http://piscesptah.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:40:54 GMT 2010-01-07T04:40:54Z 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=281474977968058 Hey... I don't make this stuff up, ya know! I got all of the following entries from the Wednesday, December 23 rd , 2009 issue of our small, local, weekly newspaper, The Cloverdale Reveille . (Don't . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:37:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968058 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-30T03:37:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962454   loosen your belts after your holiday meal, sit back and bathe in the warmth and glow of a toasty Yuletide fire, please remember families like mine that lie in scattered pieces separated by distance . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:35:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962454 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-25T06:35:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961180   Each year I try to re-post two of my original children's Christmas stories in time for all of you parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, god-parents, care-givers to read to your little ones on . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:49:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961180 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-24T03:49:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881 I'd set a hectic schedule for myself yesterday... Along with a delivery of Christmas cookies to a friend in another town that I hadn't had a chance to do up 'til then, Mom is going home from the convalescent . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:40:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-22T17:40:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956253 On those days when the winter rains are not so heavy that one can be out about during this time of year here in the wild hinterlands of Sonoma County, one may be fortunate enough to hear the oddly . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:29:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956253 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-21T03:29:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956187 "Cats always seem to be faintly annoyed about something and, the odd thing is, I'm fairly certain it was something that I did." -- Jean F.   Who amongst us has not conjectured what type . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:11:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956187 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-21T02:11:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937438 Few people in the modern world know anything about quince... Fewer still know anything about "Chinese Quince" -- a tree so seldom seen that it could be called a complete rarity! "European Quince" was . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:29:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937438 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-08T19:29:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851243 Barbara Bull Cemetery Walk 2009 "Mariah Orpha (Church) McChristian" Vignette ( Jean's Note: Although I've written my own scripts and acted in the Walk all the years of its existence, this vignette . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:08:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851243 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-14T09:08:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977850618 HAROLD: THE GHOST OF THE GRAVENSTEIN INN (Script written and performed by Jean F. at the 7th Annual, Barbara Bull Memorial Cemetery Walk sponsored by the Western Sonoma County Historical Society, . . . Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:43:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977850618 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-13T03:43:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840116 (Above: A guide leads one of the first audience groups to the next vignette at the Barbara Bull Memorial Cemetery Walk in Sebastopol, CA.) For those of you not familiar with the Cemetery Walk, . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:25:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840116 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-06T01:25:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830190 In answer to the call for assistance put to me by a friend, fellow member and fellow past Co-Chair of the Farm Advisory Committee at the annual fall open house event, I traveled the 40 or so miles to . . . Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:46:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830190 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-10-05T00:46:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827159 About this time each year, we here in Sonoma County are usually blessed with a couple of weeks of "Indian Summer" (a fact for which yours truly is eternally grateful)... As the harvest of the wine-grapes . . . Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:12:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827159 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-26T11:12:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977821264 I only had a few minutes the other day before a meeting of the Cemetery Walk Committee that was to take place in the Caretaker's Cottage at Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Farm in Sebastopol here in Sonoma . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:58:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977821264 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-23T18:58:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806983 I am still in disbelief at her passing... Chana was one of those very rare people with such kindness and humbleness in her soul. Creative, sensitive, nurturing and a very, very special spirit... I'm . . . Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:48:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806983 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-10T11:48:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806817 Here... I blended us up a couple of margaritas... Come join me on the front deck here in the wild hinterlands. Now, sit back, relax and look right over there -- just above the western hills... Shhhhhh... . . . Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:28:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806817 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-10T09:28:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805016 Many of you who know me also know that my participation in the Barbara Bull Memorial Cemetery Walk (fundraiser for the Western Sonoma County Historical Society in Sebastopol here in Sonoma County, Northern . . . Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:50:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805016 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-09T02:50:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801807 Hello, precious Gatherers! I hope life is treating you all well... I am feeling the blues a little more each day it seems less like summer and more like fall... I don't like fall... I don't like winter, . . . Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:27:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801807 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-06T18:27:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801274 In my wanderings across the World Wide Web, I came across a cool site with a "birthday twin" generator I thought was a cut above most... It's always amusing to see what famous people share your birthday . . . Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:39:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977801274 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-05T19:39:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799575   Full Moon in Pisces   Swimming in a sunset sea, the fishes rise full in the face of Luna…   Large, glowing, omnipresent, the undertow of emotion becomes . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:50:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799575 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-09-04T04:50:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977791925 As I was about to leave the other day to run an errand a few miles down the road, I heard the unmistakable sound of the "crunch! crunch!" of dry leaves just across the driveway... The scrub oak saplings, . . . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:59:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977791925 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-29T00:59:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977789503 The other morning I sensed a fluttering movement out of the corner of my eye while working on the computer. I turned and was amazed to find a stunning, large "red admiral" butterfly INSIDE one of the . . . Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:39:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977789503 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-27T12:39:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977783471 The Eye of the Needle... My brother is in pain. Is he heavy? My sister is in pain. Shall I raise her up? Shall I hide my sheckles -- protect them like family -- and, by so doing, Might . . . Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:51:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977783471 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-22T01:51:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782727 With my husband's recent hospitalization, I found myself been spending a great deal of time at the VA hospital at Ft. Miley in San Francisco... Images that the words "VA hospital" raise in the mind . . . Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:46:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782727 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-21T16:46:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781448 (Note: The concert mentioned in the article below took place on July 10th. Since I haven't been able to post here on Gather since July 3rd, this is first opportunity I've had to tell you all about it. . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:35:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781448 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-20T17:35:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733663 (Author's Note: This is the article that I began on July 3rd -- the day when my troubles posting at Gather began. The concert mentioned took place on July 3rd, 2009.  jean)   In conjunction . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:12:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733663 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-20T06:12:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780522 My wonderful, dear Gather friends, To avoid taking up pages upon pages of the things that have been going on with me, suffice it to say that I just got back online with Gather today due to the PURE . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:26:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780522 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-20T00:26:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780337 OMG!!! I can't BELIEVE it!!! Chuck Macquire of Gather, one of his tech people and I were on the phone for almost two hours today trying to figure out WHY I haven't been able to post here on Gather SINCE . . . Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:44:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780337 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-19T21:44:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780315 In traveling from Hubby's VA medical appointment in nearby Ukiah (Mendocino County) California, we stopped at the little town of Hopland to buy a couple of bottles of water from the little Mom 'n Pop . . . Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:12:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780315 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-19T21:12:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780264 Wanna see if this works, Chuck! Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:25:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780264 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-19T20:25:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780260 Something something something. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:21:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780260 Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-19T20:21:32Z