Child Of The Month By Nicole Sergent, Clinic Director Milagros Paulina V.V. Milagros was born at 6 ½ months with underdeveloped lungs and was in Intensive Care for 3 months. She was born in August 2012 and the family came to us in May 2015. Her family called her Milagros which means miracle […]
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The World Is Too Much With Us By Judy Dykstra- Brown “People here are funny. They work so hard at living they forget how to live.” Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) How was life when we didn’t know everything? Back when there was no TV and when news got shared once a
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SPIRITS OF THE FOREST: Owls and Other Creatures of the Night Dr. Lorin Swinehart As was frequently my habit, I had hiked solo deep into the forest late in the afternoon, kindled a crackling campfire, grilled a small rib eye and set a pot of lapsangsouchong tea to boil. With the coming of
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum Good Manners and Good Sense I saw the perfect example of this a short time ago. A young Mexican woman was walking her dog in town. Her dog was on a leash. In addition to the leash and collar, the dog had an ID tag. As she was walking
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Mutalahti By Alexi Currier One of the golden gifts we seniors get to unwrap in our Christmastide quiet is the gift of memories. Allow me a moment to share one. Come away with me to Finland, to a remote village, on the shore of a lake, deep in the endless forests. The other shore
THE OJO INTERNET MAILBOX(Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) SWEET MOTHER OF MEXICO—Leona Vicario Linda Perez I Love This Story! … Very fascinating!… Very well written!.. Thank you! Brigadoon II Herbert W. Piekow Mark, although I heard you read this piece I enjoyed the slow read. You should have been a
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Let’s Make America Funny Again! By Michael MacLaughlin As a comedy writer I was overjoyed in a very greedy, creative way when Donald Trump was elected President. Actually the American election was a win- win situation. We could have had a woman president. But comedy writers have to work with what the US
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Birds Are Closer To God By Daria Hilton Chattering amongst themselves, the little birds churned the green sea of thick palm leaves with their relentless diving and cresting. On cue, they launched themselves into the heavens when the church bells announced the morning mass, their brilliant yellow bellies like fireworks against the pale
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The Tale of the Atrocious, Abased and Ashamed Book Borrower By Kathy Koches There once was a carefree, happy, bibliophile who lived on the shores of a beautiful lake. She spent many happy hours sitting on her deck, enjoying the peaceful, tranquil setting while indulging in one of her favorite pastimes – reading
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The Man In The Red Rubber Nose By Sandy Olson John Fraser Some of you out there remember John Fraser and his one-man show at the Lakeside Little Theatre last season, “The Joy of Aging Disgracefully.” He’s back for the winter and we’re delighted he’s here. Here’s how he became who he is now.
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