http://spirit7.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Debbie G. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:08:33 GMT 2010-01-07T23:08:33Z 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=281474977855213 Where cloud meets mountain Grams grey hairnet weights autumn flattens all color. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:03:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977855213 Debbie G. 2009-10-15T19:03:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977844803 A Catholic friend told me about the elderly Mrs. Allen. She lived across town in "another parish" whatever that meant. and needed a ride to Mass. Apparently her seeing eye dog was aging and had to be . . . Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:26:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977844803 Debbie G. 2009-10-08T21:26:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834935 Mesmerizing touch Newborn son's fingernail grasp Translucent newness. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:52:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834935 Debbie G. 2009-10-02T02:52:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834713 While the comet hung night after night suspended I tossed chips and bread to a hungry armadillo. What did he know of Haley's wonder the cause for celebration the reason for his bounty? Neither the comet . . . Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:43:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977834713 Debbie G. 2009-10-01T23:43:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977816240   Hoping in vain for the sun to quickly dry wings not ready for flight while the storm clouds lean to the earth in their heaviness. It was a mistake to choose this very place to hope. Mothness . . . Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:41:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977816240 Debbie G. 2009-09-17T15:41:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813136 We have shared some fine adventures you and I. Traveling together in  parallel lives Crisscrossing often all types of terrain. We meet again here today. Sharing company before the sun . . . Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:12:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813136 Debbie G. 2009-09-15T11:12:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805643 No one ever needed to shoot God bullets into my heart. Offering lilacs would have done the job as well or better. Westminister church. I sat in God's house expecting to recieve color and fragrance from . . . Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:42:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977805643 Debbie G. 2009-09-09T14:42:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977795222 Not sure why I think of it tonightIt isn't saturday or sunday and I know it was back then one or the other. The bells were ringing at the church across from the hospitalringing the call to the faithful . . . Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:36:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977795222 Debbie G. 2009-09-01T02:36:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782731 I am not proud to say that I normally steer clear of political discussions. You know, dissenting opinions and plans about real life issues. They aren't for me. I don't consider myself knowledgable enough . . . Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:10:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977782731 Debbie G. 2009-08-21T15:10:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977778502 Phengphang Crossed the mountains fleeing with her children and her husband fell and got up in the dark. By the time I knew her her oldest spoke some English. Left some notes and on one day her mother's . . . Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:56:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977778502 Debbie G. 2009-08-18T16:56:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766499 I think of all the things I want to share with Lili and hope to be around long enough to share them with Ari when she is old enough to remember too. Like falling asleep under the . . . Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:11:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766499 Debbie G. 2009-08-07T17:11:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765137 Seeking a truce with conditions. I know that you know I propose it between you and I only. I know that you know on any other front I will still fight you with every means at my . . . Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:54:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765137 Debbie G. 2009-08-06T16:54:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977745093 It looked like cowardice to some who carried signs marching 'came out' to families, friends and employers proud and you must know it. In retrospect I was wrong thinking their acts were only their own . . . Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:23:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977745093 Debbie G. 2009-07-21T18:23:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744954 When I was growing up and spending all my free time on horse back I often rode to an old abandoned rock quarry. The rugged terrain, the paths leading to new layers of trees and wild life appealed to me. . . . Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:36:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744954 Debbie G. 2009-07-21T16:36:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977741929 Very little light spilled into the tack room. We were silhouettes to each other. The old man with the shaking gun and Kathy and I our peals of laughter cut short by his stooped shadow. "Step . . . Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:42:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977741929 Debbie G. 2009-07-18T21:42:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977737281 She was bent with age when they found her. She wore a green scarf. A great grandmother few would notice. Everyday for 28 months though younger then she filled a bucket with food so no one . . . Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:36:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977737281 Debbie G. 2009-07-14T21:36:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977737129 It's the kind of day I used to wish for a day off. Sunny, but not too hot with a breeze that borders on wind. I'd exit the hospital with a tinge of regret at having missed this kind of day. No . . . Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:00:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977737129 Debbie G. 2009-07-14T18:00:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731207 By the time you finish your twelve hour shifts it will have been two days since you spent time with your infant daughter. As badly as I miss being able to work, I know how wrong that feels. I know that . . . Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:41:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731207 Debbie G. 2009-07-07T15:41:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702319 If it wasn't all just misfiring synapses, if I didn't just grossly misinterpret all of the times we have shared, you and I make a pretty good team. Oh I know you did the big and important stuff, but what . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:53:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702319 Debbie G. 2009-06-05T13:53:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680796 During the chest compressions on concrete. Twice. On carpet in homes. Neighbors, not hospice patients. Let's see. Gunshot once. Stroke. Thats two. Baby respiratory arrest. Three times there . . . Tue, 12 May 2009 17:49:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680796 Debbie G. 2009-05-12T17:49:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977668769 When I say the morning calls of birds outside my window reminds me of my childhood I am really saying I am still a lover of bird songs. I am still loving.   Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:05:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977668769 Debbie G. 2009-04-29T01:05:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635853 I wanted the hay. It was fragrant, not dusty. It was less per bale than other hay from the area. It was also sold by a black man on the edge of the small nearby Texas town where I lived who said he could . . . Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:04:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635853 Debbie G. 2009-03-24T19:04:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624415 I just spent a most delightful Skype/web cam visit with Tonia and family. We visited for about an hour following the family reunion, in what will likely be our last long interchange for the remainder . . . Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:02:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624415 Debbie G. 2009-03-14T15:02:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624037 The Diving Bell and The Butterfly directed by Julian Schnabel won four Academy Awards in 2008. I couldn't watch all of it. The fine photography made the reality of Jean-Dominque Bauby's locked-in . . . Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:20:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624037 Debbie G. 2009-03-14T05:20:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977621555 Tonight in an effort to try to sleep I started a movie on Netflix called The Motorcycle Diaries, the true story of an adventure that spanned South America in 1952. I should have known with Tonia on the . . . Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:15:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977621555 Debbie G. 2009-03-12T08:15:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977619028 Technology is a wonderful thing. It let me visit Tasmania tonight and glimpse daylight on the other side of the world. I think it was the sunlight streaming through Uncle Frank's window that illuminated . . . Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:37:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977619028 Debbie G. 2009-03-10T04:37:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977605430 Beneath the maple tree Over and over again knobby knees stooping. Small hands raising the whirlybird seeds high, higher. . Serious child eyes studying the ragged and sudden descent over and over . . . Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:20:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977605430 Debbie G. 2009-02-24T18:20:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977594803 I never saw you coming. I never envisioned such bliss. I never hoped on the brightest star that you could even exist. What did I do in this lifetime somewhere on a long lonely path that . . . Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:00:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977594803 Debbie G. 2009-02-14T22:00:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977569749 Today she put her hand on my shoulder My mother Who though agnostic hated how Hazel was shunned at work and ridiculed. Black and Pentecostal. Two strikes too many against her in a . . . Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:03:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977569749 Debbie G. 2009-01-21T06:03:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977555291 Early one morning I drove into an empty parking lot to catch the first of a downtown sale. I had exited the car when I first spotted her wheeling her burdened shopping cart furiously in my direction. . . . Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:10:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977555291 Debbie G. 2009-01-06T22:10:34Z