http://harmonygarden.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Harmony Garden en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:36:11 GMT 2010-01-07T11:36:11Z 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=281474977974866&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Not too long ago some plumbing broke in our house. This came to my attention when somebody flushed the toilet upstairs and the ceiling in the basement family room crashed down onto one of the cats. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:35:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974866&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2010-01-04T02:35:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971826&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace OK, we've got 2009 behind us. Once again it's time for me to dust off the Ouija Board, lay out the Tarot Cards, gaze at the coffee grounds (I'm not too crazy about tea), get into the old Rum & Eggnog, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:22:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971826&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2010-01-01T22:22:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965269&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace           To all my wonderful Gather friends: I was able to get back into Gather and even open mail through a Foxfire program one of my patients told me about.  . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:52:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965269&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-12-28T06:52:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962822&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Today is Christmas Eve. In my circle of friends and family, this marks the last turn into the home stretch of the season's Holiday parties. This year was more hectic than usual because I had readings . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:21:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962822&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-12-25T17:21:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939815&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace OK, has anybody besides me noticed that Santa Claus is not getting as much attention as he used to get? At Christmas time when I was a kid, you could not throw a candy cane without hitting a fat . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939815&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-12-10T00:14:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928410&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace   My favorite artist ( Bruce of course) and my favorite farm.  When I am very old and living in a cozy room, I want this painting on my wall so I can remember the lovely life we had . . . Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:44:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928410&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-12-03T05:44:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924110&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Have you ever? Have you ever felt so depressed and discouraged, that you want to sit down and cry, or give up and die? Have you ever? . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:07:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924110&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Jacqueline D. 2009-11-30T19:07:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919272&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace “Of course we’ll have Thanksgiving at our house this year, Aunt Ellen! I’ll write notes to everyone and tell them!” Mom hung up the phone with a crooked smile and began to sing . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:32:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919272&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-11-26T18:32:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917573&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace For my birthday Bruce painted me a watercolor.  Coming out of a time of solitude, he felt lifted to try a  new technique.  He rumpled and crumpled the watercolor paper and layered . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:09:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917573&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-11-25T18:09:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912691&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Carolion was one of my first friends on Gather I will miss her dearly and simply wanted to honor the gift that she was on my journey.  Her art charmed and inspired me, her words were like event . . . Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:42:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912691&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-11-22T18:42:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901257&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace I might be the only male resident of Michigan who is not spending these early days of November stockpiling ammunition and Slim Jims in anticipation of deer season. It’s not that I object to . . . Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901257&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-11-15T00:00:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884280&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Hello Friends, Is anyone else as frustrated as I am over the newest upgrade? I can access both pages, but since the first one is a bit easier, though the drop-down windows just slow things down a lot . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:28:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884280&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Marilyn is looking for whatever there is. N. 2009-11-04T14:28:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880321&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Well, it's another Autumn here in Michigan. Tigers fans are trying to get excited about watching the Yankees and the Phillies in the World Series; hunters are polishing their bullets and stockpiling . . . Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:57:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880321&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-11-01T18:57:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977859448&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace   It was such a fun day when Alison visited MayHill Farm and the joy still lingers.  Graciously, she sent a thank you gift.    . . . Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:06:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977859448&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-10-19T05:06:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977855172&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace   Well, they pulled it off. My son and my New Daughter (that "in-law" stuff seems like a pretty impersonal way to talk about the love of my child's life) have joined hands and become husband and . . . Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:49:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977855172&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-10-15T18:49:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845524&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace   The kids will be getting married in less than a week now. I find myself walking around with a big stupid grin on my face at the thought that my son - who I am pretty sure does not yet know . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:07:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845524&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-10-09T08:07:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837545&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Right now in Kentucky, on a ridge near Rosine, Kentucky, music is wafting over those rolling Kentucky hills.  That music is bluegrass music, and the annual Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass music festival . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:21:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837545&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Jacqueline D. 2009-10-04T00:21:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977833786&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace I received a pretty unique voice mail the other day. According to the caller ID it was from a friend who likes to talk almost as much as I do, so I was not all that surprised to see that her message . . . Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:42:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977833786&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-10-01T13:42:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977828310&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace I wonder how your days go, you may wonder about mine as well.  This was how my day went yesterday.  It is a bit of a long story, I hope you can carry on. Sending my . . . Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:54:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977828310&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-09-27T19:54:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825528&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Want to have your say in the political process?  How would you like to be able to voice your opinion and give input on tax reform?  Well here's your chance.  The President has asked his . . . Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:49:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977825528&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Jacqueline D. 2009-09-24T23:49:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823969&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mozilla Service Week Mozilla is a software organization that believes in the people of thr world working together instead of against each other. They have instituted 'Mozilla Service Week' . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:34:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823969&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Donald H. 2009-09-23T22:34:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823705&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace I moved to Southeast Michigan on a blind date in the Spring of 1975. When I arrived I was a White Sox fan, mostly because I had spent my formative high school years within easy obscenity-shouting distance . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:37:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823705&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-09-23T19:37:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822768&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace No recipes for you today, not quite.  But how about some free ecookbooks to download?  I don't know about, but I always like free.  So on to the links: http://www.recipelion.com/index.php/hct/Free-eCookbooks . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:52:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822768&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Jacqueline D. 2009-09-23T03:52:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815506&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace           Every once in a while I visit Mrs. Peel, just to remember you.   Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:57:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815506&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-09-17T01:57:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815090&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace My son is going to get married in a little less than a month. For Nan and I this is the coolest thing ever, since we are crazy about his fiance, her parents, her brother, her friends - and her taste in . . . Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:31:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815090&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-09-16T19:31:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805891&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace "So what's on your minds, guys?" It was a really open-ended question to ask a group of incarcerated teenage boys, and the range of answers I got pretty much lived up to my expectations; "Eatin' . . . Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:07:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805891&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-09-09T18:07:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805665&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Kansan, if you say so. But...can it be that this place this gentle farm, this holy ground has been calling to me from birth? Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:22:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805665&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-09-09T15:22:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797295&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Who'd have thought good crops Could come from a bad seed? It was a pretty good line in a really good poem, entitled "Look At Me," by a seventeen year old African-American poet named Donald. This . . . Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:22:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797295&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2009-09-02T16:22:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793161&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace I know the look of crisis, I see it in the eyes, on the skin with the vital signs and in the voices of the caregivers.  Her son opened the door and said, "I think my Mom has a fever but the thermometer . . . Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:32:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793161&grpId=3659174697239280&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2009-08-30T06:32:41Z