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Editor’s Page Guest Editorial By Sally Asante The gods tried three times to create humankind. First, they made men of mud who melted and fell apart when it rained. Their second attempt was with wood but these humans were stiff and heartless and had no soul. Finally, they breathed life into sacred maize and people

City Of The Gods By Neil McKinnon   The gods tried three times to create humankind. First, they made men of mud who melted and fell apart when it rained. Their second attempt was with wood but these humans were stiff and heartless and had no soul. Finally, they breathed life into sacred maize and

Another New Year’s Eve By Patricia Hemingway   It’s funny how New Year’s Eve sneaks up on you when you’re seventy-five. The Christmas decorations are still up and each night the soft glow of the strings of lights lulls you to sleep. Always one week after Christmas Eve, the last night of the year signals

Elgar’s Enigma Variations By Michael Warren Edward Elgar   Edward Elgar (1857 -1934) was born in a small house near Worcester, in England.  His father worked as a piano tuner and also ran a small shop selling sheet music and musical instruments. Young Edward was surrounded by music and did receive some tuition on the

The Pact By Mel Goldberg   Phillip stopped walking and grumbled to his friend Arthur, “We should’ve climbed up Camelback and jumped off the cliff.” His dry throat made him sound like coarse sandpaper scraping wood. The deep lines on his face made him appear older than his seventy-six years. They left five marks in

Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes Awakening   During the fiercest times of the pandemic, my life took on a Rip Van Winkle quality. My husband and I were those individuals who withdrew into a shell of true isolation. We kept our sanity with rituals like a daily balcony happy hour, complete with a jam

Celebrations By Judy Dykstra-Brown   One of my two dearest friends once told me that both of them thought I had always had an air of entitlement. This was a shock to me as from the inside out, I’ve always felt like I had to earn every bit of success or recognition I’ve ever received and that

Searching for Daniel Craig By David Adamson Harper   It’s hard to turn on the television these days without seeing Daniel Craig being interviewed about the latest Bond movie. I remember the first time I noticed him, which was in the movie “Munich” (2005). He played one of the Israeli Mossad assassins with a South

Ramblings From The Ranch TLC for Blind Theo By Christina Bennett   One day in October, we arrived at the Ranch to find a scraggly mess of a dog in the play yard — maybe a poodle mix with full dreadlocks. After a visit to the groomer, he turned out to be a beautiful senior