SYGENE28 September 1936 – 7 February 2011 I held her hand for hours, Until I couldn’t anymore, I kissed her goodbye, And covered her face. She taught me to love, I didn’t believe I could, A gentle touch, a soft tear, A quiet cry in the night. She taught me about courage, Followed me […]
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When Sitting With Nepalese When sitting with some Nepalese, I wander back in time To my old village in Nepal Where I did once abide. Sindhuli Madhi was its name, A Himalayan site: With Annapurna on the left, And Everest on the right. Thatched roof adorned my village hut, While cow dung formed the
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IN MEMORIAMJIM COLLUMS —A Wonder- Filled Member of Our Lakeside Family –September 17, 1935 – February 16, 2011 Do not stand at my grave and weep,I am not there – I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow,across the lake we all now know. —Mary Frye As eternal youth among us, Jim
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Tripping At times I trip out of my spin And climb to the top tick-tock I am thinking of fallen decades And I know somewhere joy stopped. The chimes stop for a midnight pause A snug rest from the drum-beaten throbs Twelve o’clock and I go ahead Joy is somewhere but now it seems dead.
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“You have just entered the Twilight Zone.” By Peter L. Rosenberg We could hear those words being said by Rod Serling as we drove up the highway from Barra De Navidad to Puerto Vallarta. The top was down on the convertible as the weather was sunny and about 73 degrees. Then, rounding a curve,
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Fifty Year Anniversary – What’s Next for the Peace Corps? By Rob Mohr, RPCV Ecuador Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” —President John F Kennedy. While the Peace Corps (PC) has meant something different to each of the 200,000 volunteers who
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THE HUMBLE TORTILLA By Bill Frayer Every day I visit the small market. Every day I see the battered cooler. Get there early, or they’re gone. I open the lid, the sweet smell. The humble tortilla. Corn masa Mixed with water, flat and round. They cook ‘em on a griddle Flipping with fast fingers.
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THE VANISHING MARTINI By Robert Sconce One of the staples at our house for 30 years or so has been the martini, straight up with a twist of lemon peel. Word has got around that I make the best martini in the West which helps my social life. That’s because lots of casual friends
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GREAT WRITES AND WRONGS By Tommy Clarkson Last month, I wrote of James Thurber whose birthday, December 8th, was one day before mine. Well, F.T. Eyre has – once again – reminded me of yet another humorist writer whose works, as well as his last name, are singularly “Brilliant” – Ashleigh Ellwood generally precedes
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WHO WAS SHE—AND WHY THE SONG? By Bob Tennison Last night I heard an old recording by Lena Horne about “A Ms Otis regretting she would not be able to dine today.” As Pago would have questioned, “Who in the blue-eyed world was Ms Otis and why was she so important that the song
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