Living Large In Limbo By Kelly Hayes-Raitt When Girl Beats Boy The first time I was hit by a man, I’d hit first. We were standing in his kitchen, in a heated argument and he said something rude. Tongue-tied, I responded the way I’d seen women from Scarlett O’Hara to Cher in Moonstruck (“snap out of
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The Mirasol Redemption A Novel by Antonio Ramblés Reviewed by Margaret Van Every If you hear the word Weatherman and think first of the turbulent 60s and 70s, then you will value this novel, which is not so much about the storm when it raged, but the aftermath and how it drastically shaped
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A Christmas Tree In The Desert By Kathy Koches It was cold; freezing rain, snow, black ice. A typical Pacific Northwest winter, and I wanted to escape. Back then we were D.I.N.K.S. (double income-no kids) and were able to take off on a moment’s notice. “Let’s go find some sun,” my husband said
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren Stepping Out By Richard Harris Directed by Ann Swiston Stepping Out was produced in 1984 in the West End, London, where it received the Evening Standard Comedy of the Year Award. Actually I find that strange, because the play is entertaining but it’s not really a comedy.
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Chapultepec By Norman Zollinger Book Review by Alice Hathaway My vague knowledge of Mexican history in the time of Maximilian has been greatly improved by reading Chapultepec, a recently published historical novel that puts fictional characters in the right place at the right time to interact with real people during critical events. What a
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Fishermen are noted for their tall tales about the enormous catch they didn’t quite land and which they blithely refer to as “The one that got away”. I had some sympathy for them when I almost, but not quite, landed the doubled contract in this month’s
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Hearts at Work A Column by Jim Tipton “…more than just a physical adventure.” In high school, I read Henry David Thoreau’s classic essay, “Walking,” which was first published in Atlantic Monthly in 1862. Thoreau offers in this essay his thoughts on how to use walking to return to the soul, particularly the
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com Jose Antonio Jimenez Aguilar: a Success Story Raised in hard times, he was the eldest of six children. Life had him out of school and picking tomatoes at the age of twelve. In the brutal heat of summers in the field, he
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Dear Portia Advice to the Lovelorn, the Drastically Distracted and the Deeply Disgruntled Dear Portia, With the Ho HoHoHo of the Holidays upon us, I want to know if sex toys are an appropriate gift for elderly friends. I have seen some hilarious ones that should be useful on so many levels! May
Birth Of An Avocado By Teri Saya CRASH! My eyes pop open, and I reach for my Te-Bo stick, a small but handy weapon I keep next to the bed. I lay still in the darkness while listening for more sounds of the clumsy burglar foolish enough to park over our courtyard wall in
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