http://nedburke.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Ned B. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:40:18 GMT 2010-01-04T05:40:18Z 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=281474977234628 A puny m iddle-aged stranger entered Hank's Bar. Soaked to the skin from head to foot, despite the black umbrella in his right hand, he craned his thin neck and looked in my direction. "Are . . . Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:23:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234628 Ned B. 2008-01-20T02:23:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234518 On January 19, 1809, a son was born to two itinerant actors. He was orphaned at the age of three and later taken in by John Allan and his wife who enrolled him in an academy run by William Burke. . . . Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:40:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234518 Ned B. 2008-01-20T00:40:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977202746 By E. P. Ned Burke I never caught his name. But I had watched ?Sad John? make his home over a rusty hot air vent next to the Hotel Jermyn in downtown Scranton each winter. I worked in the parking . . . Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:36:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977202746 Ned B. 2007-12-13T17:36:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977067859 Thomas Wolfe said you can’t go home again, but I proved him wrong. I not only returned home but I also found a piece of me I had buried in the hills of Pennsylvania decades before. It was the . . . Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:47:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977067859 Ned B. 2007-07-27T01:47:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977064663 Living in the south, especially as far south as sunny Florida, sometimes results in strange relationships. For instance, one summer I fell for an exotic palm tree. Maybe it was the intense summer heat . . . Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:24:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977064663 Ned B. 2007-07-24T02:24:44Z