Duke’s Legacy By Judy Dykstra-Brown I think we’ve all had the experience of accidently switching the beginnings of two words with ludicrous results, but I have to tell you my favorite story about such an occurrence. When I was still in college and for four years afterwards, I had a really pretentious brother-in-law named […]
Life Askew By Julia Galosy True Love Never Runs Smooth It has taken me a long, long time. For some reason, we cacti only grow about an inch a year. My man, however, was already 70 years old when I was a little bulb. Don´t scoff. Seventy years is nothing for an Elephant Palm.
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com September 2019 READ THIS FIRST! Come and celebrate with The Bravo! Theatre at their grand opening presentation of Address Unknown, a play reading by Roger Larson and Ken Yakiwchuk, co-directed by Jayme Littlejohn and Bernadette Jones. Opening Night is Friday, September 6. This is a staged
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A Kind Of Compass By Paul Allen allfred38@gmail.com Most people know the meaning of the word ‘compass.’ These instruments range from the smaller pocket-sized to much larger ones which might be found on ships. The dictionary points out its primary use as an instrument used for navigation relative to cardinal directions, namely, north, south,
Amazing Anthropomorphists By Sydney Gaygooglesydney@yahoo.com Anthropomorphism is attributing human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities, objects and animals, an inborn tendency of human psychology. The psychologist I went to said humans are misguided to assume animals have similar emotional, social and mental capacities. Anthropomorphics believe Earth is a planet where animals and humans
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The Soldier And The Scarf By Ardele Holden Harold stood in the doorway of the beach house inhaling the fresh sea air. It was going to be another beautiful day. The sand beneath his slippers whispered with each resolute step as he inched his way across to the porch swing. He hung his cane
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Who’s On First? By Sam Shooster When Lakeside resident Ron Knight last left the area in 2015, he ventured into concert promotion and live shows hop-scotching across the United States. Many of the live shows are entertainment from Warner Brothers’ Animaniacs in Concert, C3 Entertainment’s The Three Stooges Live on Stage, an upcoming Gumby-Fest
The Poet’s Curse The muted hush of night,the throb of silence.The “hiss” that hurts.The incessant poundingof a dripping faucet.In the relentless din,a lone candle flickers.Seeks to befriend,quill in hand,the poet? Bleary eyed, ponders,the die cast,forever set?Its sense relegatedmired in the mundane,and yet, onceever so infrequentlya fleeting truth.Nevermore than a thread,a straw in a stack,searches,
House In The Sun By Dane ChandosBook Review by Alice Hathaway(From the Ojo Archives) Remember chatterbox “Calenderia,” the Mexican cook who scampered around her immaculate kitchen preparing delicious meals no matter how many guests showed up? And remember “Cayetano,” the mozo, sniveling “Aurora” the washerwoman, and tobacco-brown “Nieves,” the maid in the Ajijic household
When Egrets Roost In Ajijic Whene’er I hear the egrets shriekAlong the shores of Ajijic,I know it must be roosting timeIn this their land of gentle clime.Look up! White flocks, then hundreds more,Come soaring off Chapala’s shore.We stop and stare—the sighting grips us—Up high among the eucalyptus.Swifter than the fleet impala,White egrets roost in
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