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:40:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845644 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-03T03:40:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845560 There are many Twitter apps I might like to use, but I have not followed through on the permission form for one main reason. Here's what I have to permit almost any of these programs to do: This . . . Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:32:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845560 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-02T19:32:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845458 I'll still going through my wake-up routine so I'll be human when I get downstairs. I should go to farmers market, but it's foggy and icky out today, and I really need to take a shower and wash my hair . . . Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:10:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845458 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-02T13:10:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845356 I just set up a new account in HootSuite for an organization where I'm in charge of social media. It wasn't active at all, and I hope to change that. So far it's only following about 150 people, and I . . . Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:27:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981845356 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-02T01:27:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844973 Got off to a rocky start today because Hubby had to leave early again. He was already up when I went down at 5:30 to make sure he was awake. I tried to go back to sleep. That means I put my rain CD on . . . Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:27:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844973 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-01T01:27:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844917 Especially when I've just taken a bunch of pictures I want to share. I always wonder if it's my computer or Gather. Instead of loading the Java Applet, this sorry-looking puzzle piece took center . . . Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:45:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844917 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-02-01T00:45:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844472 Fort Collins students do it in many languages, including Arabic , to express the diversity of their multicultural student body. The principal is taking some heat for this, but he thinks it's . . . Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:09:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844472 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-30T19:09:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844435   Swept Away Navy to scrap $277 million ship to avoid scraping reef I'm no expert on the navy or ships or what can and can't be salvaged, but this seems like a waste of resources. . . . Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:13:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844435 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-30T17:13:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844394 I heard this morning that Amazon's earnings are way down, but that the stockholders don't care about the loss of profit. I'll bet Jeff B. does, though, and I doubt if he's willing to work for nothing. . . . Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:28:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844394 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-30T15:28:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844205 It's 1 AM and the day is a blur. I remember writing a blog post before getting to Gather. That took two hours. Then I had to get dressed and check stock for a customer so I could email her back . . . Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:24:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844205 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-30T04:24:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844186 I did get a blog written before I allowed myself to go to Gather. I should have called it Part 1, since it's only half of what I intended to say, but saying it all would have made it too long. I will . . . Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:15:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981844186 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-30T02:15:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843756 I was checking out a Gather post a few minutes ago and what do I see at the top of the page but a Zazzle banner ad with the postcard I sold 100 of this last weekend as one of the six products in the ad. . . . Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:34:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843756 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-29T02:34:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843672 I've lived here for twenty years, and as long as I can remember, this FOX theater has been vacant and boarded up. Now our local talk show asked today if anyone had anything to talk about except the FOX . . . Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:46:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843672 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-28T21:46:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843332 I just finished changing all my default shipping rates at tomfolio.com where I sell my books. I probably should change them on my own web site, too. I forgot that. You should probably expect what you . . . Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:40:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843332 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-28T02:40:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843232 Spent a relaxing day, sleeping in, recovering from the seminar and shopping trip yesterday. About noon Hubby agreed to go walk by the river with me. I wanted to show him the cross I shared here earlier . . . Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:28:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843232 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-27T20:28:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842989 Why does Gather send me notifications about posts I'm not allow to see? Three times today I've been notified a friend has posted only to click through and find I'm not allowed to view that post. Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:26:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842989 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-27T03:26:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842979     The person you see in the picture giving this presentation is Sheila. I have known her for years casually, but in the past year I've gotten to know her much better. She is a warrior in . . . Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:10:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842979 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-27T02:10:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842698 I just sold 100 of these oak tree postcards to someone in Morro Bay, CA. I took the picture at Doce Robles Winery on Twelve Oaks Drive in Paso Robles. I often walk there, and I've always liked this . . . Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:12:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842698 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-26T01:12:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842692 Tonight I have to go to bed early for me, since we have to get up at 7 AM tomorrow. We are headed for a six-hour training workshop at the San Luis Obispo Country Club. No, it's not golf lessons. It's . . . Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:41:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842692 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-26T00:41:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842295 For one things, it's been a gray day. That always makes it a bit harder to know when it's really morning, since there's little sunlight. That's OK with me, since it helps me get more sleep. . . . Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:31:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842295 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-25T03:31:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842193 I've read a lot of posts and seen a lot of pictures today, and some have left me wondering what to say about them. I'd like to let the poster know I was there, but I don't have much to contribute. . . . Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:18:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981842193 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-24T21:18:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981841449     One of the greatest blessings God has given me is to plant me in one of the most beautiful counties in California for the past two decades. I was born and raised in Los Angeles . . . Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:43:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981841449 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-23T23:43:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981841456 Yes, it's a vent. I had the post written for a challenge. I had uploaded all the pictures and saved the draft. I then placed all the pictures in the photo essay and proofread the text and added to it. . . . Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:27:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981841456 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-23T04:27:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981841009 I see that some of my recent published posts with comments on them are still listed as drafts after I have published them. If I click "delete draft," a warning pops up asking if I want to delete . . . Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:15:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981841009 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-22T02:15:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981840978 I'm not sure how to live with it yet. I've been using Gather in short bursts of activity since I joined just because it's so hard to leave it and get back to other activities when I've spent a reasonable . . . Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:22:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981840978 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-22T00:22:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981840610       I have seen these hills above Costco every time we go, and I've been itching to get up there. Finally, on April 3, 2012, my husband and I had a bit of time after lunch . . . Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:23:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981840610 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-21T04:23:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981840478 As a photographer, one thing I can never forget is what our civilization trades in beauty for functionality and comfort. If you are out in a rural area looking for gorgeous scenery to shoot, you . . . Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:12:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981840478 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-20T20:12:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981839906 For a long time, I have driven along South Vine to go to the post office almost every day, or I've taken 101 to Spring Street. When the river runs, I always have a great view from the car as I'm driving, . . . Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:14:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981839906 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-18T22:14:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981839502 As it happened, not long before Christmas, an old friend called. She lives in the Bay area and she was staying in Avila Beach with a friend at the San Luis Bay Inn, and asked if we could get together. . . . Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:11:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981839502 Barbara Radisavljevic 2013-01-18T01:11:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981826299 I want to be sure I wish my friends happy holiday celebrations before I take off to enjoy my own. I've been fighting a virus, and still am, so I'm doing all I can to remain as well as possible before . . . Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:34:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981826299 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-12-21T02:34:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981783659 Sometimes we have to say goodbye to parts of ourselves. Yesterday I had to get used to the fact that I was having a tooth pulled. They numbed me, so I was able to fully appreciate the fight between the . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:16:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981783659 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-29T01:16:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981759973 Wait. It's already time to go to bed. Past time, in fact. No day that starts with a dentist appointment begins well. Especailly when the dentist says you can skip the root canal and go straight to the . . . Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:19:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981759973 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-16T04:19:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981755421 I have two Weebly sites. One sells ebooks. I worked on the other one, which I really enjoy -- the one where I share the experiences and photos from what I do locally -- art exhibits, vineyard walks, and . . . Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:31:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981755421 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-13T12:31:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981753240 My husband got this bee in his bonnet that today, when all print-on-demand sites are crawling, he needed to order 12 of the cards based on a drawing his dad did just before his family escaped from Yugoslavia. . . . Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:33:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981753240 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-12T04:33:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981741510 I had to get some things at the Paso house about sundown today. As I was leaving, I decided to check my clary sage (which lives at that house) to see if the praying mantis was there or had laid any eggs. . . . Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:47:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981741510 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-06T01:47:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981741163 Maybe it isn't quite that bad, but I am on pins and needles waiting to see what happens on Tuesday. I know God's in control, however this election turns out. There is so much Obama is hiding from the . . . Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:00:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981741163 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-05T19:00:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981738312 Shortly after putting my business online I opened accounts at Facebook and Twitter. Gradually I learned about Squidoo, then HubPages, Gather, Zujava, Wizzley, myLot, etc. On my on site, Twitter, and Facebook, . . . Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:36:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981738312 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-03T20:36:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981738059 When I first joined Gather, one of my frustrations (one I also have at RedGage, by the way) was one-word comments. I realize that people earn at both sites by making and answering comments, but I also . . . Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:18:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981738059 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-03T16:18:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981735608 When I went to bed last night, I had planned, if scheduled rain did not appear as forecast, to finish walking the precinct I started yesterday and then to pick up more walnuts from the ground. My husband . . . Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:21:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981735608 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-11-02T02:21:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981733462 Although I enjoy meeting some people when I knock on doors, time is getting short and about half the people who answer the door have already voted. So today I will probably just leave the postcards under . . . Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:13:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981733462 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-10-31T16:13:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732204 If you write at HubPages, you know that they have a policy of putting hubs that don't generate enough traffic to sleep. That makes them invisible to the search engines and makes internal links dead. I . . . Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:02:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732204 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-10-31T00:02:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981728237 Or are there that many other Hubbers here? I'd love to have a different place to talk about HubPages than in the forums. Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:28:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981728237 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-10-28T18:28:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981728232 Shall we change that? Or has everyone switched to discussing issues in the Facebook Squidoo groups?   From the Facebook posts it appears strange monsters are popping up and asking questions and . . . Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:23:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981728232 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-10-28T18:23:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981727988 For some reason, when I was using Chrome today on my iMac, it was impossibly slow. It started acting up last night. Web pages took forever to load. When I typed into a form like this on Gather to answer . . . Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:33:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981727988 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-10-28T14:33:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981725850 It's almost the end of October. I was trying to get a shot of my neighbor's vineyard in autumn color, but there has always been a row of poison oak plants near the fence. Our weed abatement man cut a . . . Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:45:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981725850 Barbara Radisavljevic 2012-10-27T00:45:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980959567 The Stop Online Piracy Act is trouble. If our Congresspeople give it their final approval when they come back from their break, this site and maybe all the sites where writers and artists earn . . . Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:23:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980959567 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-12-28T23:23:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980933924   As I was walking around town taking pictures for next year's Zazzle seasonal products, I saw, as you might expect, a lot of read and green. First I went to a favorite Tasting Room, and this . . . Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:48:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980933924 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-12-20T00:48:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980932699 These aren't tragedies, but they definitely qualify as inconveniences. Both involve my hubby. On Friday, he had a freak accident in which a small portable fan fell off the desk it was on and . . . Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980932699 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-12-19T18:20:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979497049 It would be hard to convey the emotional impact it had on me -- especially the exhibits of Air Force One, the video on Nancy Reagan, the life-like footage of the assassination attempt, and the funeral . . . Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:28:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979497049 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-06-24T00:28:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979474824 As I was walking with my camera through one of the wealthier neighborhoods in my town yesterday, I came upon this. From some angles one can actually see the house, but my aim in this picture was to . . . Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:15:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979474824 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-06-19T16:15:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979464023 Lately I seem to have gotten in the habit of putting off things I don't want to do as long as possible. Sometimes I even lecture myself about it as I put something off. I finally caught up on my bookkeeping . . . Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:38:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979464023 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-06-17T14:38:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979444603 Lately I've been overwhelmed with writing and designing. I wish there were 48 hour days. I am now actively writing on Squidoo ,  HubPages, and the new Wizzley site. Perhaps I shouldn't say actively . . . Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:12:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979444603 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-06-13T21:12:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979050793 I know that these exist in children's literature, but I can't remember the context or even the books. Somehow Anne of Green Gables comes to mind, as does a book by Joan Blos. I seem to remember friends . . . Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:26:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979050793 Barbara Radisavljevic 2011-02-13T14:26:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978617091 Someone has advised me to switch to a Mac since I do so much with graphics lately. But I have a lot of software that only runs on Windows. Has anyone successfully made the switch and used teh VMware Fusion . . . Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:09:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978617091 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-10-20T01:09:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978585438 Last night I attended an artist reception at Studios on the Park in Paso Robles and made a short video of most of the Studio artists' self portraits so I could study them and read the artist biographies . . . Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:53:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978585438 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-10-09T02:53:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978582110 I went to the studios to work on matching artists with their self-portraits. I went last week when the "Who Do We Think We Are?" exhibit opened with my sheet of paper with 29 artist photos. We walk around . . . Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:19:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978582110 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-10-08T01:19:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978579077 This week has been very busy with work. Not only were there some orders to process, which should help pay the bills that are piling up, but I was also accepted into five new affiliate programs that I . . . Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:00:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978579077 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-10-07T01:00:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978569834 Last night I emptied my photos onto my hard drive, but for some reason things that have always worked in Photoshop Elements 8 wouldn't work. Example: The cropping tool left me with a mass of gray instead . . . Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:26:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978569834 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-10-03T21:26:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978569266 In the time of Noah, after the great flood, God made a covenant to Noah and his sons and made the rainbow the sign of that covenant that He would never again send enough rain to overwhelm and destroy . . . Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:42:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978569266 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-10-03T14:42:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978556507 This week I've been finding a lot of emails that supposedly are LinkedIn notifications in my spam folder on my server. I opened a couple with no attachments (though many do have attachments) and I saw . . . Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:45:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978556507 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-29T01:45:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978555461 It's the third really hot day in a row -- triple digits. The weatherman predicted 103, but ti was 108 yesterday. It's currently 96 in my office where my desktop computer is at just before 1 PM. I'm about . . . Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:57:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978555461 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-28T15:57:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978549244 Here is a perfectly blue sky. Perhaps it might represent the even-keeled life without many ups and downs -- a life without too much stress, into which little rain falls. Isn't it a bit dull to look at? . . . Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:30:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978549244 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-26T17:30:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978539033 I finally have a chance to get paid some real money for something I wrote: Great Short Hikes in North San Luis Obispo County: Paso Robles, Templeton, and Atascadero. It is a finalist in a contest on . . . Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978539033 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-22T16:30:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978537289 On September 9 I sent 14 sets of phonics readers and and 9 Read Along cd's to go with them to a customer who wanted them for a literacy program for a city in a state I won't name. UPS sent me an email . . . Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:31:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978537289 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-22T02:31:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978534161 I've been expecting this fad to pass, but it seems to keep hanging on. Tonight as I was reading back issues of Parade I'd had enough. Why are so many actors and other celebrities so inclined to sport . . . Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:09:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978534161 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-20T23:09:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978534090 I just read in Sunday's Parade that for the pilot of ABC's No Ordinary Family they shut down the 710 Freeway in Los Angeles so that Julie Benz, the star, could run on it. Says Benz, "That was one . . . Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:34:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978534090 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-20T22:34:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978531087 I just published my 100th lens this afternoon -- How Much Do You Know About the New Testament? Please help me celebrate by taking the quiz. I'm hoping to apply for the Giant 100 club at the end of the . . . Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:41:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978531087 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-19T18:41:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978529326 Don't know about your man, but mine, even when I give him a specific list, comes home with something else I don't need and am not ready for. Today is but one example. I didn't feel well enough to go . . . Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:34:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978529326 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-18T18:34:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978519784   By now you know that I don’t do mornings unless I have to. This morning I had to. My husband wanted me to attend the first session of cardiac rehab with him because they were . . . Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:54:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978519784 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-15T03:54:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978516618 I might have mentioned a week or so ago the order I got for a bunch of lesson plan books that someone needed in a hurry to be shipped across the county, so I rushed off the order, only to get it back . . . Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:18:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978516618 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-13T23:18:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978513654 In my new group, "No More "Nice" in Comments, the subject came up that many photos are really hard to comment on. One reason given was that too many photos in a row with similar content just don't bring . . . Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:46:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978513654 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-12T17:46:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978513595 I've tried to make one post three times and if I make a mistake and try to correct it, everything disappears and the letters start going vertically down the page. It started to happen with this one, too, . . . Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:59:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978513595 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-12T16:59:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978511969 How many times have you been confronted with a photo, video, or even post that left you groping for an appropriate comment? You want to comment because you think that will bring you points, but you really . . . Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:23:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978511969 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-11T17:23:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978510087 The day is as busy as I expected but I did get one short reprieve on having to place an order today. The customer couldn't find her PO and wasn't sure where it should be shipped. So I don't have to place . . . Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:36:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978510087 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-10T16:36:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978508969 Today I wanted to post a lot on Gather in to give my LGTKEO friends something new to comment on, but life conspired against me. Or perhaps I should just say I had an extra opportunity to serve. I have . . . Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:45:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978508969 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-10T05:45:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506284 I'm not an author nor a publisher --just an on-line seller of new and used books. The new ones are basically teaching materials and some children's literature. I'm on the board of directors of tomfolio.com . . . Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506284 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-09T05:00:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506223 When I went to my dashboard to approve a comment today, all these little monster things started jumping out at me and I thought the pop-ups were out of control. It was only later that I saw all these . . . Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:31:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506223 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-09T04:31:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506113   First let’s set the stage. The differences between this doctor and others begin with her office setting. To get to her, you first walk from the parking lot through the gate and into . . . Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:47:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506113 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-09T03:47:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506014 This is the second time I have lost my entire essay by not saving the draft before adding the pictures, or writing the draft somewhere else first and pasting in. Grrr! you'd think I would have learned.  . . . Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:49:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506014 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-09T02:49:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978504868 This will be my first visit for myself. I went once with my husband a few weeks ago. She's really interesting and you'd never guess this was a doctors office -- even when you get into the inner sanctum. . . . Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:33:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978504868 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-08T15:33:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978503655 I love shopping at my local Farmers Market in the city park in Templeton, California. I like the sights, the smells, and the sounds of musicians playing for tips, as well as exchanging banter with the . . . Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:57:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978503655 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-08T04:57:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978502655 Poison Hemlock is part of the carrot family, and its leaves look very much like those of the carrot. It even has a long, carrot like root what is white with a purplish tinge. This root smells almost sinister, . . . Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:25:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978502655 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-07T19:25:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978500758 Keeping the latest color of yellow for Color, Colors, Colors in mind for this week, I decided to chase anything yellow I saw in my shopping visit to Trader Joe's in Templeton and catch it with my camera. . . . Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:12:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978500758 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-07T04:12:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978499656 I have been involved with a very active thread at a post by Rebecca S., "What's Wrong with Kids Today?" One comment suggested that parents should be required to take parenting classes so they will learn . . . Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:45:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978499656 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-06T15:45:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978496654 Sometimes I would like to use photos I have already posted to my albums in a photo essay or other post. But I don't know how to get them there. I don't want to upload photos twice. I'm sure I must be . . . Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:11:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978496654 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-05T03:11:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978496583 All winter long, when it had no leaves, I assumed it was an oak, because we have so many of them around here. Today I walked by and was shocked to see that many of the trees I always thought were oaks, . . . Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:50:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978496583 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-05T01:50:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494786 In one of my comments on the Peachy Canyon Gazebo Photo (in my San Luis Obispo County Wine Country Album), someone suggested the photo looked like a painting. I decided to play with it a bit in Photoshop . . . Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:57:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494786 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-04T02:57:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494479 It was hot, and I was lazy, but I made myself go out for a walk tonight.As usual, I took the path through the Larry Moore Park by the River. I was shocked to see how brown everything was. I didn't expect . . . Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:04:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494479 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-04T01:04:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494572 Yesterday I had a package come back that had been a rush order. My husband told me about it while I was at the other house, and it was  too late to call and find out what had been wrong with the . . . Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:48:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494572 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-04T00:48:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494559 AS I drove home from Paso Robles tonight and entered my driveway, a deer bounded across in front of me, and then another half-way up the hill. As I approached the house, I saw the neighbor's cat had been . . . Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:38:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978494559 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-04T00:38:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978491154 I live in two houses. The one in Templeton was the only one from 1993 until 2005, when my Mom, who lived in Paso Robles from 1995 until 2005, died and left her house to me. Now we have two houses we live . . . Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:16:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978491154 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-03T04:16:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978492074 As I was coming home tonight on a narrow, two-lane frontage road at dusk, I noticed something wobbly in the very narrow bike lane ahead of me. As I got closer, I saw a teen-aged boy riding backwards -- . . . Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:59:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978492074 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-02T23:59:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978491118 I have twenty minutes to wait until my friend calls to confirm that she feels well enough to go to lunch today. If she's well we will leave then. If not, I'd better get cooking. I suppose I could be doing . . . Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:18:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978491118 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-02T15:18:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978489367   When a loved one dies, closure makes healing easier. Sometimes we don’t get it in the way we seem to need to have it. I‘m going to mention some of the losses I’ve had and . . . Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:57:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978489367 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-02T03:57:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978489101 This is my first try at writing a Snippit, and I’m not sure what I’m trying to do yet. So please bear with me, and tell me if I’m getting the idea. ********************** . . . Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:58:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978489101 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-02T01:58:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978486968 AS the new kid on the block, I'm the one who is behind on knowing what each of you has gone through. So, please. Help me out. Maybe each of you could share a bit about your loss, how it happened, or how . . . Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:29:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978486968 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-01T06:29:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978486868 I don't know the answer. When I try to write about things I don't care much about, my writing isn't convincing and my voice gets lost.   The mentors say to write about what you know. But I know . . . Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:46:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978486868 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-01T05:46:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978486383 I do Zogby polls and they usually are OK. But I also signed up for one that is supposedly for government polls and they give you points or something if you do them. I haven't paid much attention to . . . Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:16:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978486383 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-09-01T02:16:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978483534 From 1972 to 1981, I was the card buyer for Logos of Westwood, a Christian bookstore near UCLA.  I occasionally met authors who shopped there, such as Pat and Shirley Boone, and Hal and Jan Lindsey . . . Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:53:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978483534 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-08-31T00:53:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978483452 Today my husband and I had errands to do. Each of us had one at my bank, and I also had books to take to the post office to ship to customers. So at first I planned to just let him take my deposit in . . . Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:09:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978483452 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-08-31T00:09:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978481403 I discovered Studios on the Park during the Paso Robles Festival of the Arts in 2010. Since then I've been hanging around it a lot. I have interviewed artists and made videos of the interviews which I . . . Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:24:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978481403 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-08-30T03:24:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978479583 Tonight, when I'd much rather be editing photos I took in the vineyards today, I have to catch up on daily sales reports for the last month. I usually do them on Saturdays, but I've been putting them . . . Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:50:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978479583 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-08-29T01:50:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978477273 About this time 19 years ago, we were sitting anxiously with friends who who had gotton the news,  waiting for our pastor to get back from the lake with the details of our son's death earlier that . . . Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:40:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978477273 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-08-28T02:40:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978466369 I was happy to see a group for those of us in California, since I was born here and have lived my entire life here. I was born in Long Beach, raised in Bellflower, and after graduating from UCLA in 1964 . . . Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:09:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978466369 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-08-24T06:09:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978463412 Fortunately it was a very mild one and he had good doctors and hospitals and was able to come home Tuesday after an angiogram at one hospital and an angioplasy in another. The  doctor who did the . . . Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:16:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978463412 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-08-23T03:16:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978197953 Another day has gone by. Yes, Sunday is my day of rest, but I usually try to work in a long walk for exercise and just taking joy in nature as part of that rest. Not today. I spent some time trying to . . . Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:02:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978197953 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-04-26T05:02:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978167218 It is so easy to take friends for granted. But all that changes when you may be about to lose one. At this moment, one of my oldest and dearest friends is (or was two hours ago) fighting what could be . . . Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:31:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978167218 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-04-12T03:31:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978089506 I do. (Or I used to before I got too busy writing to do much recreational reading. My favorite series of cat mysteries are the Midnight Louie mysteries by Carole Nelson Douglas. She writes other series, . . . Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:04:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978089506 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-03-08T02:04:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978074475 I've been gone most of the weekend to attend a memorial service three counties and six hours away. Since I've been home, many thoughts have been floating through my head on friendship, the meaning of . . . Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:18:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978074475 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-03-01T01:18:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978064877 I see her regularly. She is in constant pain and is also clinically depressed. She is not able to feel God's love for her right now. She feels unlovable, though I've told her God loves her and died for . . . Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:30:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978064877 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-02-24T03:30:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978062599 As most of you know, California's Central Coast has seen more rain this year than in any recent year. We had hoped for enough rain to replenish our water supplies, and our lakes are beginning to fill . . . Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:29:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978062599 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-02-23T02:29:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978034455 We've had one rainstorm after another, and I love the cloud formations, especially the contrast between the fluffy white and heavy dark clouds around sundown. I've shared some of the best shots I took . . . Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:14:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978034455 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-02-06T19:14:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983114 I received two great honors from Squidoo. The first was being accepted as a Giant Squidoo -- an honor I had worked hard for over the past six months and felt I had a chance at. But the second was a totatlly . . . Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:20:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977983114 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-01-08T03:20:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971881 Are any of you celebrating by eating mochi? What? You've never heard of it? Neither had I before Christmas Day. Now I know quite a bit about it, since I saw the extended family of a friend making it from . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:57:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971881 Barbara Radisavljevic 2010-01-01T18:57:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961339 I've been very busy this past two weeks preparing for Slava, recovering after Slava was over, and finishing enough lenses to try for Giant Squid by Dec. 31. I finished my 50th lens very early this morning. . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:57:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961339 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-24T01:57:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944831 I was hoping to attend our local community Christmas celebration in Paso Robles tonight. It's called the Vine Street Showcase. The city closes off several blocks of Victorian homes along Vine Street to . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:57:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944831 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-13T06:57:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943493 I've been training for almost a year now with a small group from my church. A Stephen Minister is a Christian caregiver who is called to come along side a person who is going through a hard emotional . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:39:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943493 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-11T23:39:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939989 Especially if you text them. This morning's paper says that more and more people who are unfaithful to their spouses and deny it are proved to be lying when the wounded spouse produces text messages from . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:04:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939989 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-09T22:04:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977938443 Tonight was the second appointment with my trainer. I was reminded again that I don't seem to have the same kind of brain others do, or as good a memory. My last appointment (free of charge) is tomorrow . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:52:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977938443 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-09T02:52:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977938152 When we moved from Newbury Park in Ventura County, California, in 1993, we left a house that was 2,400 sq.ft for one that was 1120 sq. ft. The old house was five bedrooms and had housed four of us for . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:47:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977938152 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-08T22:47:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936641 So,  just what does an Internet bookseller do all day and into the night? I can only tell you what this one did on December 8, 2009. It was somewhat typical, since it was slow enough to catch up . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:22:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936641 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-08T05:22:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931918 My husband has tried to get me to join his fitness club for years. Now my doctor has joined the chorus. They swim there together and discuss my health. I signed up in October but since I was sick I had . . . Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:42:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931918 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-12-05T04:42:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922622 For Thanksgiving we had a guest we didn't know very well. After the family left, he stayed on for several hours and told us much about his life. One thread  that ran through his entire story was . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:54:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922622 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-11-29T14:54:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922155 Last week I was tal king to some colleagues about some business. I had intended to verify some facts with Jerry, whom I only met once about ten years ago, but he was the one who knew what happened . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:55:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922155 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-11-29T03:55:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919843 Today we celebrated Thanksgiving. My brother and his family travel four hours one way to be with us. I cook. When we are aware that someone we know is alone for Thanksgiving, we try to invite that person . . . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:56:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919843 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-11-27T02:56:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912358 Today I attended a meeting. It was a crucially important meeting, on which the future plans of many depend. It's the kind of meeting that's so important you can't sleep well the night before it. The . . . Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:24:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912358 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-11-22T03:24:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847586 After the discussion of whether Jesus ever married came up, I thought I'd introduce another idea we can have no definitive answer on until we get to Heaven to see for ourselves. If a child or baby dies . . . Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:51:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847586 Barbara Radisavljevic 2009-10-10T15:51:08Z