http://solitaire.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Todd Cathey en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:05:38 GMT 2010-01-06T15:05:38Z 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=281474977372805 All this time passes and it makes no difference at all..... I pull out little pieces of me to see if they're still there Still moving, feeling them but maybe it's like those flashes at . . . Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:14:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977372805 Todd Cathey 2008-06-14T02:14:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977353529 There's not much in life nowadays that will move me to express myself in poetry. Gone are the intense, drama-filled teen years when everything and anything and nothing at all could inspire pages of . . . Sun, 25 May 2008 21:33:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977353529 Todd Cathey 2008-05-25T21:33:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048542 I read eons ago about how to stay in a lucid dream, if you feel it slipping away: spin around in a circle (in the dream that is, not in bed ). I've never been able to do that though, until today. . . . Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:34:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048542 Todd Cathey 2007-07-05T23:34:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006488 Hi Gather folk,  I wanted to invite everyone to come visit my youtube channel and watch my Blue Sky Salesman band videos - I'm uploading them as I encode them so it will be a while before I'm . . . Tue, 22 May 2007 21:53:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977006488 Todd Cathey 2007-05-22T21:53:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976994897 (As usual, italics indicates quoted materials which I've sited in a general manner; all other content is my original review work for Mr. Fossa's Music Appreciation class, Pensacola Junior College.) . . . Mon, 07 May 2007 23:36:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976994897 Todd Cathey 2007-05-07T23:36:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976964903 (Within the format of my concert journaling, italics will indicate quoted material; all else, my own writing.)   Virtuoso Turns, Royce Hall, UCLA Campus, with Edward Gardner, Conductor and Allan . . . Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:11:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976964903 Todd Cathey 2007-04-21T22:11:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976818068 You were a spark searching for something to light. All soft touches and warm smiles and such a sad, distant longing in your eyes. How much cheaper would the sum of my life have been, without you? It is . . . Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:19:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976818068 Todd Cathey 2006-10-18T04:19:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810828 /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976764842 This was my attempt a few months ago at the Amazon competition here. Didn't win of course but that's okay; I did want to resub it so that it would be . . . Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:47:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810828 Todd Cathey 2006-10-08T01:47:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810812 I found it under a rock, Maybe shouldn't have kept it; Old bones, a circle of fate, Added to my collection. It's been pressing on my mind, Your careful thoughtlessness; Will I ever forget this? . . . Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:21:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810812 Todd Cathey 2006-10-08T01:21:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976764842 It was always Tommy. He spoke, and they crowded him with their eyes. He was bigger than me, bigger than all of us, and sooner too. His hormones bestowed towering height and bulging girth. It seemed . . . Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:22:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976764842 Todd Cathey 2006-07-05T15:22:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976762917 I don't suppose that I'll ever see this published anywhere but I have a yearning to share this story, so here amongst my Gather friends will do just fine. I hope you'll enjoy this piece of . . . Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:09:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976762917 Todd Cathey 2006-06-27T05:09:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976740902 I'm finally back from my extended trip to Florida - back to California and wondering how many more 2500 mile drives my body can endure. I've missed many things while I was gone. Gather.com is . . . Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:01:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976740902 Todd Cathey 2006-03-31T07:01:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976728758 Hello there Gather friends & colleagues, I'll be off on my way back to Florida soon and won't be back online for a week or two or three. I've appreciated all the wonderful comments & . . . Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:51:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976728758 Todd Cathey 2006-02-08T22:51:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727733 Another visit to his house. It's a beautiful house they always say when we get there. There are lots of trees, and a very tall fence. There's a swimming pool with another little house right next . . . Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:52:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727733 Todd Cathey 2006-02-03T17:52:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727688 Good Morning, Friday title courtesy of Dr. Suess Being a travel RN is interesting at times. Not the job so much - psychiatric patients are the same no matter what part of the country and the same can . . . Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:31:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727688 Todd Cathey 2006-02-03T11:31:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727189 I'm approaching the end of my travel RN assignment here in California - my current one, at least. I've spent the last two and a half years, off and on, between being with my daughters in Florida . . . Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:51:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727189 Todd Cathey 2006-02-01T15:51:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726694 My last two and a half years as an on-again, off-again travel RN in California have blessed me with many memories, good bad and ugly. Most of them will be my own. One that I'd like to share this morning, . . . Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:04:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726694 Todd Cathey 2006-01-30T15:04:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726677 Yeah, I'm quoting the entire article because I don't want it getting lost out there in the swampy depths of online journaling. I so wish I could say, "Wow am I surprised!" but alas, it . . . Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:20:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726677 Todd Cathey 2006-01-30T07:20:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726518 *loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away* (Yes, Starship Troopers) I've never felt more human than when I was onstage, playing a song that my band wrote together, having other people . . . Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:02:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726518 Todd Cathey 2006-01-29T19:02:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726517 Reading through the FBI's yearly crimes statistical manual leads to some interesting conclusions. One of them that I find fascinating is that for women, the most dangerous thing they can do in their . . . Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:59:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726517 Todd Cathey 2006-01-29T18:59:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726513 Originally Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 3:05 am On to my next topic, one which just occured the other night: Violence in the mentally ill. Statistics show that there is no greater percentage of violence . . . Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:56:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726513 Todd Cathey 2006-01-29T18:56:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726507 Originally Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 4:17 am I'll devote a post one day soon about the violence I've encountered during 15 years at this job. I'll just say for the moment that most days go . . . Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:48:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726507 Todd Cathey 2006-01-29T18:48:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726504 Originally Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 I'm a night shift worker, a Registered Nurse working with the inpatient psychiatric population - currently in San Diego, California. So that's a nice start. . . . Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:44:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976726504 Todd Cathey 2006-01-29T18:44:17Z