http://clearmindscreate.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Clear Minds Create en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:25:11 GMT 2010-01-01T13:25:11Z 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=281474977971044&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Sorry, I haven't been on Gather the last two weeks, but we're on a 2-week road trip on Route 66 (again! we love it!). This time, most of the beautiful scenery is covered with snow! I had no idea that . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:48:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971044&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Warren Keating 2010-01-01T04:48:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971059&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Well here I sit, at home yet another year. No parties, nothing to do but putz around on the computer , work on my crochet site and drink beer. Hope everyone is having a more exciting night than me . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:43:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971059&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Debbie W. 2010-01-01T04:43:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928641&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Thanks Dan H. This challenge is a quick free-writing sentence prompt. I want you to use these 3 words in a sentence or two. Use any form of these words. Top . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:57:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928641&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Lady of Lake Merritt =P 2009-12-31T20:57:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970464&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace   The songs are the same The songs are the same we sing in our hearts. The trees are the same Those we foster in our gardens. The waves are the same Those climb . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:08:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970464&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace vijay kumar 2009-12-31T18:08:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970252&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace I turned 80 this year. It’s neither a surprise or a distinction today. It’s an age most of my friends have reached. In my youth I thought anyone who was 80 was old and feeble, . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:04:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970252&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Joseph Ritz 2009-12-31T15:04:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace                 My dear son,   Dexter, I must tell you, how you got your name . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:57:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-31T07:57:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969614&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace A new addition to The Toy Box on Debs Crochet Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:28:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969614&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Debbie W. 2009-12-31T04:28:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969408&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Bards and Sages Publishing is co-sponsoring the 2009 Preditors and Editors Readers' Poll .  Each year, Preditors and Editors hosts this special reader awards to spotlight the best of independent . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:38:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969408&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Julie Ann Dawson 2009-12-31T00:38:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969370&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace In this day where there is a crunch on the $Almighty buck$; it is nice to know what the charity of your choice, is doing with YOUR Hard earned dollars $$. Are they using it to the BEST of . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:20:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969370&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Rose T. 2009-12-31T00:20:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968962&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace I started making plush animals. Here's the first one. Will be adding more later on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:27:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968962&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Debbie W. 2009-12-30T18:27:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968913&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Has anyone out there ever had a book published? I've been working on finding an agent the past several months but I'm only getting a few nibbles of interest. I'm curious to know how long and how many . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:39:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968913&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Scott M. 2009-12-30T17:39:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925827&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Thanks Dan H. This challenge is a quick free-writing sentence prompt. I want you to use these 3 words in a sentence or two. Use any form of these words. Smile . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:14:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925827&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Lady of Lake Merritt =P 2009-12-30T10:14:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925813&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Seriously after a great party w/ my side, we went over to Yeti's sister's and my boys opened more presents then we played PICTIONARY!!! YAY!!! Tons of fun and I just love my MIL!!! She rocks!!! Evan . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:10:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925813&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Lady of Lake Merritt =P 2009-12-30T10:10:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967806&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Thought~Byte No.194       Concept and words by John Philipp. Drawings by Phil Frank. (The comments below are where the wisdom is found.)   Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:53:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967806&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2009-12-30T04:53:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967801&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Thought~Byte No.193       Concept and words by John Philipp. Drawings by Phil Frank. (The comments below are where the wisdom is found.)   Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:51:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967801&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2009-12-30T04:51:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968096&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace So who else is sick of It's a Wonderful Life? I can't watch it anymore. When they started the tradition of playing it all day long on Christmas eve, it just ruined it. Plus the scene with the kid getting . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:59:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968096&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Debbie W. 2009-12-30T03:59:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace   Letters, not for her (To Sunil's mother)   Postman brings three letters, none for her. Ten minutes of quiet waiting till she opens the door; her dog barks . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:23:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967967&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-30T01:23:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924126&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Thanks Dan H. This challenge is a quick free-writing sentence prompt. I want you to use these 3 words in a sentence or two. Use any form of these words. Dim . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:33:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924126&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Lady of Lake Merritt =P 2009-12-29T19:33:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967498&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace I have made a collection of different blue items from various artist on Etsy and put them togeather, creating a Treasury. If it gets lots of views and comments, it may end up on Etsy's front page getting . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:47:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967498&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Debbie W. 2009-12-29T18:47:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967320&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace As we all start in on our end-of-year reflections and coming year hopes, I thought you'd enjoy reading some deep Jewish thoughts in Haiku form*:   Lacking fins or tail the   gefilte . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:39:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967320&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Sheryl O. 2009-12-29T16:39:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924029&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Man I love the holidays! Nothing like visiting family, boozing, and presents! Anyhow, during my family's annual X-mas party, we had a white elephant gift exchange and I feel jipped. I got stuck w/ the . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:50:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924029&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Lady of Lake Merritt =P 2009-12-29T10:50:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966867&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace   The Boy Who Was Scared Of Santa       Simon clutched his bed sheets tightly. It was the night before Christmas and here was a boy who, like the vast majority of . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:16:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966867&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Jonathan S. 2009-12-29T10:16:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966626&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace             I  sing, I sing, I sing I sing as I do most everything I sing as I drive in my car I sing loudly there, no one . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:16:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966626&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-29T08:16:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966183&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace “Under the Influence” is a compelling essay by Scott Russell Sanders that reveals one man’s lifelong struggle to come to terms with his father’s alcoholism, a disease which ultimately . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:57:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966183&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Lorraine Lordi 2009-12-28T22:57:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966128&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace I had an interesting conversation with one of my brothers on Christmas Day.  His job entails negotiating with the Chinese on manufacturing contracts for an industrial firm based in Massachusetts.  . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:15:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966128&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Sheryl O. 2009-12-28T22:15:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966108&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace It's almost that time of year when we make New Year's resolutions. It is a time when we make apologies for what we haven't done with our lives and make promises to remedy our shortcomings in the . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:58:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966108&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2009-12-28T21:58:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966095&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace So, the POTUS goes on national news channels today, December 28, to speak about the Christmas Day attempt (way back on December 25), by a young terrorist, to blow up a plane headed to Detroit. For those . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:27:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966095&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Paul Z. 2009-12-28T21:27:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965793&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace As the first decade of the 21 st century comes to a close many historians are calling it one of the worst decades on record. And the year 2009 ranks among the top contenders for the title of worst . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:41:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965793&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Devin Barber 2009-12-28T17:41:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965683&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Hello Gather Friends! 1st Annual Poetry Contest : www.joyfulonline.net   Want to spread the word about upcoming contest. Please share as you see fit! I would hope that you read . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:15:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965683&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Pamela G. 2009-12-28T16:15:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace The impoverished nation of Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral home, keeps popping up in the news, and not in a good way.  Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian terrorist who tried to ignite a destructive . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:10:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697248032&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-28T07:10:32Z