http://ghsttwngossipist.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Cecile V. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:08:19 GMT 2010-01-02T05:08:19Z 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=281474976866085 My Greatest Christmas Gift The Los Angeles Daily News has been asking readers to write about their greatest Christmas gift, and post it on their new www.valleynews.com. I think giving is betteer . . . Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:01:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976866085 Cecile V. 2006-12-20T00:01:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976865399 Dec. 18th, 2006 05:45 pm Cold Winds Blow In Christmas Overload A cold wind doth blow here in Tujunga today. It's been maybe 40 degrees in my backyard, so with the wind chill factor that makes it . . . Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:05:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976865399 Cecile V. 2006-12-19T02:05:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861989 This version of the night before Christmas involves my dogs, and our first 4-wheeling partner Harry Lewellyn of www.eco4wd.com so I thought I'd publish here for animal lovers to enjoy as well:   . . . Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:49:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861989 Cecile V. 2006-12-14T16:49:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861542 These were written for the inside of our Christmas cards over the years. I'll bet you can figure out the tunes ;-) Oh Dusty Town of Bodie Oh dusty town of Bodie! How still we see the lie; . . . Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:57:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861542 Cecile V. 2006-12-14T02:57:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861216   What is your legacy? What will you leave behind? What will others say about you when you are gone? These questions were posted in November by someone else here, and I pondered them. Here is my . . . Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:29:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861216 Cecile V. 2006-12-13T18:29:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861185 Exploring California's Early Christmas past "Know then, that on the right hand of the Indies, there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise, and it . . . Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:49:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976861185 Cecile V. 2006-12-13T17:49:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976860677 Never........ Never.... never.......  I don't know what week number this is any more...and I lost about a week and a half or maybe two in the Christmas shuffle.....but here's today's . . . Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:10:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976860677 Cecile V. 2006-12-13T03:10:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976860285 I hate back to work dreams... but I had one once again last night.  I was receptionist at the YMCA for 13 years, and while I loved my job, and all of the members I checked in every day became my friends, . . . Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:49:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976860285 Cecile V. 2006-12-12T18:49:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858822 Eric's old high school friend Charlie finally came and looked at our badly in need of replacement driveway. We're hoping he will give us a decent price on concrete for it, and fencing to seperate . . . Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:31:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858822 Cecile V. 2006-12-11T04:31:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858812 Once again rummaging through old files, I find a notebook of journal entries. Monday April 18, 1988 First Driver's License - A Mother's Woe Today my son got his driver's license. The old . . . Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:12:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858812 Cecile V. 2006-12-11T04:12:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858659 This was written for my website a few years back.  I also wrote the song, which can easily be sung to the tune of "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" Oh dusty town of Bodie! How still we . . . Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:30:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858659 Cecile V. 2006-12-10T23:30:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976856561 One & two & kick & punch....one & two & kick & punch Have to work off my sugary lunch... One and two & kick & punch...one and two & kick & punch Two half hours . . . Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:05:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976856561 Cecile V. 2006-12-08T01:05:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976856390 My Dear Santa We travel a few miles outside of California into Nevada to find Santa Claus  stuck in the  Bullfrog, Nevada,  jail for Christmas of 2003.   While he’s . . . Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:55:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976856390 Cecile V. 2006-12-07T20:55:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976856245   In a rousing blog on myspace, a young adult internet acquaintance of mine celebrated the New York restraunt ban on trans fat by whipping up a plethora of cinnabons, and greasy fried chicken. . . . Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:27:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976856245 Cecile V. 2006-12-07T17:27:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976854453 Yuletide Trails & Merry Mining Camp Days Pioneer Christmas Trails In the 1840s vast lands, rich in soil and precious minerals, lured hardy men and women across barren prairies and deserts, over . . . Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:33:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976854453 Cecile V. 2006-12-05T17:33:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976853089 The holidays have gotten the best of me and it's hard to fit in the Tae Bo. But I spent a day moving around all of my family room furniture, so surely this has to count for something. I just hope after . . . Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:13:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976853089 Cecile V. 2006-12-04T03:13:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976852903 Well, damnit! The halls are decked and I was in the Christmas spirit. Went to my computer to do my online shopping, as I have for the last 4 or 5 years. Three tries and two different companies, my credit . . . Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:53:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976852903 Cecile V. 2006-12-03T22:53:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976850520 "Here You Go Francis Good-bye..."   I got this beautiful little note from my high school friend about her Father's final tribute last Friday. The family sent Frank off in . . . Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:01:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976850520 Cecile V. 2006-11-30T17:01:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976849218   Just looked at my calendar and this is actually the beginning of my 9th week  of exercise. I have been working out at least 3 days a week, either Tae Bo, my exercise bike, my mini . . . Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:05:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976849218 Cecile V. 2006-11-29T03:05:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848798 Nov. 27th, 2006 09:53 pm Christimas is Coming..... With no children in the Vargo household, Christmas is all about the dogs and the cats and the birds. Maggie Moore Ho Dog loves Christmas, and this will . . . Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:20:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848798 Cecile V. 2006-11-28T17:20:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848784 Nov. 27th, 2006 09:53 pm Christimas is Coming..... With no children in the Vargo household, Christmas is all about the dogs and the cats and the birds. Maggie Moore Ho Dog loves Christmas, and this will . . . Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:05:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848784 Cecile V. 2006-11-28T17:05:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848469 Thanksgiving Travels Past And Future   We started out the big turkey day with close friends that we had all but lost touch with thanks to suburban time and distance. All gathered in rembrance . . . Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:50:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848469 Cecile V. 2006-11-28T04:50:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848152 Who Am I? I have been many things in the past. …… daughter, sister, cousin, girlfriend, wife, mother, volunteer church secretary, YMCA volunteer & employee Each helping to define . . . Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:38:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976848152 Cecile V. 2006-11-27T20:38:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976843767 Nov. 21st, 2006 09:01 am Pausing For A Few Words Before Heading Out Again Lest you think I've been sloughing off on the exercise and the writing, I was actually back in the 1870's once again . . . Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:10:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976843767 Cecile V. 2006-11-21T17:10:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976840290 I'm crazy shopping and packing, and have a Thanksgiving  dinner at a restraunt, thank God, with my Mom this evening, since we have other obligations on the actual day. I'm off to 1870's . . . Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:37:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976840290 Cecile V. 2006-11-16T21:37:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976839634 Packing to leave this Friday, so barely squeezed in a some Tae bo: Nov. 14 1/2 hour Tae Bo II Basic   Anybody else got anything to report? Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:53:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976839634 Cecile V. 2006-11-16T02:53:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976839336       For days, the young people of the silver town of Cerro Gordo scoured the mountainsides for what native wildflowers and shrubbery they could find late in the month of August . . . Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:34:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976839336 Cecile V. 2006-11-15T18:34:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838895 I am sorry to say I have nothing to record today.  I was busy helping my neighbor and a good friend of mine with a painting job outside of my house....I didn't paint, but I supervised to make . . . Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:38:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838895 Cecile V. 2006-11-15T02:38:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838809 My First Published Works About a year and a half ago, my friend Robin Flinchum asked if I would submit a proposal to the First Annual Nevada Boomtown Conference. I had a little piece on the old silver . . . Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:31:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838809 Cecile V. 2006-11-15T00:31:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838025 note:  This slice of California history is from my website this month.  Thought I'd share it here for my gather friends, and would love to hear your comments.  From Freight Wagons To . . . Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:54:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838025 Cecile V. 2006-11-14T01:54:36Z