http://julielindahl.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Julie L. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:47:32 GMT 2010-01-05T09:47:32Z 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=281474977950977   The snow flakes fall like messengers from heaven. Each carries a memory of the old year or a wish for the new. Under the falling snow there is a silence so profound that if I dared dwell in it, . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:06:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950977 Julie L. 2009-12-17T08:06:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909856 The trees have lost their leaves and the water birds have flown south. Nature has made a space which feels like it needs filling. It isn't so strange that we choose this barren time of year for giving . . . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:40:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909856 Julie L. 2009-11-20T08:40:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977856096 Mrs. Bengtsson's wide smile issues from under her garden hat. Her head vibrates unwillingly back and forth. This is the mark that age has left on her person in order to signify that here walks . . . Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:59:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977856096 Julie L. 2009-10-16T07:59:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840944 Once upon a time, not very long ago, our considerations of what we ate were driven by what was available to eat in our surroundings, what the season delivered, what we knew how to prepare and what was . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:26:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840944 Julie L. 2009-10-06T14:26:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813367 Strings of gold grow from the hanging birch. There can be no tree that succumbs so gracefully to the end of the season as this one. The fish swim in the reflection of this tree’s last grand . . . Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:11:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813367 Julie L. 2009-09-15T15:11:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800198 Hi Everyone, Did you know that it is because water behaves in 66 ways that man cannot explain that there is life on earth? In the new Water: Source of Life issue of my free e-magazine, www.nordicwellbeing.com . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:51:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800198 Julie L. 2009-09-04T17:51:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744434 The even, calm smell of bees’ wax fills the air in the small house where I have harvested the first of this summer’s honey. The centrifuge, my main tool for extracting the honey from the intricate . . . Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:17:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744434 Julie L. 2009-07-21T07:17:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977715476 Birch branches decorate every portal and the marguerites form small islands of play on freshly mowed lawns. The multi-colored lupine shoot their way out of the earth to be ready in time for tucking into . . . Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:46:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977715476 Julie L. 2009-06-19T08:46:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977699301 Hi Gather Friends, So often humans are portrayed as being in conflict with nature. What we forget is that we are a part of it and that simple shift in perception could well go a long way to solving . . . Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:54:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977699301 Julie L. 2009-06-02T18:54:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687203   I hop in the jeep and barely notice the complaint screeching from the rusty car door hinges. Like an old dame who has seen a lot of life, my jeep freely expresses her opinion. Like another resolute . . . Wed, 20 May 2009 09:10:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687203 Julie L. 2009-05-20T09:10:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682138 Hello dear friends at Gather. It has occurred to me recently that what many of us our doing here at Gather is helping one another to learn to live. That can sound patronising but isn't given the . . . Thu, 14 May 2009 06:01:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682138 Julie L. 2009-05-14T06:01:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977659334   Up on the hill overlooking my new neighborhood in a field that hasn't been plowed for centuries, I close my eyes and greet the morning. The noise of the traffic from the main road below . . . Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:13:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977659334 Julie L. 2009-04-18T08:13:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977626767 Hello Friends at Gather, I just wanted to welcome you to the March issue of my free e-magazine, www.nordicwellbeing.com,  which takes a look at the renewed importance of home in these difficult . . . Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:28:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977626767 Julie L. 2009-03-16T15:28:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977626747   As I pack the sprouted tulip bulbs into pots at the front steps of my home, I'm quietly humming one of the songs from this weekend's Musikfestivalen (Music Festival) final. I'm not . . . Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:11:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977626747 Julie L. 2009-03-16T15:11:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977602814   It is an intense, sunny day out on the ice in front of my island home. The mature winter sun slowly gets her way over the cold temperature and the thin crust of snow on the surface of the ice . . . Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:02:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977602814 Julie L. 2009-02-22T08:02:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595235 As the daylight hours grow longer here in the cold North, I've begun thinking about my garden and all of the plans that I have for it this 2009. The only problem is that gardening can be an expensive . . . Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:28:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595235 Julie L. 2009-02-15T11:28:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595229 This being Valentine's Day weekend, I know that I should perhaps be throwing some oysters, clams and other libido-promoting foods into my pots. I cannot help it, though, I'm stuck on quite different . . . Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:59:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595229 Julie L. 2009-02-15T10:59:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566641 After a long day of feeding my own and other people's children yesterday, I asked my husband whether he can remember feeling as a child that there were all sorts of things he could not eat. I had . . . Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:00:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566641 Julie L. 2009-01-18T10:00:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551090 It was something that could neither be created nor destroyed and I had just tuned into it. That voice was love.   I'm posting snippets from the memoir I am writing which will be available . . . Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:44:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977551090 Julie L. 2009-01-02T14:44:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537994   It's that time of year when a reflective mood begins to sweep across the earth. The year is done. It will never come back again. Yet the prospect of a new time is ahead of us. For myself, . . . Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:40:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537994 Julie L. 2008-12-17T15:40:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977529195 Hi Everyone, As Gather is calling for good holiday season ideas, I thought I would let members know about http:// www.nordicwellbeing.com /web , my e-magazine which this December presents the idea . . . Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:58:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977529195 Julie L. 2008-12-08T11:58:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977509993   While the world mulls over its current dilemma, up here in the North we are still dealing with the same November problem. What on earth happened to the light? When the morning alarm rings most . . . Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:00:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977509993 Julie L. 2008-11-18T13:00:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977499785 To my great delight, I found that I had been named the winner of the recent writer's competition in Gather Community Press. I have reread the Terms and Conditions and see that I need to submit an . . . Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:31:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977499785 Julie L. 2008-11-06T20:31:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977485389 Oh dear. "What is she thinking now?", you might wonder. Isn't a title like "The Rotten Cookbook for Good Health" just naturalness gone too far? No, not really although I do agree . . . Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:21:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977485389 Julie L. 2008-10-22T15:21:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484425   The Canada geese on the horizon ruffle their wings in preparation for flight. Suddenly the leader of the flock lets out an unmistakable cry and in a miracle of natural engineering, unfolds his . . . Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:10:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484425 Julie L. 2008-10-21T15:10:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459795 Wellness seems like one of those things that we have the privilege of worrying about when times are good. When they aren't, it gets tossed on that pile of irrelevancies that fly out the window when . . . Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:15:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459795 Julie L. 2008-09-26T13:15:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450219   It was barely seven in the evening and night was already falling. A chill wind blew over the surface of the water and made it shiver in small ripples. I sat at the window of my island cottage . . . Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:39:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450219 Julie L. 2008-09-16T07:39:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977439136 Who could resist the urge to slip on those running shoes after watching Usain Bolt jog over the finish line at this summer's Olympics? There is a certain freedom in it, an ancient memory of something . . . Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:22:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977439136 Julie L. 2008-09-04T10:22:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423403 Yesterday I made cloudberry jam. "What's that?" or "so what", you might quite legitimately say. Let me explain. For some years now, I have walked past the jars of cloudberry preserve . . . Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:51:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423403 Julie L. 2008-08-17T07:51:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977414954 It is still summer holiday time, but nature has already turned its sights toward the autumn. Yesterday as the wind spattered rain against the window panes, and we watched our warm summer lake water being . . . Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:08:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977414954 Julie L. 2008-08-06T10:08:29Z