http://duluth.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Duluth Life en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:54:16 GMT 2010-01-03T21:54:16Z 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=281474977707305&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace A couple of years ago, I wrote about the blight of MRSA in our household .  We are now 10 months MRSA free. Here is a list of things that we did --I gave this list to my hometown . . . Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:21:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707305&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Kat Eldred 2009-06-10T18:21:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977323180&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Travel, Grieving, the Writing Life, Book Reviews, Fictions, Random Musings, all my posts are here for your convenience, especially when the pull-down menus don't work. Please let me know if a link doesn't . . . Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:31:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977323180&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Beryl Singleton Bissell 2008-04-15T16:31:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673036&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Hey! I can't believe this group has been 'archived' when we have so much going on in Duluth. Mainly I am referring to the accursed "Red Plan" for our schools. My objection . . . Mon, 04 May 2009 03:22:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977673036&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Susan W. 2009-05-04T03:22:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977617625&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace   How far down the rabbit hole must we fall before we realize that we are falling. How many lies will we eat before we realize that nothing is true anymore. How stupid have we become that nothing . . . Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:36:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977617625&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Jeff Harrison 2009-03-08T19:36:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977613599&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace You never really knew me, my what, my when, my motivations. The words I would have spoke if only I could have. You laughed, you poked fun, you insulted, but you never really knew what I was saying, inside. . . . Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:54:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977613599&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Jeff Harrison 2009-03-04T00:54:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977604407&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96GQ4BG0&show_article=1   Just think of all the cheap sugar! I bet NW Minnesota is just estatic about this! And the next thing. CUBA HAS NO . . . Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:02:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977604407&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-02-23T21:02:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977604168&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state/MN&per_page=300   This will make for very interesting reading! I wonder how many "open" meeting the DFL will hold on these projects? . . . Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977604168&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-02-23T17:15:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977599949&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace http://www.scsuscholars.com/2009/02/its-too-hard.html What a great opinion piece! The DFL is currently on their "Magical Misery Tour" because they can't figure it out for themselves! . . . Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:52:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977599949&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-02-19T17:52:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977591587&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace http://minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/2009/02/sign-up-for-global-cooling-vs-global-warming.html   Ever notice that the "global warming" crowd never really wants to debate . . . Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:13:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977591587&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-02-11T22:13:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977590878&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace http://gawker.com/5147456/rahm-emanuel-bunked-for-free-in-pollsters-basement   Oh, my! You just know this is going to be covered differently in the press! Anybody remember the Sen Norm . . . Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:30:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977590878&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-02-11T13:30:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977587513&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/02/06/6502/dfl_legislators_keep_hearing_that_dreaded_four-letter_word_when Why must an alternative media source have to ask this question? Couldn't MPR or . . . Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:14:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977587513&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-02-07T22:14:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977584475&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Serving Our Troops is a Saint Paul based project providing a special message from home for soldiers and their families in the form of a 12-ounce steak from Saint Paul.  Whether preparing for deployment . . . Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:09:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977584475&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-02-04T18:09:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977269881&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Life After Sixty A poem dedicated to people over sixty. To motivate, uplift, and to prove that life doesn't stop at 60. Where have you been What have you done Have you set an example . . . Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:16:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977269881&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace wayne p. 2008-02-27T18:16:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572695&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace My 65th birthday approached. A retirement workshop in the summer of 2007 helped me prepare. I learned that I must sign up for Medicare when I turned 65. The presenter advised us to sign up a couple months . . . Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:10:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572695&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Ken Jackson 2009-01-23T20:10:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570959&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Where does God fit into our modern healthcare system? Most hospitals have Bibles in the bed side drawer and a chapel somewher in the hospital. Chaplains are on call 24 hours a day to talk, counsel, and . . . Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:33:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977570959&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace wayne p. 2009-01-22T03:33:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977567837&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace You know, against the wall, execution style?  Is it still going to be lawyers?  Or should it be banking executives?  Lobbiests?  Who do you all think we should have as the first against . . . Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:08:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977567837&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Jeff Harrison 2009-01-19T14:08:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560500&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace The snow squeaks beneath my boots.   In the early morning, car starters groan as drivers coax their vehicles to life.   It's been an especially cold winter in northern Minnesota.   . . . Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:36:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560500&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Jana B. 2009-01-12T02:36:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551747&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace I was talking to my friend on the phone.  She was telling me her tale of woe.  Their dog, a Mastiff cross, ran out in the road and was hit by a car.  They took the dog to the vet and fortunately . . . Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:05:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551747&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Susan W. 2009-01-03T04:05:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546652&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Let me encourage all of you to go out and visit your local nursing homes. There are so many people there who just need someone to talk to. Many of them have been left there to die all alone. Abandoned . . . Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:22:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546652&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace wayne p. 2008-12-28T04:22:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546427&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Thank God for poverty, death, pain, sickness, disease, confusion, and depression. Where would I be without them? Have you ever noticed how God seems to slip your mind when you are up and running. Isn't . . . Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:39:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977546427&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace wayne p. 2008-12-27T21:39:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977268495&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Why do people lie, cheat, steal, mame, and murder? What is the root cause of all their chaos? Why is there so much hate and anger in the world? Why do so many totally disregard the laws of the land? Some . . . Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:02:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977268495&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace wayne p. 2008-02-26T07:02:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977271476&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace THINGS WOMEN DON'T LIKE ABOUT MEN VERBAL ABUSE PHYSICAL ABUSE DRUNK WON'T LISTEN ROUGH INSTEAD OF ROMANTIC WON'T TAKE A BATH KNOW IT ALL EXTREMELY JEALOUS OVER PROTECTIVE . . . Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:10:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977271476&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace wayne p. 2008-02-29T04:10:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533358&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace This is to remind my Gather friends in Duluth MN about the Holiday Sale at the Snoodle Gallery--you'll find great books, ornamental ceramic art, including tree ornaments, and original watercolors. . . . Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:38:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977533358&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Bruce Henricksen 2008-12-12T14:38:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977528855&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Folks in the Duluth area might consider taking in the poetry reading on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. at the Snoodle Ceramic Gallery, 7107 Grand Ave. Deborah Cooper, Bruce Henricksen, and Barton Sutter will read . . . Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:26:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977528855&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Bruce Henricksen 2008-12-07T23:26:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977514902&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace I've recently mentioned, on Gather and on my own website, two wonderful regional magazines.  I lamented the loss of Minnesota Literature and praised another magazine called Homespun, devoted . . . Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:11:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977514902&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Bruce Henricksen 2008-11-22T22:11:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977507033&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace For many years American infantrymen were issued a "shelter half," which was half of a pup tent. At the end of a day, each soldier had to join up with a buddy so that the two of them could attach . . . Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:36:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977507033&grpId=3659174697239444&nav=Groupspace Bruce Henricksen 2008-11-14T22:36:31Z