http://lighterside.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Lighterside en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:05:08 GMT 2010-01-07T06:05:08Z 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=281474977980301&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace I can't believe how cold it has been here in Myrtle Beach, SC the past two weeks.  We have been feeling temperatures in the low twenties at night and for this past week or so the daytime temperatures . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:57:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980301&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Nana to Seven Cutiepies 2010-01-06T21:57:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980162&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Step back mentally And you will see All things in Their Proper Context. Step back mentally And you will see you are not What you think you are. [Rich Note: The “short focal length and narrow . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:33:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980162&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2010-01-06T19:33:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979933&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace      It's 11:55 am and I have slept most of the day away this far. Last night was my third night sleeping here without him. It was lonly. I haven't herd from him and neither has his . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:04:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979933&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Wendy Young 2010-01-06T17:04:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977568&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Craig: What are your hobbies? Greg: Drinking, smoking, and Larry King. ************************************************************** Craig: What is the name of Dolly Parton's estate? Peg: Dollywood. . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:56:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977568&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Craig Olson 2010-01-06T14:56:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978907&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace It's so cold today.   How cold is it?   It's so cold I saw a democrat with his hands in his own pockets!   lol Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:43:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978907&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Charles M. 2010-01-06T03:43:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973531&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Hubby and I do not usually get to spend time together on New Year's Eve, so New Year's Morning often becomes the time we hang out and celebrate. Though we are both musicians, he is the one usually . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:23:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973531&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Alison H. 2010-01-05T08:23:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976589&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace You have to excuse our grass, it's winter and my husband doesn't take care of it until Spring/Summer.  My son was checking the oil in the car today and he had the back door of the car opened and . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:34:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976589&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace carolyn b. 2010-01-05T00:34:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956895&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Introduction   This is another attempt at humor. ******************************************************************   I have been picking up pennies off of the street and spending . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:58:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956895&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Craig Olson 2010-01-04T14:58:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975372&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Life outside the box Of mental experience Is Paradise Found. Life outside the box Of conceptual matters Is self-transcending. Life outside the box Of self-reflective thought is Beyond conception. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:26:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975372&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2010-01-04T10:26:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975054&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Do you think that happiness is a state of mind? or something that you can find? I asked this to a friend of mine, and he said it was a state of mind. So i asked him, well what if someone says...all . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:17:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975054&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Holli G. 2010-01-04T05:17:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949009&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace I left the house at 8 a.m. last week to take my cat to the vet for an appointment. I was 20 minutes late because I had to scrape ice off my windshield ! I demand an explanation . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:54:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949009&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2010-01-04T04:54:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974866&grpId=3659174697245789&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=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2010-01-04T02:35:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973238&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Thought for the first day of the  New Year: Once we had Reagan, Johnny Cash and Bob Hope. Now we have Obama, no Cash and defintiely, no Hope... Happy New Year to all my forum . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:14:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973238&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Paul Z. 2010-01-02T22:14:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973046&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace I WAS ALL AROUND GATHER OFF AND ON YESTERDAY,  I JUST READ BARELY TALKED. THE PHONE RANG OFF THE WALL AND I JUST TALKED TO MY FRIENDS ON THE PHONE. SORRY FOR THE CALLS I MISSED. TO COLD IN THE OFFICE . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:09:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973046&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Donald M. 2010-01-02T19:09:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972088&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Ok, usually when I tell people about this, they don't understand it. I am not wanting sympathy..i just want a place to vent it out...where people can't look at me funny...cause I can't see your expression. . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:42:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972088&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Holli G. 2010-01-02T04:42:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972046&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Howdy!   Well its been a long time...i will be spending more time on here as the year goes on. I think its almost my 2nd year anniversary...wow!! I can't believe its been 2 years since . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:55:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972046&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Holli G. 2010-01-02T03:55:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971917&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace "The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook." -- Julia Child        Now that is my kind of diet . . . . I think that Julia Child was a . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:37:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971917&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Mary M. 2010-01-02T00:37:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971826&grpId=3659174697245789&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=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Mike Ball 2010-01-01T22:22:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971776&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace  Be a part of the "legacy" read and comment thanks. GJH http://shuharilegacy.com/blog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:26:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971776&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Gary J. 2010-01-01T21:26:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971713&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace What you hear, see, speak and what you read is in you. In today’s world, these elements help to evolve our inner values and culturally based truths and misconceptions. What you write is colored . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:33:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971713&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace William Dotani 2010-01-01T20:33:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971071&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace The Light by which you See All that appears is the Light of Awareness. Even the Darkest Night is seen in the Light of Awareness You Are Without the Light of Awareness You Are All You See would disappear. . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:01:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971071&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2010-01-01T05:01:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970767&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Well, boys and girls, this is the final installment of my 365-day project.  It hasn't always been easy, but I stuck with it and have a great scrapbook for the year because of it.  I'll continue . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:40:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970767&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-31T22:40:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970464&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace   The songs are the same The songs are the same we sing in our hearts. The trees are the same Those we foster in our gardens. The waves are the same Those climb . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:08:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970464&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace vijay kumar 2009-12-31T18:08:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace                 My dear son,   Dexter, I must tell you, how you got your name . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:57:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-31T07:57:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969299&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace I went back to work today, and it was not a good day...if looks could kill, I'd be dead.  I've been filling in for someone who has been out recovering from surgery.  She was supposed to be back . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:59:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969299&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-30T22:59:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969069&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace There has been one constant topic of conversation, since I joined Gather to simply show dandelion growers the errors of their ways. Another trite phrase: I like them. They are like crayons for conveying . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:41:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969069&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace William Dotani 2009-12-30T19:41:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967881&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace http://shuharilegacy.com/blog Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:40:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967881&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Gary J. 2009-12-29T23:40:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967771&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace New Year Eve is just around the corner. It's that time of year again when people resolve to improve their life in some way. The problem is that most good intentions get derailed within a few weeks. . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:12:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967771&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace K K. 2009-12-29T22:12:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967736&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace I had another day off today and spent it running errands, as usual.  I went to the grocery store and the bank.  I planted my bulbs that have been cooling in the refrigerator for 6 weeks.  . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:53:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967736&grpId=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-29T21:53:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967470&grpId=3659174697245789&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=3659174697245789&nav=Groupspace Sheryl O. 2009-12-29T18:35:42Z