http://netmama.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:48:13 GMT 2010-01-08T07:48:13Z 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=281474977246185 I grew up in a family where reading and writing were considered normal human activities. I wrote my first poem when I was five. I have written poetry all my life, and even published a few, in spite of . . . Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:50:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977246185 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2008-02-01T08:50:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977245247 A poem is whatever I, as a writer, persuade you, as a reader, to experience as a poem. Some readers are convinced all of the time: they will gush equally over Jack Kerouac and every imitator at the . . . Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:07:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977245247 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2008-01-31T09:07:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977044493 I am, frankly, not much better at photography than I am at drawing; but I love making graphics on the computer.  A few years ago when I was trying to come up with original flower images to use in . . . Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:27:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977044493 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-07-01T04:27:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032565 On November 26, 1950, 2nd Lt. William T. Howard (my father) was one of 30,000 United Nations troops under the command of American General Douglas MacArthur in northeast Korea.  (7th Army, B Company, . . . Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:39:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032565 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-18T05:39:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977031231 The woods are not a metaphor for any human thing. Cities are a metaphor for trees. We have tried to recreate roots, shelter, aspiration, the nourishment we once plucked from her hand, and all our building . . . Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:40:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977031231 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-16T19:40:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977030030 My mother's mothers walked on speaking earth to hear the soothing croon of healing herbs, the ever present drum of tree and rock, moon's messages of year and season's turn. Within the city's . . . Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:25:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977030030 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-15T05:25:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977029872 How to describe cat curled contented in chair as I perch on milk carton in front of keyboard Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:16:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977029872 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-15T01:16:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027174 Welcome to Overcommitment Anonymous. We are men and women who have come together to share our strength and our pain in overcoming overcommitment. We have scheduled an extra hour a day for meetings to . . . Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:56:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027174 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-12T03:56:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027111 Political activism begins at home.   You who are proud of being vegetarians, of not using pesticides, of not stomping spiders -- do you even recognize "dust bunnies" as living creatures? . . . Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:18:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027111 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-12T02:18:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027107 If you have never read Don Marquis, you can get an introduction to the story of Archy and Mehitabel at http://www.donmarquis.com/archy/   "Have you taken your meds?" Archy asked me. "I . . . Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:10:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027107 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-12T02:10:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977025614 The Worm Saga: My First Adventures in Vermicomposting recounted how I started to raise my first batch of composting worms in the box they came in -- that Priority Mail Box in Photo #1 -- and the other . . . Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:25:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977025614 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-10T21:25:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977023558 Deceased, I tell you! dead dead dead dead dead... Not everyone wants to give up on it, though. We bought most of our garden plants for our building's first garden from the nursery, or grew them from . . . Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:49:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977023558 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-08T05:49:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977022605 The tenants in our apartment building started our first urban garden this April. One of the first decisions we made was that it would be an organic garden. When I hear "organic garden" I think . . . Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:11:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977022605 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-07T09:11:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977021681 My bones are shells, my flesh hangs soft, family treats me like delicate china; well, my head does look like an egg in a cup. I still tend my garden. Butterflies weave among spires of delphinium, lay . . . Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:07:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977021681 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-06T08:07:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977020489 Our apartment building's small urban garden is divided into three raised beds, officially dubbed the herb bed, the strawberry bed, and the veggie patch. Actually, several types of plants are mixed . . . Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:50:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977020489 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-05T05:50:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019239 I'm taking the Great Cucumber Challenge from Mother Earth News: I hope to grow five different kinds of cucumbers, three or four plants of each variety, in our tiny urban garden, among all the other . . . Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:13:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019239 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-04T01:13:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018656 "Mother Earth News" magazine has a "GREAT CUCUMBER CHALLENGE" contest going.  To score points: Try various types of cucumber (Give yourself 1 pt. for each type)  Match supply . . . Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:22:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018656 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-03T07:22:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018274 The tenants in our apartment building started our first group garden this year.  Our inaugural planting was April 28th.  Among the first plants we put in were half-a-dozen trays of "mesclun" . . . Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:05:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018274 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-02T21:05:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018219 I have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and there is a flip side to ADD that not many people know about: when our attention does get fixed on something, it stays fixed!  This is called "hyperfocus" . . . Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:54:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018219 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-02T18:54:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977016779 We (the tenants in our buiulding) bought half a dozen trays of "mesclun," mixed greens, from Home Depot for our first garden this year. I've spent the last month trying to identify them.  . . . Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:53:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977016779 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-06-01T09:53:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977015533 Do you find that, no matter what your intentions are, your work schedule increasingly cuts into your Gather time? Do your Gather connections complain that your obsession with eating and sleeping is lowering . . . Thu, 31 May 2007 08:33:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977015533 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-31T08:33:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014975 In the public debate on abortion, the stand called "pro-life" is generally identified as the Christian viewpoint.  It is not, however, the only Christian viewpoint.  A far more common . . . Wed, 30 May 2007 22:22:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014975 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-30T22:22:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977012842 How collective decision-making works well; how it goes wrong. The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki Anchor; Reprint edition (August 16, 2005), $14 ISBN: 0385721706 New Yorker business columnist James . . . Tue, 29 May 2007 07:35:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977012842 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-29T07:35:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006783 Our first attempts with cucumbers, zucchini, and pumpkin plants (all from the nursery) were eaten by birds.   Of the next round of transplants from the nursery, what has survived the birds seems . . . Wed, 23 May 2007 05:42:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006783 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-23T05:42:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006724 The tenants in our apartment building have our first garden this year.  In our first trip to the nursery, we bought half a dozen trays of miscellaneous greens called "mesclun" -- which, . . . Wed, 23 May 2007 04:46:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006724 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-23T04:46:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976985678 The title of one of Jim Hightower's books is There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Lines and Dead Armadillos.  The attitude is generally shared even by those on the opposite . . . Mon, 21 May 2007 05:40:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976985678 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-21T05:40:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996480 This is the text of a speech I gave at the Washington State Coalition for the Homeless on May 9 (2007).  A lot of background knowledge is assumed that the audience here might not share with Coalition . . . Sat, 19 May 2007 21:33:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996480 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-19T21:33:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977004207 I think the idea of this is to publish five things about yourself that are not commonly known, then challenge five other people to do the same thing.  Gayle was the one who challenged me in her five . . . Sat, 19 May 2007 20:44:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977004207 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-19T20:44:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977004321 I do care about accuracy in the public dialogue, and occasionally I will speak up to counter some bit of outrageous misinformation like "Darwin's deathbed conversion" on the principle of . . . Sat, 19 May 2007 18:59:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977004321 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-19T18:59:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976999996 Dedicated to the Older Women's League (OWL) of Seattle, who served brunch to everyone at Tent City on Mother's Day, 2000. Are we children on one side of midnight, adults on the other? Women . . . Mon, 14 May 2007 15:28:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976999996 Anitra Raging Granny / Raging Moderate Freeman 2007-05-14T15:28:52Z