http://carolion.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Carolion Grailbear en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:05:35 GMT 2009-12-31T04:05:35Z 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=281474977780002 As I'm working to regain my health (systems down due to workplace bullying) I'm finding that I can only read children's literature right now - all the rest hurts me. Yesterday I took the day off from . . . Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:35:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780002 Carolion Grailbear 2009-08-19T17:35:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768771 I was four years old, proud big sister of a little sister and baby brother. On this particular sunny East Tennessee summer morning, my mother had taken us across the street to visit with Mrs. Woolwine, . . . Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:24:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768771 Carolion Grailbear 2009-08-10T14:24:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977758896 I'm studying workplace bullying these days. I didn't have a name for it during the first year and some months of happenings which were initiating and educating me rather painfully. Then just last week . . . Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:37:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977758896 Carolion Grailbear 2009-08-01T13:37:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977746095 A day off from work - waking to the sound of a very early bird chorus, getting its songs out before the beginning of the slow-steady rain now nourishing our woods and gardens. I think of the hummingbirds . . . Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:27:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977746095 Carolion Grailbear 2009-07-22T13:27:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977714948 In evening's cool she walked past sunset golding the cows in their meadow, walked past rose grown out of its fencing, walked past the old brick schoolhouse with new tin roof and flowerbeds and family . . . Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:38:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977714948 Carolion Grailbear 2009-06-18T20:38:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713025 Out in the flower-and-vegetable gardens (one for humans, and one for wildlife) I've been weaving wickets out of branches - to protect the peavines, but also as a scenic sort of trellis-gateway affair . . . Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:22:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977713025 Carolion Grailbear 2009-06-16T23:22:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708671 In a dream this morning things were spilling, overflowing, things were breaking - all my doing in a way, for not stopping the flows of mind in time to avoid collisions with material reality..... . . . Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:19:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708671 Carolion Grailbear 2009-06-12T02:19:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700839 Out of the blue - well, actually, grey, and about to rain any minute - Out of the grey, with no forewarning, ZZZZZZAP! A lightning strike, right in the village downtown, just as my car turns . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:24:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700839 Carolion Grailbear 2009-06-04T02:24:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977684553 I'm in my second year of tending some of the flowerbeds around our village library now. One of my friends with an amazing collection of hosta lilies announced that she was going to thin them out . . . Sun, 17 May 2009 02:53:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977684553 Carolion Grailbear 2009-05-17T02:53:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673640 Yesterday there was an open house showcasing the refurbished old mansion on E. Hyde Rd. outside of the village of Yellow Springs proper. It's just around the bend from my place, and I've walked . . . Mon, 04 May 2009 19:22:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673640 Carolion Grailbear 2009-05-04T19:22:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977671552 This last week I've been transplanting things - lovely garden beings - into the library garden beds as well as flowerbeds here at home. A couple of days ago I ran out of checks and scrounged purse . . . Sat, 02 May 2009 01:40:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977671552 Carolion Grailbear 2009-05-02T01:40:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977662827 I'm in rehearsal for a "new old" show that goes up this weekend at the Viking Fest in Ashville, Ohio: HAMLET, THE MUSICAL TRAGICAL COMEDY, put on by Mockingbird Theatre Company . We're . . . Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:47:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977662827 Carolion Grailbear 2009-04-22T11:47:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657371 One day during the first year I lived in Portland Oregon, I heard my inner guidance say, "Now it's time for you to work with death." I didn't really want to hear that - but it was coming to me often enough . . . Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:30:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657371 Carolion Grailbear 2009-04-16T03:30:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653505 Last September I was sawing large limbs the hurricane ripped off my old, old sugar maples. I stacked the logs neatly by the side of the old whitewashed barn-garage and left them there . . . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:04:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653505 Carolion Grailbear 2009-04-12T02:04:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977639782 It had been a long drive overland USA this time, another cross-country speaking tour for Rainbow Peacewalker, the visionary lightworker who introduced Dynamic Peace to humanity and helped midwife it into . . . Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:29:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977639782 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-28T15:29:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635142 One day not so long ago, Watching Woman entered a meditation with the intention of exploring heavens and hells. She breathed, and followed her breath, and agreed to hold herself in witness consciousness . . . Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:54:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635142 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-24T04:54:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977634061 Tracking class. They were following a deer. Tracker number three realized a greater intuition, some ancient connecting force, had merged with her and was showing her the trail where no tracks . . . Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:53:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977634061 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-23T01:53:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977632659 In reading the comments on my recent article, Me & EFT , I got an idea that might help all of us develop our healing tapping skills and could possibly provide a "bank" effect of good energy . . . Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:54:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977632659 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-21T03:54:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977632155 A week ago I was flat on my back, feeling as if I were being cut in two. Excruciating pain stopped me for minutes at a time after every little movement. I wondered if I'd ever be able to walk . . . Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:11:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977632155 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-20T17:11:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595892 Yellow Springs, Ohio is a village of maybe 3500, home of Antioch College (which may or may not reopen). Glen Helen, our wildwood, is right on the edge of the village, and in Glen Helen is the Yellow . . . Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:34:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595892 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-19T03:34:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977625919 She had to get home. Only another two hundred miles - but, coming away from a difficult time with her beloved alcoholic, she needed a meeting. But she had to get home. A station wagon pulled out in front . . . Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:16:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977625919 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-15T22:16:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977610340     I seem to be having either a pole reversal or a bling blang. At any rate the logic is escaping at a faster rate, probably due to a missing cap on my think tank. Who would . . . Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:44:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977610340 Carolion Grailbear 2009-03-01T00:44:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977599312                        ~Showing Proper Respect / Keeping Healthy Boundaries~ 1. God is Love . . . Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:19:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977599312 Carolion Grailbear 2009-02-19T02:19:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977589005 In our little village we have a controversy which has made the headlines and letters-to-the-editor section of our weekly paper several weeks in a row: whether or not our little school system should allow . . . Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:52:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977589005 Carolion Grailbear 2009-02-09T16:52:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977583846 She was bound to her parents somehow, in some way that other girls in her generation were not. Though she wanted to study other things, she chose to study what her parents recommended, and when they also . . . Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:17:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977583846 Carolion Grailbear 2009-02-04T01:17:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582296 Once upon a time there was a little juggler who walked from village to village plying his trade. He never made much money, but every so often some kind soul gave him a new tunic to replace his ragged . . . Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:29:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977582296 Carolion Grailbear 2009-02-02T15:29:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977580422 Over all the years since our Korean family members joined us, I've made Korean friends and learned how to make some of the traditional Korean foods. Top priority? Kim chee! Kim chee is a kind of sauerkraut . . . Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:06:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977580422 Carolion Grailbear 2009-01-31T15:06:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578335 In the first article in this School of Whole Living series, I reported on the latest discussion and philosophy-development of the Heart of Joy Folkschool group here in the Village of Yellow Springs . . . Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:59:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578335 Carolion Grailbear 2009-01-29T12:59:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577888 How far back, in this day and age, does one have to go in order to access real life? Back before The Change / Obama? Back before Internet? Back before credit cards? Back before TV? What about back before . . . Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:13:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577888 Carolion Grailbear 2009-01-29T00:13:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577473 Monday, January 26, 2009 was the official date for Lunar New Year, celebrated as a major family and cultural and official holiday all over the orient. My family, which includes three adult Korean adoptees, . . . Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:36:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577473 Carolion Grailbear 2009-01-28T17:36:52Z