Hearts at Work A Column by Jim Tipton “Charmed back to a forgotten World” Some years back while I was wandering around Peru, early one early morning I stepped onto a bus and began a journey down the coast. As the bus maneuvered south through the grey city of Lima, made even greyer by […]
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: Robert Nipper says that green movements “are not a bad thing,” but that anything related to “sustainability” is “a Communist front bent on control.” A child of a Nebraska farm family, solidly Republican, I was raised to believe that the Bible taught us to care for the land
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Free To Be Me I wish for you the perfect giftunder the perfect treenot locked in a box,ribboned or tucked in a sock,but open for all to see as visible as the brightest star,this gift, hopefully received most festively,would simply, and mindfully be“a present me” In this season of your makingI wish for you
HERE’S TO THE GAP YEAR: Opening Eyes and Hearts By Rita Golden Gelman I’ve been popping in and out of countries around the world for 28 years. I have no home and no possessions; I’m a citizen of the world. My recent visit to Ajijic reaffirmed the fact that we are all enriched when
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: There are 2 ads in your Nov. magazine about someone downsizing & wanting to get rid of their dogs. I was appalled that they consider a dog a part of their stuff that they can just discard! We have 2 cats, one 14 & one 17 years of
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Think About It! By Bernie Suttle “Step out of the van, Sir. Put your hands on your head and tell me who you are and what you are doing.” “Clyde T. Cruller’s the name. “T” is for Travis, hero of the Alamo. Born in West-by-God Virginia and now live in far-from-God Arizona. What d’ya
THE “DEATH” OF ELVIS—Another Perspective By Tom Eck The most notorious case I undertook was a lawsuit against Elvis Presley—the “King of Rock and Roll.” After the last show of his appearance, Elvis would have a party in his room for all the unmarried women. Ralph Warner and his girlfriend, Gina De Marco, attended
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Escape By Ron Knight Many people have awakened from the American Dream, and sorry to say, they have “morning breath.” Mostly, because we wonder what happened to our country, no matter which side of the body politic you are on, left or right. It’s not about the left or right anymore, it’s perhaps deeper
A Mennonite Madeleine By Harriet Hart When I learned that our itinerary of Mexico’s Copper Canyon included visiting a Mennonite colony, I was apathetic; unenthusiastic, I couldn’t have cared less. I grew up among Mennonites in Southern Manitoba which has communities with names like Plum Coulee, Rosenort, Grunthal and Steinbach, all populated by the
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