http://midwestglory.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by The Glory of the Midwest en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:18:29 GMT 2010-01-08T17:18:29Z 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=281474977972766&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace   Freedom was promised by our Founding Fathers furthermore guaranteed by the Constitution. The right to freedom is why many of this Country’s best Citizens shed blood to defend it so we could . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:07:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972766&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert S. 2010-01-02T16:07:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964093&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace In this year's Christmas letter, I said,  "I am now a published author of two books, Night and Day, and Stormy Weather - a most wonderful happening, squeezed in between daily stresses that do not . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:53:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964093&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-12-27T03:53:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955731&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace     I think Marriage should be free from adultery but in Tigers case the dirty tabloids twisted and tore through his whole life. It’s none of our concern that he is paid ungodly amounts . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:46:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955731&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert S. 2009-12-20T17:46:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943487&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace   The Vince Gill Waltz © 2009 Robert C Burnham   Vince Gill is singing And I want to waltz With you On a summer evening In a field . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:40:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943487&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert - just a simple man - B. 2009-12-12T04:40:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898432&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Blood Strike    The year is 2010, May 22nd at approximately 2320 hours, a special ops U.S Navy Seal team will soon be deployed to the United States/Mexico border to prepare for a mission . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:54:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898432&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert S. 2009-11-12T23:54:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977876443&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace November 2009 Menu “Come Ye Thankful People Come” - $20.95   Wonderful Wild Rice Soup Green Salad and Roll Tomato Basil Chicken with Feta . . . Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:05:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977876443&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-10-29T20:05:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977858486&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Life is a matter of inches. Tennessee - 3 am on country road somewhere between Gatlinburg and Knoxville. It is very dark - no stars or moon - the weather for the past week has been overcast . . . Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:04:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977858486&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Terry A. 2009-10-18T04:04:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977839192&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace I've just returned home from a trip to Indiana - my nephew, Michael, was married in Fort Wayne on the 3rd, and instead of rushing there and back in two or three days, we made a mini-vacation out of it. . . . Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:06:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977839192&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-10-05T15:06:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822236&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace A while back we went to Top Secret. Gideon's getting older and he's noticing things that really look cool to go to. Top Secret was one of these things. Top Secret is a big upside down white house replica . . . Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:10:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822236&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Jennifer N. 2009-09-22T20:10:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810895&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace My mom was our chauffeur (sp?), as always... and she took us all over town again. We went first to Burger King, and had a nice chat. Then we went to Wal*mart to get my son some Legos (he's spoiled!) . . . Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:23:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810895&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-09-13T18:23:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800235&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Today on my daily walk at the cemetery, I saw a little old man getting out of his car. He had a watering can, which surprised me because all of the flowers I'd seen there before were fake. So he walked . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:07:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800235&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-09-04T18:07:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977790042&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace It didn’t take long for Rachael Jones, the oldest and indisputable trend-setter of a trio of sisters raised in a home where nothing you did was ever quite right, to learn that if you were ever going . . . Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:25:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977790042&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-08-27T16:25:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781273&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Its all about getting bookmarked to the limelight of Google and one of the best is Squidoo. Your Gather posts can be linked directly to your lense or post on Squidoo it will send a tornado of traffic . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:06:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781273&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert S. 2009-08-20T15:06:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977735629&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace I had a wonderful book signing at the Honey Barn Quilt Shop on Saturday. The store was filled with such beautiful fabrics that it was hard to forget about all the quilts I would have liked to make out . . . Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:19:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977735629&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-07-13T01:19:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977734599&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace The Blue Belle Inn B&B and Tea House presents its menu for July! Come and visit if you can! July 2009 Summer When It Sizzles Cuisine - $20.95 Strawberry . . . Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:47:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977734599&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-07-11T11:47:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726542&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace A few months back we paid a visit to Lincoln's New Salem.  It wasn't fully up and running yet for the season, but still it was opened and it was a beautiful day so we took advantage of . . . Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:54:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726542&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Amanda C. 2009-07-07T15:54:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977729193&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace I've taken my nieces to the pool twice this summer, the most recent time being yesterday afternoon.  As I make the most miserable pool person ever, I've regarded this as quite a sacrifice on my part. . . . Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:01:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977729193&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-07-04T23:01:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977727223&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace This was the event to be at June 30th at the Blue Belle Inn and Tea House. The menu, with a list of the ingredients used to pair the wines, and some photos are posted below! Sixteen guests and 3 staff . . . Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:47:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977727223&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-07-02T12:47:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726861&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace One weekend when we took the kids to my mom and stepdad's house they decided they wanted to see if they could catch a frog out by mom's pond.  They told me that even if they didn't catch one they . . . Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977726861&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Kimber L. 2009-07-02T12:30:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725092&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace   My first published book – Night and Day, by Second Wind Publishing – is set in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota and Copenhagen, Denmark with a brief interlude on Prince Edward Island, . . . Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:08:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725092&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-06-30T06:08:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977720544&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace There is something addicting about the night.  I've always loved the magical qualities it posses and I've always been a creature of the night.  Maybe that is why I can work so early in the . . . Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:02:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977720544&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Debby C. 2009-06-24T21:02:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977710839&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Be like water conform to the journey ahead, the quest becomes endless but the path comes to the point. Upon the sand a glimpse of a land far away separated by waves of time. Sunlight, Sea water and a . . . Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:47:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977710839&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert S. 2009-06-14T18:47:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977710137&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace We all have examples, from people we know, care about and even those we don't.  We are always observing someone or some situation and even when we don't think it will make an impression in our lives, . . . Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:03:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977710137&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Kathleen**Hair is my LIFE!*** K. 2009-06-13T16:03:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708414&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace     RODEO CLOWN ©2009 Robert Burnham   I don't want to write this song It's kind of sad and too forlorn I don't want to say your name . . . Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:27:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708414&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert - just a simple man - B. 2009-06-11T20:27:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707249&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace The day that time begun and ended at the same time, at the same place. It just doesn’t matter how or why the atomic age started or who unlocked the door or what war would be in the future. What . . . Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:09:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977707249&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Robert S. 2009-06-10T17:09:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702955&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace           I have to tell you the one thing I have a hard time with is the fire trucks when they go out for a call.  It's not that I don't like them but . . . Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:48:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702955&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Debby C. 2009-06-06T03:48:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702940&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace So what are you plans?  Mine?  Well I putz'd on the computer, watched a little tv and then I kicked back and watched the fireworks out my window!  It's just like have a big screen TV . . . Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:30:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702940&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Debby C. 2009-06-06T03:30:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701578&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace I live in a small farming community here in S.E. Michigan and last night was the first night of the fair here in our little humble town and of course like all other events we had a parade.  Which . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:30:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701578&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Debby C. 2009-06-04T18:30:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652735&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I thought this was the perfect quote for our long-awaited Midnight winners at Rainbow Connections . Time and time again . . . Sun, 31 May 2009 03:57:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652735&grpId=3659174697252014&nav=Groupspace Sherrie H. 2009-05-31T03:57:39Z