The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-?) My monthly column explores the life, time and inspiration of great poets. While the collected works of this month’s poet may not yet qualify him for greatness, what he actually did qualifies him for courage. Some of you may remember his name. Yevtushenko. He made
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Waiting For Rain By Kathy Koches Sunlight streaming, finds me dreaming Lazy hazy April days. Waiting, hoping, napping, moping, Hoping this is just a phase Finally, a rainbird singing, Music to my ears today. And he let’s me know he’s bringing News that rain is on the way Cooling, soothing, breezes moving Clouds
THE GHOSTS AMONG US By Fred Mittag Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) “The Great Faith Healer” Rasputin was a reputed psychic and faith healer. The Russian Imperial family’s only son and heir to the throne, Prince Alexei, was a bleeder (hemophilia). In 1907 Czar Nicholas II invited Rasputin to the royal palace in St. Petersburg. Alexei
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez My Most Unusual Experience (Several months ago, we asked our readers to send us an account of their most embarrassing moment. The response was brisk and we published some of them on a one-a-month basis. Now we’ll try a different topic, and as before, so as to encourage our
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The Shoelanthropists! The Shoelanthropists are Michael and Lorraine Kulig – Homeowners in the Barrio San Miguel (near Tepehua) for three years. Shoes distributed to date are 3000 pairs (donated shoes from the States). One Day Without Shoes event on April 16th 2013 at 1:00 pm on the Malecon (At the Beer Garden) Photo/Video event of
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The Death Of John Riley— Revisited (Irish leader of San Patricio Battalion in the Mexican War) By Michael Hogan, Ph.D. John Riley, the twenty-eight year-old Irishman who is credited with organizing the San Patricio Battalion during the Mexican War, has been the subject of much speculation in recent years. Much of it has come
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com We Are Stuck In the Past There is lots of talk these days about the polarized political system, particularly in the United States. And this stalemate probably reflects the deep divisions among people about how government should work. Russell Mead, in The American Prospect, has suggested that
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Herself and I recently spent a delightful month in New Zealand, driving through most of that beautiful country from Auckland to Dunedin and Christchurch. Throughout our journey we met only very pleasant, friendly people who made our stay extremely enjoyable. None more so than the folks we
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Joyful MusingsBy Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Living Apart Together Relationships have changed a lot with the times. There was a time when it was a bold step to live with a partner without the blessings and legal sanction of marriage – ‘living in sin’ some called it. Before too long, living together
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