http://smudgefactor.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Clyde Grauke en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:07:20 GMT 2010-01-02T06:07:20Z 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=281474977853548 I finally finished creating this from scratch and learning how to use an application I hadn't used before to create the vector graphic that then went into my paint program for final editing. Larger . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:42:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853548 Clyde Grauke 2009-10-14T19:42:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853532 Hoi Polloi III has been released. This is a very good book that is well worth the purchase price, all proceeds of which go to charity. In the case of this edition, the proceeds go to the North Shore Medical . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:25:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977853532 Clyde Grauke 2009-10-14T19:25:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823131   He held his newly completed flint knife blade up against the clear blue sky of the falling leaves time. The cutting edge looked good. He rubbed the blade between his brown and weathered . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:23:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823131 Clyde Grauke 2009-09-23T12:23:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804771 Here are a couple more or recent prints.  These and others may be viewed in more detail at http://www.redbubble.com/people/cgrauke Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:58:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804771 Clyde Grauke 2009-09-08T21:58:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977802245 Here is an interesting fractal I created. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:39:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977802245 Clyde Grauke 2009-09-06T21:39:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977802208 My full print may be viewed here Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:05:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977802208 Clyde Grauke 2009-09-06T21:05:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977172371 Winter approaches. The caged bird sits, still on his perch... missed migrations. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:14:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977172371 Clyde Grauke 2007-11-09T18:14:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977164269 We have wind chimes in the backyard. They have a pleasant, deep, natural sound that we enjoy if the wind is not too high. There are times when the wind chimes are playing soft and easy that I always think . . . Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:41:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977164269 Clyde Grauke 2007-11-01T13:41:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977163953 Okay, you're supposed to copy this list and add your own answers. Post it to the group below.  Here are my answers: Four jobs you had had in your life: (1) Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor . . . Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:41:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977163953 Clyde Grauke 2007-11-01T02:41:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977162900 Most things around me were hand-made when I was growing up, including the gate to my backyard.   The gate was painted white just like our wooden clapboard house, which my father had also built. . . . Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:34:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977162900 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-31T01:34:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977161350 The pond watches as ice wraps brittle branches... Spring abides in its chrysalis Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:53:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977161350 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-29T17:53:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977160812 I was asked how the fractal-based image "Insight #3" was made so I will reconstruct that the best I can here.  I created it in Dec 2005 but I think I can still see where it came from. . . . Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:52:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977160812 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-29T02:52:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159978 I close my novel, as the train reaches my destination, ...so many interesting, virtual, people... As I walk my way to my car in the real world, I wind my way through the shadows of strangers. . . . Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:20:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159978 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-28T02:20:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159526 Early morning sunlight across the cemetery... shadows marking time. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:28:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159526 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-27T15:28:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159520 Rows of rattlesnake heads wait for tourists in an airline terminal.   The Spirit of the snakes recoils deeper into the winter rocks, appalled by mamallian insensitivities. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:25:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159520 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-27T15:25:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159514 A cold winter wind and the flapping trouser's leg of an amputee. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:13:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159514 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-27T15:13:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159494 I found a sheet of paper in my "poetry scraps" folder.  It was written in 1984.  I am entering it below (by the way, I am no longer a Psychologist).  I am also bringing . . . Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:08:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977159494 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-27T15:08:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142645           The time of Lunathos is the full of the moon, as she watches through the veil of nomadic, midnight clouds the faerie dances of leaves in deserted pathways, and . . . Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:35:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142645 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:35:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142642 The crow stands still on a limb in the fog wrapped content in his grey. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:30:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142642 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:30:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142639 October morning and the fields are still sleeping-in, snuggled beneath their misty comfort. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:27:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142639 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:27:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142636 The crisp dry summer falls from the trees and dances before autumnal winds. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:26:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142636 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:26:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142632 Still-green Christmas tree in white garbage bag... cold wind fluttering Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:21:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142632 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:21:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142630 Silent snow and shadows Christmas time and coming home. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:19:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142630 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:19:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142628 Night breeze, crackling sigh of limbs... ice growing. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:17:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142628 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:17:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142627 The smell of winter wood, past lives, theirs and mine. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:15:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142627 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:15:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142625 How silently etched in black antiquity the trees await the pale, slow dawn. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:13:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142625 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:13:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142622 One morning in the night of the year... auburn willows. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:11:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142622 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:11:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142619 The Standing People wrap the quietness of winter fog about their bare branches. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:09:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142619 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:09:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142616 The first breath of winter is as gentle coolness that ruffles the leaves of memory--- the many beginnings of school, flocks of birds across a grey sky, and the smell of specialness hanging heavy on the . . . Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:06:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142616 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:06:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142612 Before the dawn mysterious clouds racing a full moon. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:01:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142612 Clyde Grauke 2007-10-10T00:01:15Z