“My bike.” Trent shouted as he ran into the kitchen and made his way to the back door. “Mom, he’s stealing my bike.”   Brittany tossed her dishcloth . . . more

I hear and read claims that the Baucus Healthcare Reform Bill would cost the 60K family of four approximately 13% of their income, before co-pays. It makes a great sound bite but reminds me how deceiving . . . more

  My dear friends - unfortunately, for many reasons, I had to stay out of Gather these last weeks, but now other poetic projects are under way, and I hope to publish them in the nearest future . . . more

  1 November 2006 Its that time of year again when as a good pagan I should be recovering from my naked romp over Pendle Hill where on Halloween night we meet to cavort around under the . . . more

I just finished reading the president's speech he plans to give tomorrow, and thought I'd share it here; since there's been so much talk over it the past week.  I'm not sure what people thought Obama . . . more

  Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009   The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m . . . more

Sabatina -- a Muslim horror tale Author: Uwe Siemon-Netto Publication: UPI Date: July 3, 2003 Editor's note: This sixth installment of the UPI series on dialoguing . . . more

I try and try to convince climate change denial squad members here on Gather that they need to be open to the science realities. It's like nailing jello to a wall. And along comes ELF, the Earth Liberation . . . more

After reading and leaving a couple of responses on Kokomo’s post, No Time for Hypocrisy , I started drafting a response to her subtheme. When I ran over to the second page, I realized my response . . . more