http://dayinthelife.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by A Day in the Life en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:56:04 GMT 2010-01-08T11:56:04Z 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=281474977253825&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace For some reason celebrating my birthday has always been very important to me. This year I even took the evening off from night school to go to a charity event for Central Park. I paid fifty dollars, . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:37:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977253825&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2008-02-09T11:37:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977253832&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace   The coordinator of the school's ESL department is Chinese.   For the past few years he has organized a LARGE trip (45 students and 5 chaperones) to see a New Year celebration hat is . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:56:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977253832&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2008-02-09T11:56:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977253953&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Patricia said I reminded her of her own mother. OH CHRIST! I thought to myself, the kiss of death. "Do you like your mother?" I asked. Might as well find out the bitter truth. "Yes, I like . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:57:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977253953&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-02-09T15:57:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977254102&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Anna Mae Langford Leigh was my maternal grandmother, born in Oaxaca, Mexico, on February 15, 1903, in a polygamous Mormon colony. Her father, Isaac Fielding Langford had had two wives. Her . . . Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:38:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977254102&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2008-02-10T01:38:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977258013&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Little Kathy was still a tiny tyke when she felt it was time to get moving - moving up and moving out. It all started one night when Mother read the story of the Three Little Pigs to Little Kathy. . . . Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:41:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977258013&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2008-02-14T05:41:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259106&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace On a recent flight to Florida I was in the "cattle" section, as usual.  It's only three hours, I thought.  I can squeeze my aging frame into a 17" wide Naugahyde-lined, . . . Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:36:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259106&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Casey Dennis 2008-02-15T14:36:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261268&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Sitting in the airport in Amsterdam, my daughter beside me, waiting for Lufthansa flight #23 to Frankfurt. Wollé drove us to the airport. We stayed in his room the whole time we were there. I was . . . Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:00:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261268&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-02-18T15:00:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977269126&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace I decided to work on my Etsy dot com page (skgart dot etsy dot com)  and add 3 drawings today. I also decided that I would try and paint every afternoon before dinner. I started a 10" x 10" . . . Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:51:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977269126&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Sarah (can't believe the year's over) G. 2008-02-26T22:51:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977269594&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace In my absence, my house has been turn around, focused on the care and keeping of Teresa, Cedrick and Kalypso. Mattresses in the downstairs front room, my room has been shifted, shoved, pushed and rearranged. . . . Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:36:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977269594&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-02-27T11:36:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977277121&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Thursday March 6, 2008.             Late last night as the hour approached 11pm, Sarah gripped her crisp powerball ticket. During the day, her mind . . . Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:43:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977277121&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Sarah (can't believe the year's over) G. 2008-03-06T15:43:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977279320&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace My wife loves rain.  Personally, all it does for me is make me want to take a nap.  But I have a feeling that if the rain that we are having in Vermont today continues for much longer it is going . . . Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:31:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977279320&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace George McNaughton 2008-03-08T22:31:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977279332&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace A Beethoven concert by the Boston Symphony. I'm there with Bill, he has season tickets and often invites me to go along. I really owe any knowledge of or experience in listening to live classical music . . . Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:53:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977279332&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-03-08T22:53:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977279347&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace   Another Saturday, another trip. For all the time I have been a teacher I have seemed to work closely with the student who often give the school a hard time. I invited a general education . . . Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:10:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977279347&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2008-03-08T23:10:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281486&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Great fun last night. RG, Lotti, Edwin, Joe, and Rise agreed to meet at my house for dinner. The premise is that we will all read sections from our journals and RG will record it. Things were a bit chaotic . . . Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:50:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281486&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-03-11T12:50:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281973&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace For those not living in the Ohio River valley, last weekend we got hit with 9-12 inches of snow. Well, having just bought a new digital camera and wanting to try it out, I decided to take a few pics. . . . Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:55:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281973&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Chas Andrews 2008-03-11T21:55:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281772&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace   My story, "Reading Your Work Aloud," was published in the most recent edition of Writers Weekly - the most widely-circulated freelance writing ezine in the world!   . . . Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:03:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281772&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2008-03-12T10:03:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977287343&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace It's late. The party was wild, sort-of fun, I think, not sure. With RG sometimes it's hard to tell whether it was a sociological experiment, a performance, or a cruel joke. Perhaps it's the . . . Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:52:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977287343&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-03-18T11:52:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977287966&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Well, it's a good thing I didn't worry before my surgery last week. It's a good thing that I reveled in every moment of being at home, rather than spoiling it by mentally leaping into "what . . . Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:06:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977287966&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Patry Francis 2008-03-19T02:06:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977291619&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace An intense discussion with RG tonight over dinner. An article in the weekly BOSTON PHOENIX about performance Art was the trigger. The article defined what it is, what it isn't, who is doing it and . . . Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:24:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977291619&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-03-23T16:24:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296366&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace RG and I rarely go to concerts, but a month ago when I saw the big poster outside the Harvard U. Events ticket office announcing that Joan Baez was coming to Cambridge on March 28th, it's like my . . . Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:26:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296366&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-03-29T14:26:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296976&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace I've been wanting to re-purple my hair and finally made an appointment at a salon I hadn't gone to in years. Turns out the only stylist who'd EVER butchered my hair was the one who was to . . . Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:25:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296976&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2008-03-30T05:25:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977298821&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Never having been an athletic type, being brought up in family where lounging on the deck of a comfortable yacht was about as much "sport" as they engaged in, I came to appreciate the joys of . . . Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:26:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977298821&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2008-04-01T12:26:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170042&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace This morning I'm told that Teresa, Kalypso's mother, will have to go to  Boston.  Her  baby, Kalypso, was premature, born in the 26th week. Although now 5 months old, it is about . . . Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:04:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170042&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2007-11-07T12:04:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977171093&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace It is 9 pm and my daughter is sitting with Virginie, another teenager, watching a film on TV that the children made about Stalin. Here on Friedrichshof they use theater and acting as a vehicle to teach . . . Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:18:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977171093&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2007-11-08T12:18:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977177806&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace We were both at the children's S.D. (Selbstdarstellung) tonight. Claudia was leading. Otto was still flat on his back, but feeling better. My daughter has surprised and impressed me with her insights, . . . Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:08:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977177806&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Cynthia C. 2007-11-15T12:08:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192962&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace   In a NYC apartment It's always a tricky thing having someone else in charge of how hot your home will be.   And I live in an old building - something's always going wrong.   . . . Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:22:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192962&grpId=3659174697246260&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2007-12-03T11:22:51Z