http://junkdrawer.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Junk Drawer en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:40:05 GMT 2009-12-29T20:40:05Z 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=281474977967552&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Apricot and I wish you and your loved ones to enjoy the very best of New Years. May The Light's blessings be yours all through your years Every year you see, we wish better then the last.   . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:46:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967552&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-29T19:46:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967470&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace ( Jewbu :  someone who was raised Jewish and turned Buddhist, or who is a hybrid of Jewish and Buddhist in spiritual/religious background, as in: "My mom's a major JewBu-- one Hanukkah she . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:35:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967470&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sheryl O. 2009-12-29T18:35:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967320&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace As we all start in on our end-of-year reflections and coming year hopes, I thought you'd enjoy reading some deep Jewish thoughts in Haiku form*:   Lacking fins or tail the   gefilte . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:39:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967320&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sheryl O. 2009-12-29T16:39:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967225&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace What are you up to? I'm at "programming," which is where I have to go each day with the group home. I hang out with my friends here. Otherwise, I'm not doing much. I have been rebuilding my CD collection, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:29:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967225&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-29T15:29:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966364&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace I've never read any Sherlock Holmes books or watched any previous movies, so the most I had ever really encountered the detective was on Star Trek:  The Next Generation when the android Data played . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:58:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966364&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Paul M. 2009-12-29T01:58:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965889&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace The Little Cellphone - Christmas fiction with an ahh in the tail. Have you ever wanted to puke over those sentimental Christmas stories that were so popular in the 19th century. If you have you will love . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:55:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965889&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Ian Thorpe 2009-12-28T18:55:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963810&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Original Recipe   2 and a half cups of flour. 4 tsp baking soda (seemed a lot to me, but it works). 1 half tsp salt 1 half cup of shortning 1 cup of sugar 2 eggs 1 and three fourths . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:53:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963810&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-26T20:53:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963790&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sitting drinking my coffee when I heard a clattering crash. Knew Apricot had caused it because I heard her grunt in landing as usual. She always grunts, bot going up, and coming down. I thought the . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:36:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963790&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-26T20:36:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963767&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace This is a yearly tradition for me. My cousin Arnette has me over for dinner and gift opening. It is always a wonderful evening. Here are some highlights. The little boy is Sam, and does he love opening . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:12:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963767&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-26T20:12:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963750&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace I had my friends Judie and Richard over for Christmas Day. They arrived at Noon, and stayed till three thirty. We had a wonderful meal of ham and all the trimmings. We also had a small turkey loaf. . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:30:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963750&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-26T19:30:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961803&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace In these dire economic times remember a dog is not just for Christmas. Serve smaller portions and you will be able to have cold cuts on Boxing Day and mabe even make a curry with what's left. Happy . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:51:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961803&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Ian Thorpe 2009-12-24T15:51:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960754&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace She will be my icon for the holidays. The eye will return, but may be a bit different.   Sharon Pribble Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:47:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960754&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-23T19:47:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960734&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Around the Christmas Tree the tiny faces are aglow As Daddy reads the story of Jesus and of what happened on the night when he was born. Then he says a small gentle prayer. The thrill is getting . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:32:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960734&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-23T19:32:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960422&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace It was Christmas Eve, and in a small, ramshackle house in the poorest street in town a light burned in an upstairs window. Inside a father was kneeling by the bed of his four year old daughter talking . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:30:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960422&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Ian Thorpe 2009-12-23T15:30:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959089&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Up in the sky, my hearts eye remembers. A time of very long ago in another time and place When my love was far from human Today we call them demons, but they were not so then The Light Eternal . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:07:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959089&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-22T19:07:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958796&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace   Be careful not to drink too much this Christmas. Last year I got so hammered I ended up dancing n a table in a cheesy bar - or as Americans call them, a delicatessen.   . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:17:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958796&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Ian Thorpe 2009-12-22T16:17:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957160&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace When I remember The Christmases past I mostly remember my Grandmother Strong I remember love I remember cookies and cakes, pies and giant hams I remember candy making, especially salt water taffy . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:41:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957160&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-21T20:41:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957068&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace This is about The Coke Side of Life .  Yeah, you know.   America's Real Choice .  It's the real thing , or so they tell us.  Americans love drinking Coke....after Coke....after . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:03:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957068&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sheryl O. 2009-12-21T16:03:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956824&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace What are reading?  Or Writing? Your Book Club is reading and discussing what book? Why? Interesting Author or Publishing news? Your 2010 Reading List? Your favorite genre? Your thoughts . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:27:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956824&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Anne M. 2009-12-21T12:27:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955695&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace There was a river in a land far away It held a river named Jordan Where people used to go to pray A miracle occurred by that simple river When The Lord went there one day He wished . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:03:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955695&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-20T17:03:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954992&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace The river flows as time goes by It passes caves and trees when it first begins its journey A river cannot choose its course, but must flow where the land allows Down hill it slides Drifting where . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:19:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954992&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-19T22:19:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954008&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace You can now buy my book from Barnes & Noble online, as well as Amazon. Check it out here For a description and sample chapter, click here Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:25:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954008&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Paul M. 2009-12-19T03:25:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953389&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Long ago, in an ancient land we now call Egypt, that was once called Kif, a priest thought of a way to bring in more wealth to his temple. He looked at the cats guarding the graineries, and decided . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:33:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953389&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-18T18:33:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953146&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace   So here are the biggest trends according to Google: 1 obama copenhagen 2 chris henry 3 research in motion 4 champions league 5 weather forecast 6 avatar movie 7 rim 8 twitter . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:35:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953146&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Paul M. 2009-12-18T15:35:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953128&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Today I want to veg out.   To think of nothing much.   My mind draws a blank.   Maybe some colours splashing through my mind.   But no words, no ideas, . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:24:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953128&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-18T15:24:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951741&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Life is a road that takes us on many paths A wild and curving road that often crosses itself We never know at the start where we are going to be at the end of life. It weaves and turns in many directions. . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:13:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951741&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2009-12-17T18:13:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951372&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Made You Look!   I have nothing to say about any of these items.  I'm just curious how many views (and points) I can get for doing almost nothing. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:45:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951372&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Paul M. 2009-12-17T14:45:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950195&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace I take little things that nobody will miss:   pens, pencils, magazines at the doctor's office.   Half the time I don't want or need what I take.   But rarely do I . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:33:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950195&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-16T18:33:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950093&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Oh, look:  the godly are at it again: http://mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/ugandas-gay-law.html Every time I think the faithful have stooped as low as they can, they go even lower.   . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:20:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950093&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Donna Barr 2009-12-16T17:20:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949876&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Since it is the time of "best of" lists I've been doing a couple "best of" lists of my own.  (And let's face it, it's an easy way to pick up a few points for doing very little.)  Since it's . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:38:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949876&grpId=3659174697252484&nav=Groupspace Paul M. 2009-12-16T14:38:23Z