Walking Luna —By Shelly Smith— Luna – descending from a proud race, but still in need of daily exercise. My tempo dictated to by the nose of a dog. Outside circumstances. Walking Luna is not so much walking as stopping. I stop. I stop. Impatient to be moving on. Blindly waiting – eyes rolling […]
Remember By Michael Cook Some people say to me Who are you To that I say just history Who are you I am just a memory Who are you I can’t remember Do I see me Unravelled in the knot of life Are you a mirror or forgotten wife I think I am a
Transitions By Tom Nussbaum “Why don’t I like to play with dolls, Jeremy?” nine-year-old Michelle Klein asked the lanky teenager sitting on the window seat in her bedroom as she pushed a red toy race car across the desk sitting next to the window. “I don’t know, Michelle,” Jeremy, the Klein’s neighbor, answered. “But
A Teddy Bear Called Tedrina (By An Anonymous Contributor) A Christmas Story When my son Justin was born, he was given a Teddy bear. Just a normal old bear, in no way exceptional except to him. Most children have an “attachment object” preferred to all others and Tedrina was Justin’s. He played, ate and
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Hope Springs Eternal By Henri Loridanshenri.loridans@gmail.com Donald Trump is a true believer that all is fair in love and war, and that political campaigning is war. In his first venture into politics he defeated the cream of the crop of Republican stalwarts. His antics, statements and promises amazed not only Americans, but the entire
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Dreams By Margaret Van Every Claire La Flamme wasn’t the least flamboyant. From Montreal, she was a plain girl who drifted into the art school in our Mexican village, perhaps in search of finding a few artsy friends as she was passing through. We art students were a cliquish sort disinclined to pay any
The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) GRANDPA’S COIN Brian Dalziel Thank you, Alexsi Currier, for relating this poignant story. Beyond Israel, nationalism is on the rise today in Poland and Hungary, England and France. And in the United States, witnessed by the rise of presidential candidate Donald
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson The advent of dealing machines and computerized scoring have added enormously to the enjoyment of bridge players, as they allow us to check our results against all others holding the same cards in any given event. This is usually available only in pairs games but Mike Roney
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Ramblings From The Ranch By Linda Goldman What do Tilly, One-eyed Jack and six adorable puppies have in common? They were either abandoned, abused or ran away, all of them to be rescued by the Ranch’s responsive services. Those dogs are not alone – over seventy other dogs currently call The Ranch home, each
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Embellishment Surrounded by an army of doom and gloom cynics, I enrolled into the University of Hell. Going for a Master’s in Wisdom, with a Minor in Instinct. Discovering a fortress of absolutes, With an armor almost impenetrable, Where intangible forces filled with possibilities and probabilities penetrate. Gazing into a thousand one horizons,
