http://lmosgrove.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Linda M. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:42:09 GMT 2010-01-05T08:42:09Z 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=281474977971839  Today, Friday, January 1, I went online to pay my HSBC credit card bill that is due on Sunday January 3,  two days early, and on the website they stated they are not going to post the payment . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:43:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971839 Linda M. 2010-01-01T22:43:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971503 During the past few days of December, I reached to turn the page of the nearest calendar-only to find there was no next page. I have several calendars-desk, bulletin board, and wall calendar at home, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:23:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971503 Linda M. 2010-01-01T16:23:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970334 My car is shiny clean tonight, Sparkling under the streetlights, Scrubbed clean by snowflakes that fell for several hours yesterday, And then melted before they could turn into ice and slush.  . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:06:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970334 Linda M. 2009-12-31T16:06:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966724 What do you do with week 52? Week 51 was Christmas that is done. And it's still a week til New Years...week 01 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:51:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966724 Linda M. 2009-12-29T07:51:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965803 This will be the date soon. It's neat when the date lines up in a pattern of repeating numbers.  I remember the hoopla when it was going to become 01-01-01.  Hard to believe that was ten . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:47:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965803 Linda M. 2009-12-28T17:47:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964207 Many towns in northern Oklahoma are small remnants of what they once were-main streets with just a handful of businesses-or none, still open on Main Street, a street that runs through town with the business . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:38:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964207 Linda M. 2009-12-27T06:38:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964155 After seeing Christmas ads on tv ever since Halloween, especially the last-minute constant blitz of them, it was kind of strange today, the day after the holiday, not to see one ad or hear one mention . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:26:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964155 Linda M. 2009-12-27T05:26:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963641 Christmas Eve there was a record 14" snowfall in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. My tweenage daughter had traveled to that area with another relative to visit relatives in the night before, expecting to . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:31:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963641 Linda M. 2009-12-26T16:31:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963591 When I was a little girl growing up in Oklahoma, I would look out the window first thing every winter morning, hoping it had snowed during the night. Usually it hadn't.  For the past 25 years I lived . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:21:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963591 Linda M. 2009-12-26T15:21:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923270 One of the memories of my childhood was going to the TG&Y store in my hometown of Cherokee, Oklahoma.  TG&Y was also referred to as a 5 and dime-beause back then you could really buy things . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:10:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923270 Linda M. 2009-11-30T07:10:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918564 Last weekend I was excited to take my daughter to the opening night of the New Moon movie. Due to high prices and low paychecks, I have rarely been to a movie theater in the past few years....and wow, . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:30:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918564 Linda M. 2009-11-26T06:30:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918515 Every year, sometime in August, the first yellow autumn leaf falls. Close inspection shows it is not a leaf blown off the tree by a storm, not a crumpled brown one that expired for some reason, but a . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:42:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918515 Linda M. 2009-11-26T05:42:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804297 The experience of going to Dairy Queen has changed a lot though the years. When I was a child, the Diary Queens were small boxed shaped buildings, just big enough to fit in a couple of clerks, and equipment . . . Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:33:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804297 Linda M. 2009-09-08T15:33:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796622 Come walk with me on a September morning, the first day of September, when the chill of the ever shorter night, gives way to sunshine dancing on the morming dew as we make our way to class. . . . Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:35:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796622 Linda M. 2009-09-02T02:35:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793152 Today at the post office as I was writing a check and made a minor mistake, I happened to mention to the clerk that I was a little frazzled because had a couple of kids with me out in the car-then I went . . . Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:51:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793152 Linda M. 2009-08-30T05:51:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793118 Every fall it seems like I should be returning to school, no doubt due to the seventeen years I spent going back to school in th fall  for grade school, high school, and college.  . . . Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:56:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793118 Linda M. 2009-08-30T04:56:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977790740 For the past month, signs of fall have been creeping up on us-starting with school supplies in the stores, the start of school, (which used to be towards the beginning of fall but now is more like . . . Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:00:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977790740 Linda M. 2009-08-28T03:00:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977736499 July 4th was the end of summer in the retail world.  Summer items are all on sale now. Sizes won't be restocked.  Soon fall clothes will creep into the empty spaces made bigger by . . . Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:14:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977736499 Linda M. 2009-07-14T01:14:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977730201 Michael Jackson was a great performer, and his final video, shot as he was rehearsing for his upcoming tour was every bit as awesome as his earlier ones.  Last night it was being shown on TV on a . . . Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:50:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977730201 Linda M. 2009-07-06T14:50:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977724129 Recently I received a phone call that changed my reality, and my daughter's, forever. My tweenage daughter was over at my cousin's house playing on the trampline on a Saturday evening right after school . . . Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:27:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977724129 Linda M. 2009-06-29T05:27:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687454 50 years ago when I was a child, a railroad track ran just a few yards from the side of my Grandfather's house.  I remember when we went to Grandpa's on Sunday afternoons or for family reunions, my . . . Wed, 20 May 2009 16:24:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687454 Linda M. 2009-05-20T16:24:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977685313 The Nardin Oklahoma Heritage Days Celebraton will be Saturday May 23.  According to the vendor signup form it is from "10:00 AM until whenever".   The location is in Nardin at . . . Mon, 18 May 2009 05:31:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977685313 Linda M. 2009-05-18T05:31:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679390 People who use initials as words seem the think it is hip and classy, but is a barrier to communication to those who don't know what you are talking about. To take it one step further, if you are . . . Mon, 11 May 2009 05:26:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679390 Linda M. 2009-05-11T05:26:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977678259 Do you have any envelopes with 42 cent stamps sitting around the house or above the visor in your car them ready to mail out? If so, you need to get them in the mail today,  Saturday, May 9, 2009 . . . Sat, 09 May 2009 17:04:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977678259 Linda M. 2009-05-09T17:04:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676262 Railroad crossing, look out for the cars, can you spell that without any R's. This was a jump rope chant when I was a kid. The punch line to this, in case you don't know it, is that the person . . . Thu, 07 May 2009 15:02:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676262 Linda M. 2009-05-07T15:02:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977668920 Want to see a real live old fashioned drug store soda fountain? Visit Graves Drug Store in downtown Arkansas City, Kansas.  Arkansas City is in central Kansas, just north of the Oklahoma border. . . . Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:45:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977668920 Linda M. 2009-04-29T04:45:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977667400 I grew up in Oklahoma, which is known as "tornado alley".  I recently returned to Oklahoma after living up north for many years.  Saturday evening I was on my way home from . . . Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:39:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977667400 Linda M. 2009-04-27T18:39:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977665637 A couple of days ago a saw a billboard in Oklahoma with the following message: Help Wanted-Company Car Provided.  The billboard pictured a nice looking black and white car. The company? Oklahoma . . . Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:59:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977665637 Linda M. 2009-04-25T13:59:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977663266 The Ponca City Oklahoma Vendor Show and Spring and Summer Women's Consignment Sale will be Hutchins Memorial Auditorium at 600 E. Overbrook Drive, near the corner of 5th Street and Overbrook . . . Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:33:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977663266 Linda M. 2009-04-22T19:33:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977661730 Recently I went to the post office to get a couple of one cent stamps.  I had two stamps left over from just before the last postage increase, and I was finally getting them matched up with one cent . . . Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:59:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977661730 Linda M. 2009-04-21T05:59:38Z