Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Nudes and Scenic Villages – Artist Ina Kedzierska-Gieysztor Art is …“born out of struggle between wisdom and madness, between dream and reality….” Magdalena Abakanowicz Paintings of village landscapes, structures, and events have long been a focus of Lakeside artists – but which artworks provide more than decorative value […]
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Ask A Ranger By Dr. Lorin Swinehart It was a sparkling summer morning on South Bass Island in Lake Erie, the location of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, a 354 foot Doric column erected to honor the sacrifice of men who gave their lives during the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10,
Cucumber By Judy Dykstra-Brown Luckily, my husband had been made weak by his mother and so had little interest in what I was doing or how I had obtained the money to do so. He sat in the shade as he has sat for all of the years we have been married and occasionally
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Remembering my “Jewish” Mexican Mother Often when I hear Jewish friends reminiscing about the funny foibles of their dearly-departed mothers, I squelch an inclination to boast that my own mother was perhaps the most unusual “Jewish” mother ever—mainly because she wasn’t Jewish, at all. (*See Note) My mother was
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“A” Is For Awesome By Kenneth Salzmann The Alphabet of Longing and Other PoemsBy James TiptonEdited by Margaret Van Every2018 Librophilia$250 MX It becomes clear within the first poetic lines of James Tipton’s newly released collection, The Alphabet of Longing and Other Poems, that the reader is about to embark on a remarkable journey,
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Dear Portia Advice to the Lovelorn, the Drastically Distracted and the Deeply Disgruntled Dear Portia, I am twelve years old. I am shocked. Playboy Magazine says it’s dropping the nudes. I can get to grips with it no longer. Can you help? A . Portnoy (please excuse the shaky typing ) Dear Mr. Portnoy,
Me And My DNA… By Bill Barnes Dear Mr. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA): My name is Billy Swails Barnes (Bill) I was born in 1943. It pleased my mother and grandfather that I appeared to be a healthy, normal baby boy (my father was in Italy fighting the Nazis and would not meet me until
Skewed Liberty Everything is tilted. Slightly unaligned.The Constitution set askew. Liberty maligned.Some of the well-heeled citizens think that this is fine.They cannot see that everything is slightly out of line.All the pretty Philistines queue up at their teeswhile their flunky lawyers determine what to seize.Contracts with the Russians. Schemes to sell off national land.Cronies
