http://wednesdaywriting.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Wednesday Writing Essentials from Kathryn en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:15:07 GMT 2009-12-31T16:15:07Z 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=281474977965933&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace A famous tale, told in many versions, of the Russian Snow Maiden, Snegurochka.   I am recounting the version told in these lacquered Russian plates, which my husband bought for me . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:20:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965933&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-28T19:20:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947653&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Outside, a cloud cover blankets our world. It looks like even more snow in the not too distant future. That brings back memories of last year, when my daughter and I populated our miniature . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:27:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947653&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-28T13:27:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947298&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Christmas Trees around the world.   Rockefeller Center, New York         Murano Glass Tree, Venice         . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:26:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947298&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-26T08:26:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947326&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace   It was a cold night in a troubled city. Gunshots pierced the neighborhood; shattered glass  broke the eerie silence on a lonely December night in Little Haiti, an inner city neighborhood . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:19:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947326&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-23T13:19:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955676&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace More Music. (that white stuff means... either a @#_)*$# mood or a good mood. Better the good mood.) Drink up! Bailey's or Hot Chocolate. Dress warmly and get the apples in your cheeks. Then sleep long . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:49:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955676&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-20T16:49:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947331&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace This year, Winter Solstice falls on December 21st . In the Northern Hemisphere, that means the shortest day of the year. In the Southern Hemisphere, that day is longer on that day than on any . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:24:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947331&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-20T16:24:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953260&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Drum roll......As we veer ever closer to the day when.... Trees....and Santa...and family...and the little baby....   More music to light your soul and keep you above the sadness that . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:00:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953260&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-18T17:00:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952019&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace   If you've ever wondered about the origin of The Twelve Days of Christmas, the mystery is revealed: The song began as a secret practice during England's Reformation period, because Roman . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:11:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952019&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-17T22:11:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948975&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Feeling blue? Not in the spirit? Sick? Broke? Both? Well, listen up kiddies~! AND SING! It is DOMINQUE THE DONKEY!!   And . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:34:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948975&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-16T00:34:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934985&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace The Miracle Christmas Kitty   Laramie, Wyoming Territory December 1855   Little Mary Louise lay in her bed with a fever, in a two-room cabin heated only by . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:21:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934985&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-12T02:21:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940406&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace To those, you who now see with your eyes wide shut who live  beyond the ether, beyond the transparent veil that envelops us all to those who hear with your souls and who ride on gossamer wings . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:22:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940406&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-10T08:22:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934954&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace     "Mabel, git yer butt on down here, right now ! We need YOU!' Mabel had absolutely no idea what Foreman Elf was talking about this time. Was it the spill in . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:11:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934954&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-08T07:11:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934796&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace This is a story about my father: his death, his life. On December 7, 1971, my father died. *** It was Pearl Harbor Day. I remember this day with a pungent taste in my mouth, as . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:02:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934796&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-07T11:02:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933873&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Yes, Virginia, there was a real St. Nicholas. And he gave away presents to children, many hundreds of years ago.   Today, on St. Nick's day, December 6th - a look at how Christmas has . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:02:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933873&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-06T22:02:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928283&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Part 1. No Father for Christmas - fiction Brad squeezed my shoulder and I came out of my daydream about the blizzard when I was five. “So how you doing, “Meggie? Alright . . . Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:50:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928283&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-03T03:50:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923338&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace This is so easy, you won't believe it. Until you see it. And try it yourself. Take a look at this bird:     Every year, my kids tell me my . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:01:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923338&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-30T09:01:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922275&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Hey everybody, guess what day it is? Duh. November 29th. Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. And double Duh. Yeah, it is Doc's Birthday!   . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:10:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922275&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-29T13:10:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921361&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace I need five more minutes, perhaps more, to collect my thoughts, to put them in order for posterity, to remember when Sara and Joseph and Mira and all the rest of them, now dead for nearly a century, . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:51:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921361&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-28T14:51:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920782&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace When I was growing up, dinner-table conversation often revolved around scientific discourse, the recitation of poetry composed during dinner, and the recollection of past travel and of lands not . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:49:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920782&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-28T00:49:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977914114&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace   T he word "harvest" is from the Anglo-Saxon word "haerfest", which meant Autumn, and generally referred to the Autumn season of gathering grain. As the Harvest Moon is the Full Moon . . . Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:44:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977914114&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-23T17:44:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895490&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Note: I had just written the whole thing but got the 'page not found error.' I had not copied it before trying to post. Glitchy, glitchy glitchy.   *** My soul is blood, my life . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:12:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895490&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-11T08:12:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891886&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace i was in and out, just got back in town from a long weekend, and was unpacking and eating, and trying to watch. Hmm. Bree and Angie had it out twice when Angie wanted to join . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:16:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891886&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-09T07:16:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887636&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace My husband and I were discussing motivation tonight and these quotes came up in the discussion: Warren Bennis, professor of organizational psychology and business, Southern Cal:   . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:19:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887636&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-06T03:19:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884693&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Oh my heart breaks and is about to pop. I cannot give my heart; I am afraid.  On this morn, this early November morn, I am afraid; outside,  soft evergreens fill my nostrils with balsam . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884693&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-04T14:20:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881054&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace . These were taken in October of 07. Beginning our journey in search of the perfect Autumn maple, back lit by fire. . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:28:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881054&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-02T08:28:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879907&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Today, November 1st is Elsie Duggan's birthday, Gather's matriarch and mom to us all.       Stop by Elsie And wish her a Happy Birthday!! . . . Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:14:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879907&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-11-01T08:14:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977875960&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Pelosi Unveils House Health Care Bill Excerpt below and link By David M. Herszenhorn "The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, on Thursday unveiled a $894 billion health . . . Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:17:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977875960&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-10-29T15:17:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977869037&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Ever wonder what a publisher, editor or agent thinks about your query, synopsis or submission? Here is a humorous look at a very real issue, as if you met them in a singles bar instead . . . Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:34:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977869037&grpId=3659174697253309&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-10-25T12:34:59Z