http://pyewackete.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Melanie N. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:17:21 GMT 2010-01-05T06:17:21Z 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=281474977372771 Slowly but surely I've been working on a cat blog...yes, that's right a cat blog. I've had cats ever since I was five years old..and yes, in case you're wondering, I'm now ...gasps...52. . . . Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:52:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977372771 Melanie N. 2008-06-14T01:52:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977371496 I've been involved with photography nearly all my life...that's right.  As a kid, I used to "borrow" my mother's trusty old Kodak Brownie camera.  Later she got me my very . . . Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:58:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977371496 Melanie N. 2008-06-13T02:58:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035857 On April 28th I had written an article entitled, "Need Your Prayers-SSI Disability Bureaucracy"--you can see the article here: article It was the shock of my life to have received a letter . . . Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:32:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035857 Melanie N. 2007-06-21T22:32:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977034913 Yesterday I got a most informative e-mail from a newsletter that I subscribe to from PetPlace.com, and I wish that the information that was given was more widespread than from just a simple little e-mail . . . Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:56:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977034913 Melanie N. 2007-06-20T22:56:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027121 I had written an article on April 28 to describe one of those nightmarish events that took place in my life, and to say that this was one of those challenges frought with a lot of anxiety would be an understatement.  . . . Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:33:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977027121 Melanie N. 2007-06-12T02:33:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970820 I really can't consider this an article per se...but I'm also wondering if anyone else has  or is going through a lot of red tape bureaucracy especially in  dealing with the Social  . . . Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:39:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970820 Melanie N. 2007-04-29T03:39:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970028 I'm writing this since in the back of my mind I'm thinking of what has occured the past few months in regards to the pet food recall.  In mid-March you'll remember that there was a massive . . . Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:55:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970028 Melanie N. 2007-04-27T20:55:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970007 It seems like the pet food recall disaster is far from over...as you remember during mid-March the Canadian pet manufacturer, Menu Pet Food, which produces pet food and places a variety of . . . Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:12:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976970007 Melanie N. 2007-04-27T20:12:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963599 I was already awake, snuggled up close to my mom, watching her stir; waking up from a deep sleep.  Slowly, she opened her eyes; her groggy gaze looking directly into mine.  She gave me a smile, . . . Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:35:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963599 Melanie N. 2007-04-20T03:35:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963586 I look up from what I’ve been so intensely doing for the last two hours, staring at the dancing, flickering flames of the two lit orange-colored candles set before me. I watch as the smoke playfully . . . Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:18:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963586 Melanie N. 2007-04-20T03:18:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976962619 I have to admit and want to give a great big hug to a fellow photographer here, Gary A. after all he introduced me to the website SmugMug...There are a lot of other web-hosting places one can go to,such . . . Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976962619 Melanie N. 2007-04-19T02:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976959030 This is just a very short  article...an idea that came to  me as a result of my article about the fur trade industry and the cruelty  towards animals because of it.. Just one of those random . . . Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:54:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976959030 Melanie N. 2007-04-15T02:54:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976958094 In a society where we have so many options in the kind of clothing we wear, why is it some people will still insist on buying articles of clothing that are  made from the fur of animals?  Is . . . Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:02:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976958094 Melanie N. 2007-04-13T23:02:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976954148  Who knows, maybe it was because my mother wasn't the reading type, and she never actively read stories to me, if I had relied on her to teach me to read I'd be illiterate--but while I'm . . . Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:14:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976954148 Melanie N. 2007-04-10T05:14:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976954126 I really have to laugh over the whole controversary over the now famous little Polar bear, Knut.  I laugh because I think animal rights activists have to remember who and . . . Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:14:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976954126 Melanie N. 2007-04-10T04:14:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976953196 Okay admittedly this goes back aways.  I had just gotten my first 35mm film camera, a Nikkormat EL-W back in 1977.  As soon as I did, I was hooked on photography, so much so that . . . Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:25:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976953196 Melanie N. 2007-04-09T02:25:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952013 I'm by no means a newbie to the photographic world, as I've been involved with this art form in one way or another just about my whole life going back to when I . . . Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:09:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976952013 Melanie N. 2007-04-07T03:09:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976951979 Unless you have been marooned and living on a deserted island, you are familiar with the headlines about the massive recall of pet food, that was under manufacture by Menu foods, and began around March . . . Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:16:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976951979 Melanie N. 2007-04-07T02:16:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976951840 For quite sometime there's been an interest in the concepts written and presented in the recent bestseller, "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrnes. Now there are some who have criticized this book . . . Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:56:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976951840 Melanie N. 2007-04-06T22:56:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976951836 I think we can all agree that those of us who aren't vegetarians, never really give it a thought about the food we consume. We have long left the days where we need to hunt for our own food, instead . . . Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:52:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976951836 Melanie N. 2007-04-06T22:52:54Z