http://jael.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by P.W. Dowdy en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:57:22 GMT 2010-01-03T13:57:22Z 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=281474977971894 Many opportunities present themselves daily for us to make allowances for the mistakes of others. Some human hearts do.  Some human hearts are not blinded to their own imperfections. . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:01:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971894 P.W. Dowdy 2010-01-02T03:01:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880438      "Hey,  Sir,"  Kim scolds her husband as he gulps  a glass of  juice and then opens the back  door.  "You need more of a breakfast than that." . . . Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:05:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880438 P.W. Dowdy 2009-11-16T03:05:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977852410 The rain comes and I sit still, my heart listening for its favorite friend.  My thoughts are not of this world, as if thoughts at such time could exist at all.  For when rain comes, who . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:38:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977852410 P.W. Dowdy 2009-10-14T04:38:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977776242   Do you like to listen to those short blurbs recorded on voice mail screening devices? An unusual one I heard this morning chanted:                          . . . Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:30:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977776242 P.W. Dowdy 2009-08-17T00:30:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679153 "You crazy, Oni," Petal shouts  from behind bugged eyes in that way of hers when she loses her patience with me. She has  found me squatting near an overgrowth just beyond . . . Sun, 10 May 2009 23:00:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679153 P.W. Dowdy 2009-05-10T23:00:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977630201     A Psalm of Life   Tell me not in mournful numbers life is but an empty dream. For the soul is dead that slumbers and things are not what they seem.   . . . Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:38:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977630201 P.W. Dowdy 2009-03-19T06:38:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977621384 The human triune soul is one of mind, of body and of Spirit. Our two previous discussions  on preparing for personal economic recovery dealt respectively with a positive mindset and a healthy . . . Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:50:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977621384 P.W. Dowdy 2009-03-12T03:50:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977610601 What are you willing to do differently to stimulate the economy of your own household? From the title of this post, you may have already guessed it's slant. Thats right, it is a treatise on the . . . Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:10:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977610601 P.W. Dowdy 2009-03-01T07:10:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595802 It is impossible to prepare the self to receive increase when the mind focuses on lack. Limitation thinking is its own limitation.  Being receptive to increase in  life is step one toward . . . Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:28:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595802 P.W. Dowdy 2009-02-16T00:28:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977587051 So here I am. Ready to take on another day's work.  It is almost midnight.  Almost the big so-called Big Day.  All the fanfare started when one of the mortals came up with this . . . Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:31:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977587051 P.W. Dowdy 2009-02-07T06:31:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484849 You see them throughout the year, clipboard in hand to which they have attached a pen. Alone and chasing behind you or seated with others at a cloth-lined table, they are after your signature. Usually when . . . Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:31:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484849 P.W. Dowdy 2008-10-21T21:31:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977479894 Who are you? That self dressed in a polished facade you wish us to believe is you? Who are you? That look-alike composite of our personalities you ask to camouflage fathomed insecurities? . . . Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:46:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977479894 P.W. Dowdy 2008-10-16T22:46:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977431685 Brown and gold and red leaves awaiting, the summer dwindles to allow cool breezes to take its place. Labor Day approaches.  No more white clothes after Monday, the old fashion dictate . . . Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:50:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977431685 P.W. Dowdy 2008-08-27T17:50:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328300 One can give because others do, in anticipation of not being outdone. One can give because tradition pressures one to...Christmas, weddings and the church's plate. And one can give . . . Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:09:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328300 P.W. Dowdy 2008-04-21T02:09:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977285325 The time change happened early this year so winter must be passing.  Having been unduly cold here in Southern California, a lot of people suffered one or more of the winter blahs.  Got . . . Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:50:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977285325 P.W. Dowdy 2008-03-15T22:50:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977242838 Hello Connections and Groups,  A non-Gather project with an early spring target date will consume the bulk of my time until then. Just wanted you to know that I won't be around  . . . Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:33:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977242838 P.W. Dowdy 2008-01-28T22:33:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977225420 I can't help but empathize with today's famous people. Yes, yes, it is the old matter of public domain.  Once someone achieves notoriety, the accomplishment exposes  . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:35:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977225420 P.W. Dowdy 2008-01-10T03:35:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977202348 We have many choices for food. We have drive-thru fast food, take-out food, restaurant food, food we prepare from scratch at home--and even food we don't have to cook (like apples and lettuce). . . . Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:27:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977202348 P.W. Dowdy 2007-12-13T06:27:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176255 Hollywood is a funny sort of town.  So much goes on here that we locals raise scant an eyebrow when a new momentum begins to build. Take the writers' strike for example.  . . . Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:45:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176255 P.W. Dowdy 2007-11-13T20:45:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123343 Listen to this and tell me what you think.  It is a poem my mother encouraged me to memorize when I was twelve:                                                    . . . Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:12:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123343 P.W. Dowdy 2007-09-21T00:12:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977116438 I tried  drinking it in undergrad school.   I would hit the main student union building each morning after my 17th Century French Lit class and order a large Styrofoam cup.  . . . Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:59:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977116438 P.W. Dowdy 2007-09-14T00:59:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977114055 In respectful memory of all the innocent living beings who fell victim to the terrorist bullies of 911.             What kind of world do we want? Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:33:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977114055 P.W. Dowdy 2007-09-11T20:33:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977083326   I know his name because the woman  stops unloading their shopping cart long enough to say, "Hear me out before you accuse me, Joe.  You might find  . . . Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:37:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977083326 P.W. Dowdy 2007-08-12T01:37:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977080410   Raised in a  typical southern household, my parents  rules possessed a life of their own.   The rules fostered guidelines for my siblings and me.  These . . . Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:23:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977080410 P.W. Dowdy 2007-08-09T23:23:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977078222 You know me as Patricia D.  My full name is Patricia W. Dowdy As I am becoming more adept at utilizing all of the opportunities available through Gather,  I see that adding my last . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:07:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977078222 P.W. Dowdy 2007-08-07T04:07:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977073410 An old cocktail story tells of a shabbily dressed man walking about a littered path.  He stops many times to pick up  discarded paper along the way.  Each time, onlookers hear the . . . Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:42:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977073410 P.W. Dowdy 2007-08-05T02:42:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977066366      "I suppose it is the trend now," Aunt Sophie says.          Her summoning me to her house came in the middle of the . . . Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:11:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977066366 P.W. Dowdy 2007-07-26T02:11:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977042504      Many words exist to explain human connections.  Friends, may describe its highest form.       Friendship brings out the best in us.  . . . Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:22:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977042504 P.W. Dowdy 2007-07-25T17:22:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032986 One of the following details about me is incorrect.  Which one?  1. I graduated from West Point.  The paper chase was grueling.  Then I figured it out.  Study Pat, study! . . . Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:02:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032986 P.W. Dowdy 2007-06-18T20:02:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014918      I am a baby-boomer and there are three times in my journey here on this planet that I can remember  in running details.       Ask me about . . . Wed, 30 May 2007 21:35:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014918 P.W. Dowdy 2007-05-30T21:35:41Z