Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “The simplicity of the everlasting truth” John G. Whittier, the “Quaker Poet,” concluding his introduction to the 1871 edition of the Journal of John Woolman, “the Quaker Saint,” wrote: “I am not unmindful of the wide difference between the appreciation of a pure and simple life […]
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Hurt Hawks/Broken Herons —The Dark Vision of Robinson Jeffers Continues to Challenge Us By Dr. Lorin Swinehart It was a cold but sunny afternoon in February of my fifteenth year when I found the injured heron. I had been wading up the small stream that trickled across my grandfather’s pasture, when I caught the
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The Power Of The Dog By Rudyard Kipling There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog
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PUEBLA-The City Built By Angels By Dave Good Founded in 1531, the city of Puebla emerged from the chaos caused by the Conquest of the New World. Legend has it that “tall, beautiful, lightly-dressed heavenly beings with long hair and transparent gaze began to trace the city layout.” The City of Angels was the
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Dis In The Afternoon By Ed Tasca Modern psychologists now believe that the bullfight may not be what it has always appeared to be – a primal, man-against-beast ceremonial battle of grace against brawn. At least not to the bull. The bullfight, theorists argue (from the bull’s point of view), is really a torrid
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Fifty Pesos By Antonio Ramblés She looked like so many other street beggars that he wouldn’t have given her a second glance except to kill time until the next Chapala bus departed. From his seat at the far end of the concourse, he distracted himself by marking her progress as she snaked among the
LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com May 2014 PAST EVENTS WHAT WAS ALL THAT NOISE? On May 3 some expats woke up extremely early to the “music” of cohetes (bottle rockets to gringos). This was Dia de la Santa Cruz, which is also the patron saint day of construction workers, a large and
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The Professional Writer: Getting Ideas; Avoiding Pitfalls By Marsh Cassady, Ph.D.Reviewed by Kay Davis Been thinking about writing your memoirs? Or have you been dreaming about writing a play that could be performed at the Lakeside Little Theatre? A great novel or a series of short stories for publishing? Then this is one of
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Child Of The Month By Rich Petersen Mario Alberto V.G. Three years ago while at school Mario began having severe back pain and his legs felt “all tingly”—as if they were “asleep.” He returned home as usual but the pain and tingly feeling continued. The next morning Mario was unable to move his legs!
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Sex, Money And Spam By Sandy Olson Today I want to talk to you about spam. Not that pink mystery meat in the can, but what’s in your computer’s junk mail folder. I know it’s hard to get excited about spam. But I’m going to invite you to skip over most of it and
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