http://prairiehome.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:55:17 GMT 2010-01-02T11:55:17Z 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=281474977971653&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy (1907-1998) will soon be honored with a postage stamp on which he will be featured along with three other cowboys of the silver screen. The other cowboys featured . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:28:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971653&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2010-01-01T19:28:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971114&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace We've been together for almost a year and a half.  There's been great learning and sharing of work--some raw, some polished--all valuable.  This month we move into collaboration. In . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:52:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971114&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2010-01-01T05:52:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970685&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Some Very Good Advice Here! The Zen of Sarcasm 1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:06:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970685&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-31T21:06:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965221&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace All month I have built up to this point.  I began by asking you to open your gift to yourself as a writer .  You responded with treasures of publication, time, energy, clear minds, and fame.  . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:05:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965221&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-12-30T08:05:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966617&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Ide de-sided two right a tail inn a manor most bazaar, Yew zing miss pelt words, ore words withe duel in tensions. Aye worn ewe, reeding it mite bee con few zing at thymes, butt Eye wood wreck-ammend . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:49:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966617&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Mustafa Demiri 2009-12-29T06:49:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964246&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Writing Resolutions for 2010 1.  I will find at least one place to teach poetry for profit this year. 2.  I will continue to promote my poetry chapbook, published in May, 2009, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:01:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964246&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-12-28T06:01:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964671&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace ~ Merrick & Okum It's not a large Radio Flyer. In fact, it didn't hold my brother and I comfortably at all. I'm smaller by five years so I sit up front under the handle. His legs are balanced . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:29:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964671&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Adrian Eve Revenaugh 2009-12-27T19:29:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963681&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   We set a record for snowfall amounts on Christmas Day in the Sioux Falls area. The previous record was 10 inches set back in 1945. We received a total of 10.5 inches Xmas Day, and a 3 day total . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:47:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963681&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-26T17:47:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963650&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace http://newrichreport.com/johnnyjoy You're About To Learn 'Secrets' That Most Network Marketers Will Never Know About How To Really Build A Huge Network Of Productive Distributors and . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963650&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Katongole johnny.s 2009-12-26T16:52:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963316&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace In his youth, he had studied for hours All the great masters of Olde, and he'd learned his craft in all aspects; Methods of the slight and the bold.   The illusions of depth and perspective, . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:24:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963316&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Mustafa Demiri 2009-12-26T08:24:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962982&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Missing: One Snowman, Last Seen: Yesterday   He looked just like the above last time I saw him! > >   Today, vanished!   How much snow did we get?? . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:55:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962982&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-25T21:55:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962859&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace     I remember seeing this on tv when I was just a kid! So simple yet so profound! Merry Christmas! C):-) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:21:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962859&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-25T18:21:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962832&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   The snow keeps piling up and the winds keep howling! Interstate 29 has been closed from the Canadian border all the way through North and South Dakota to the Iowa border. Interstate 90 has been . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:41:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962832&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-25T17:41:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962047&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Part of my annual Christmas tradition is the reading of the story of Shep the Dog from Ft. Benton, Montana.  Hope you enjoy the story as much as I do! During the summer of 1936 a sheepherder . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:54:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962047&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-24T19:54:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961861&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace }⸰ɷ⸰{ Want to bring all of the spark and growl you’ve shared with such finesse to all those we know, and all those we don’t, that they might stir it into a large batch of the sweetest . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:54:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961861&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Adrian Eve Revenaugh 2009-12-24T16:54:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961192&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   To all my Gather friends, and "Weather or Not?" group members, I hope you all have a very happy and blessed Christmas and Holiday Season! May it be filled with fun, family, food and . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:47:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961192&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-24T13:47:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960781&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace           A couple yrs. ago I finally read Ray Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451 & THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.  In h.s. & college I wasn't required to read them.  . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:12:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960781&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Mina I. 2009-12-23T20:12:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960720&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace  A huge storm barreling into the Upper Midwest right before Christmas could be a blizzard stronger than any storm seen here in the past 40 years. According to the Weather Service we probably . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:23:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960720&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-23T19:23:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960653&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   This summer I became a fan of A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION again.   Yrs. ago I listened to Garrison Keillor's radio show & then suddenly I didn't turn on the radio Sat. evenings.  . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:46:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960653&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Mina I. 2009-12-23T18:46:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959647&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Tracy Fishman dithered for only a second before striking a match on a remnant of sandpaper, causing the phosphorous head to explode into brilliant flame giving her heat as well as . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:47:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959647&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-12-23T09:47:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955392&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace This week started off with an excellent GWE column by Greg Schiller .  What I liked about it was that Greg reached out to another source to provide him with material for his column in the form . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:58:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955392&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-12-23T07:58:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959640&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace I received this in my email today and wanted to share it with my Gather friends!   Pa never had much compassion for the lazy or those who squandered their means and then never had enough . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:37:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959640&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-23T02:37:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958008&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   Snow started falling mixed with freezing rain just as I was getting off work Monday night about 5:00. It turned into all snow later on but made for a slick drive home. The forecast did not . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:46:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958008&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-22T12:46:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956073&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   I love ol' Grandpa Jones and his narration of The Christmas Guest! Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:25:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956073&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-20T23:25:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955783&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   I recently attended my church's (St. Marks Lutheran, Sioux Falls) annual St. Lucia Festival.  This is a ceremony where a girl is elected to portray Lucia. Wearing a white gown with a crown . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:20:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955783&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-20T19:20:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955719&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace One of the neatest Christmas videos ever in my opinion! The Trans-Siberian Orchestra performs "Christmas in Sarajevo".  Unfortunately, You Tube doesn't allow the embedding of this video and there . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:31:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955719&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-20T17:31:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953821&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace We wait, as Christians, for a miracle particularly during this time of Lent. And we wait, as a family, for a miracle for Jaci. I don't know the shape of that event. It might be in a healed body. Or it . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:50:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953821&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-12-18T23:50:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953806&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace If you have travel plans in the Midwest or central plains states for Christmas, this might interest you. The National Weather Service issued this statement earlier today:  A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:35:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953806&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-18T23:35:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951811&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace   Despite plenty of sun Wednesday & today, we're still feeling the chill here in SE South Dakota. It's our 13th day with a below average high, almost a complete reversal of November when it . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:22:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951811&grpId=3659174697238684&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-17T19:22:25Z