The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Lord Byron, Childe of Passion Time spent pouring over poems and their poets has convinced me of one thing certain: Any attempt to discover a connection between a poet’s behavior here on earth with the sublimity or beauty or sensitivity of his or her poetry is quite […]
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THE REVELATION OF ST. GEORGE By Duncan Aldric I would like to do what I think is the most important thing that I can do, that is to introduce you to whom it has been said is the greatest writer of Neo-Mythic Poetry that has ever lived… exceeding, in his writings, even the Genius
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STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.t Stress—The Other Killer Stress results from individualized, personal response to different situations and circumstances that create pressures. It is a normal and perhaps necessary part of our lives. It is a normal physiological response to specific stimuli or “stressors.” These responses produce body systems so that
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FRONT ROW CENTER By Michael Warren The ForeignerBy Larry ShueDirected by Larry King The Foreigner is a hokey comedy set in a fishing resort in the backwoods of Georgia. The play had some success in an off-Broadway production in 1984-86, and eventually won two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best
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Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Geiger Silent Flight The Barn Owl is one of the most widely distributed species of owl, found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions and the Pacific islands. The Barn Owl is a pale, long-winged, long-legged owl with a short square tail. Depending on subspecies,
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Be Prepared As retirees, we’ve reached one very uncomfortable stage in our lives. Our friends are becoming seriously ill, and they are dying. I’ve lost several friends this past year. I remember my grandmother talking to me about this stage in her life. It was the time when
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Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “If you love someone….” Lebanese-American writer and artist Khalil Gibran is largely remembered for The Prophet (1923), one of the best selling works of the 20th century. This collection of 26 inspirational and poetic essays became one of the guiding lights of the 1960s revolution that
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THIS WORLD OF OURS By Bob Harwood People Power Goes Global With Information Age, instant communication People Power has been unleashed at a pace and on a scale never before experienced. Some of the factors at play are lack of freedom, corruption, obscene economic contrasts, soaring food costs and rising unemployment. Entrenched Arab
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC What’s the Big Deal? It’s Just a Dog… Sadly, there’s frequently a lack of real understanding from family or friends when it comes to losing a pet. “What’s the big deal?” they say, and then suggest you go to the shelter and get a new one
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer A Simple Life One of the reasons we, and I imagine many others, decided to leave the US or Canada and settle in Mexico is because we wanted to simplify our lives. Certainly, contemporary life, particularly in Western culture, is busy, complicated and stressful. Many of us balanced
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