http://toknowme.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by To Know Me Is to Love Me en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:14:27 GMT 2010-01-01T11:14:27Z 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=281474977971082&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace And, how the hell's everybody doin g ...??? I got to my New Year's destination 24 seconds before the ball dropped.  How's that for f'n timing???  Here's to an awesome, bountiful, plentiful, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:52:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971082&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace August Lady 2010-01-01T05:52:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace     Two winged smiles * Smile has two wings. It glides over the glade, wet. Now Mrs. Neighbor will come out. Fresh water will be sprinkled on her precious lawn, a patch, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:51:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-01T00:51:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970894&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace I’ve decided to change my legal name to Freddie Mac, and my wife’s to Fannie May. Now she isn’t too happy about all of this, but I figured she’ll change her mind as soon . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:39:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970894&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Richard Thuss 2010-01-01T00:39:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970767&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Well, boys and girls, this is the final installment of my 365-day project.  It hasn't always been easy, but I stuck with it and have a great scrapbook for the year because of it.  I'll continue . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:40:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970767&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-31T22:40:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970632&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace As a stockholder who was collectively gang raped by Wachovia and then Wells Fargo, I find this story heart warming. From Forbes Wells Fargo & Co.'s four top executives won't get cash bonuses . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:25:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970632&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-12-31T20:25:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970593&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace From Yahoo News WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's Christmas Eve pledge of unlimited financial aid to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is aimed at making sure the housing market doesn't . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:14:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970593&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-12-31T20:14:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970486&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace   Love, Given, Taken, Placed Love is when you take your heart and Give it to someone; Be it friend or fellow human, You are empty till it’s done. . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:42:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970486&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-31T18:42:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969862&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace   Living Waters I sit on a hill overlooking a lake, Sunbeams like diamond sparks glisten; Prisms in my mind; breathing in stillness, Birds sing; I quietly . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:50:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969862&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-31T15:50:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969963&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace   Wishing all of my Gather family the Happiest, Healthiest and most Prosperous New Year ever! Love you All! ~Esther Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:13:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969963&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. 2009-12-31T11:13:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Rain on a world of the third kind A healthy baby born in a power cut; three men hovering over it to retrieve; cold water clogs the paths. Whispers and screams float like . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:23:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-31T00:23:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969300&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Saw Up In The Air, a great film with George Clooney as a corporate hit man, who travels the country firing people. It made me think of the downsizing at AG Edwards, the first in the company’s . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:01:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969300&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-12-30T23:01:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969299&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace I went back to work today, and it was not a good day...if looks could kill, I'd be dead.  I've been filling in for someone who has been out recovering from surgery.  She was supposed to be back . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:59:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969299&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-30T22:59:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969150&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace When Steven Cores married Ashley Evans they eventually created five children. Now, if it were up to me they would have stopped after baby number three, me; but obviously it wasn’t up to me. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:59:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969150&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Anna K. 2009-12-30T20:59:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968696&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace I made the mistake of reading the Washington Post this morning, not a very bright thing to do for someone who is trying to avoid stress in his life. I’ll have to attribute this momentary lack . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:47:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968696&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Richard Thuss 2009-12-30T14:47:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968398&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace   To My Father, Who Walked Into Heaven Easter Sunday, April 4th, 1999 (Slightly After the First Guy) My Father can be everywhere, now that he is free From the chains . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:17:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968398&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-30T13:17:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967796&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace   Change   I resist all kinds of change Like the cow who confronts a new gate; I am fearful of some things I haven’t yet tried And I’ve been . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:38:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967796&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-29T22:38:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967736&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace I had another day off today and spent it running errands, as usual.  I went to the grocery store and the bank.  I planted my bulbs that have been cooling in the refrigerator for 6 weeks.  . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:53:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967736&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-29T21:53:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967340&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Mine are the only footsteps in the snow.   Cuz I'm the only one who goes the places that I go.   copyright 2009 by Amy "Gwen" Kline Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:51:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967340&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-29T16:51:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967339&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Has anyone heard any buzz around the way about a possible new First Chapters Competition? I hadn't had enough written for the 2007 contest and was wondering if they will host it again??   Well . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:50:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967339&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Sarah (can't believe the year's over) G. 2009-12-29T16:50:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967059&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace You know, Ben Franklin said "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." , but old Ben didn't have Buddy to contend with... We racked out somewhere around two-thirty, I . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:31:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967059&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. 2009-12-29T15:31:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966433&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace We visited our oldest son and his Significant Other in Bellingham last week for Christmas. A trip to Bellingham from Port Townsend is not complete without a stop at Frank's Place for a meal. It made it . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:18:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966433&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Alison H. 2009-12-29T07:18:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966251&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace I was off today, but work called me about 7:30 am to see if I was coming in. I wonder what happened to make them do that... I ran a bunch of errands and watched Confessions of a Shopaholic , a very . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:04:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966251&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-29T00:04:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966267&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace I wanted to tell everyone goodbye. I hate to leave Gather, in fact, a large part of me doesn’t want to. In the end, however, I have to, and I think I owe all of y’all who come here . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:04:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966267&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Ed Williams 2009-12-29T00:04:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966161&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace   Beginnings God tosses will into ether; Planets are formed with one notion. Stars warm the worlds drawing closer Each orbit; each turn; each revolution. . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:43:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966161&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2009-12-28T22:43:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966009&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Sunday, we got up early once again to make the drive back to Atlanta.  Mom gave us a bunch of oysters to bring back with us. Our drive was uneventful; our only problem was that we couldn't get the . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:20:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966009&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-28T20:20:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965494&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Saturday, we got up early to have coffee and donuts at Cafe du Monde, one of our biggest traditions.  Afterwards, we got Caroline up and went to the Black and Gold store for Saints merchandise and . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:27:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965494&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-28T12:27:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965095&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace I finally did it! Back in April when I was getting ready for yet another move, I thought that I would be smart and get a perm in my hair.  Not an easy task as my hair was down past my waist.  . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:54:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965095&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. 2009-12-28T02:54:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace   a room with the changing hues Dry leaves, now golden, toss and turn on the midday’s tin roof. A confident pigeon plays with the neighborhood cat.   These . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:08:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-28T01:08:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964900&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Christmas Day we got up at 5 am to make the drive to New Orleans.  My daughter followed us down till we got to Louisiana.  We stopped at Jimmy's parents' house first, while Caroline went to . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:54:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964900&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Bundy P 2009-12-28T00:54:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964957&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace Twenty something and snowing most of the day. Only a couple of inches accumulation. Stayed home. Shoveled the sidewalk and driveway. Started a fire about noon. Read my book. Watched the Cardinals stomp . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:18:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964957&grpId=3659174697245378&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-12-28T00:18:29Z