The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) Focus on Art – September 2017 BrettFoster Estela’s sculpture really must be seen in person although it photographs well. To experience it personally you can “feel” the work truly awe-inspiring Editor’s Page – September 2017 Herbert Piekow Well laid out […]
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Ramblings From The Ranch By Linda Goodman When Ivy and Zoey, two terrified Terriers, got to The Ranch they were handled like all other new arrivals with individual care. Once The Ranch determines there is enough space to accommodate another dog, it is treated for fleas and parasites and vaccinated for viruses and rabies. They
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Cinderfella By Jack Estes In 1980, I lived in a one-room apartment with the bathroom down the hall, next to a plasma center, where folks sold their blood for twelve bucks and a sack lunch. Each Sunday, I searched the newspaper’s real estate section looking at “For Sale by Owner,” ads to call, trying
History Says A Man Discovered The Clitoris By Margaret Van Every Of course, it had to have been a man because there were no women anatomists. Discovering something in the mid-16th century meant that you were the first to announce your finding in print, something akin to “discovering” a new land already inhabited by
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Unforgettable By Bernie Suttle “How could he make a career out of that after such a disastrous start. Will he always remember his debut? We will. He spoke forty minutes. Presented clearly, all per lesson plan. Nobody can recall a word he said. We didn’t know if we belonged. It was a science, Physics in
SQUATTERS – A Place Called Home In a field beside our ancient lake I scan the twilight shore, a bucolic landscape by an old master, Gainsborough, perhaps. Spread from tree to tree hang fishing nets, their web-like strands await repair. A tethered horse snorts and strains To feast on greener tufts of grass,
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com October 2017 Viva Bus Trips to Teatro Diana for the Met Opera Saturday October 7 Norma by Bellini, with Sondra Radvanovsky as Norma and Joyce DiDonato as Adalgisa. The tragic role of Norma includes many beautiful arias. It has been a launching pad for many distinguished
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Marilyn We loved her years ago, before the lines of age could ever mark her face, before the history books defined her place in wax museums and in cinematic lore – before we knew her, we had loved her so as one might love a memory of snow- white skin and rosy lips –
SNAPSHOTS—Butterflies By Janice Kimball We moved slowly to admire the myriad of goods for sale by smiling vendors. Suddenly before me appeared a frame holding three butterflies encased between two pieces of glass. Their iridescent, effervescent, magical and alluring beauty called out to me. I tried to hide from the vendor how much I
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Yo – Yos By Sydney Gay A true story: Arlene is thirty seven years old, mentally retarded, she lives in a special home with twenty six equally challenged adults, she has a limited vocabulary, about 14 words. Arlene is my spirit teacher, perhaps you never heard of such a thing, let me explain. When
