http://flatland.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:53:21 GMT 2009-12-31T15:53:21Z 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=281474977907374 King Coal Causes a Ruckus in  Kentucky Kentucky Division of Mine Permits director Ron Mills was fired on Friday by the Bashear Administration. The governor is not required to give a reason for . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:11:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907374 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-11-18T23:11:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899755 Since we're all doing nothing posts this seems like a perfect opportunity to catch you all up on what I'm doing, to wit, nothing. Not a thing.  Sleeping mostly.  Waking up to read yet another . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:11:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899755 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-11-13T19:11:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887423 According to the BBC World News, H1N1 flu has surfaced in a small Amazon tribe in Venezuela.  Because of the lack of vaccines available to indigenous peoples here, it has been likened to "hidden . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:23:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887423 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-11-06T00:23:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887124 Eighteen people in Kentucky are now confirmed dead from H1N1.  This has prompted Louisville to hold mass vaccinations for members of high risk groups.  Other clinics are to be held in Lexington . . . Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:15:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887124 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-11-05T21:15:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977883917 How I Write Since good writing is much discussed lately, I thought I’d throw open the closet door and reveal my secrets to the world.  Or as much of the world as is still on Gather – . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:21:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977883917 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-11-04T02:21:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874874 The Complete Recluse Celebrates Halloween the East Kentucky Way! I’ve begun my Halloween preparations.  First, I’ve spray painted over my name on my mailbox and written Vacant . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:07:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874874 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-28T22:07:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977867459 Coming up the drive just now I saw a spotted brown newt – one of the little brown ones with the rows of orange spots.  It trundled along with that “swimming on land” gait that such . . . Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:53:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977867459 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-23T22:53:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977862927 I wanted to share the email I got today from Organizing for America.  For those of you who doubt that the public wants health care reform, you might consider this: It's late; I know you've gotten . . . Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:41:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977862927 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-21T08:41:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977862643 You may never have given this much thought, but I’m here to tell you that an orphaned only child living alone in the woods sometimes gets lonely.  (The fact that I have 3 siblings only makes . . . Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:19:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977862643 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-21T03:19:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977857537 The CDC announced yesterday that the level of swine flu infection has reached epidemic levels in some American cities and states. 41 States have reported widespread flu. According to the BBC , Anne . . . Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:11:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977857537 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-17T08:11:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853915 All this rain has reminded me of my father.  He was a man with his own sense of humor, to say the least.  He also had a fundamental understanding that if God wanted him to hire help, He wouldn’t . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:46:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853915 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-14T23:46:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853867 Today's tale is dedicated to the recently deceased William Safire, whose excellent book on words and their usage was called In Love With Norma Loquendi. ( Norma Loquendi means everyday speech).  . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:11:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853867 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-14T23:11:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853361 It's raining.  I'm depressed.  My family is mean to me.  No one understands me.  My hair is turning gray.  My feet are too big.  Three of my friends didn't even comment on . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:38:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853361 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-14T17:38:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851461 Back in the dear, dark '60's I met a guy who, in the interest of expanding his mind, claimed to be walking through the woods eating every mushroom he found.  When I found this little beauty this . . . Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:24:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851461 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-13T16:24:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851240 I'm lazy and I don't drink beer. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:11:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851240 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-13T13:11:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977850132 Nobody made me.   Here...   And more to the point: Here. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:28:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977850132 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-12T19:28:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841416 I’ve been pondering the birds and the bees.  It seems to me that we take far to little time to contemplate their example. For instance, birds… Birds know.  The smallest warbler . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:09:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841416 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-10-06T20:09:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826725 Over the summer I did a lot of reading, for better or worse.  To keep this from being the total time-waste that it was, I decided to keep the dictionary by me.  I looked up words I didn’t . . . Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:38:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826725 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-09-25T22:38:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826619 The Thumb It was 1970 and the Vietnam war was in full swing, fueled by the lives of young men as it lumbered slowly toward nothing. My Ex, XIII, was 18 years old.  He’d dropped out . . . Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:08:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826619 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-09-25T21:08:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826598 Wordplay – I Dress the Man Ice cap Coat of arms Sleeves of care Button mushrooms Pockets of gas Scarf it down Shirty response Selected shorts Dutchman’s breeches Wind socks Shoe . . . Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:49:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826598 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-09-25T20:49:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823710 Wordplay – I Make a Man Hair of the dog Head of cabbage Potato eyes Nose of Bordeaux Mouth of the river Ears of corn Neck of the woods Shoulder of the road Tone arm Elbow macaroni Hand of . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:37:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823710 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-09-23T19:37:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800778 Once sinew, muscle, bone, Now I am but a Tiger’s pelt Tossed down before Some fat uxorious merchant’s Spoiled wife. I was Shadow and line, Invisible in the Sunlit grass, Red sunset . . . Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:52:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800778 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-09-05T03:52:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977776278 OK, Here's mine.  The band is Morphine - most of these songs were written by Mark Sandman. The late, much lamented Mark Sandman... Pick your Artist: Morphine Are you a male or female: . . . Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:50:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977776278 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-17T00:50:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775321 I’ve decided I’m going to stop worrying and learn to love the bomb.  Or, more precisely, I’m going to stop arguing and start making money. So here, for your approval, is my new . . . Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:37:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977775321 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-15T23:37:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768181   Lately I’ve been engaged in a rite of passage, one of those things that separate the men from the boys, the sheep from the goats, the wheat from the chaff. I’m teaching my kid to . . . Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:22:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768181 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-09T18:22:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766290 Camel Meal Some wag planted vines at the zoo, (In the dark, so nobody knew). The camels were ecstatic, Their munching emphatic, Since zoo cud now tastes like kudzu! Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:04:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766290 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-07T14:04:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766092 There once was a small New World monk With a tail like an elephant’s trunk. He could climb up to heaven, And count to eleven And prop himself up when quite drunk. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:30:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766092 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-07T09:30:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764649 When annoyed and tempted to sue, I take time to think these things through. Why pay an attorney When sweet revenge comes free? Oh, what a little kudzu can do! Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:02:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764649 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-06T10:02:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977763699 The Limerick’s muse attracts those Put off by the harshness of prose. It seems less of a crime To zing with a rhyme Those whom one secretly loathes. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:28:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977763699 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-05T16:28:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977763484 Ode To Me, (Owed to Me...) Crazy is lazy Color me in Shock There’s Nothing for it Just knock off my Block. Rock On ! Nutso is Just So And So goes my Tale I’ll just Beat my Breast . . . Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977763484 Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS 2009-08-05T12:54:19Z