Front Row Center By Michael Warren Calendar GirlsBy Tim FirthDirected by Candace Luciano This play is based on a real-life event. In 1999, eleven middle-aged ladies from the Rylstone and District Women’s Institute in Yorkshire, England, decided to produce a calendar in order to raise enough money to buy a new settee for the […]
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com The Tepehua Community Center in Chapala wishes our volatile world peace for 2018. If we cannot have it politically, hopefully we will hold it in our homes, keep hope in the work that we do, and make this world a little better than we
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What Men Are By William Franklin It’s obvious that no one knows what men are. As we see them fall like ducks at a shooting gallery we should pause for a second and think about who the heck we are sacrificing. Men started out as the guys who would chase you in tag games
My Heart’s Rejoicing By Christy Wiseman Valentine’s Day is approaching. It is a perfect day for friendship and love to be expressed. Sweet, often homemade cards, are exchanged among children, maybe with a giggle at their boldness in taking this first risk of sharing their feelings. It can herald the arrival of the transition
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I Can Fly! By Margie Keane When I was a very young girl I loved reading fairy tales. I believed in ogres and witches and I dreamed of beautiful princesses and handsome princes who lived in golden castles surrounded by moats. I believed that everyone lived happily ever after. As I grew older I
A Spark, A Blast By Rico Wallace The airborne chair started an eruption. Flying bottles, a broken mirror, tumbled tables and a roar filled the room. When somebody hollered “Cops” there was a dash for the exit. Edwin, home for his father’s funeral, was reminiscing with his old friend. “You started the fight with
Lake Chapala Writers Conference By Carol D. Bradley Every writer seeks inspiration, whether penning personal stories for family, memoirs of an awe-inspiring life or the next best-selling novel. One place to soak up inspiration is in a roomful of like-minded people looking to talented presenters and fellow devotees of the written word at a
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Simon Girty By Dr. Lorin Swinehart There is a tendency to elevate unsavory persons to the status of idols, as in the case of Andrew Jackson, and to marginalize, overlook or unjustly damn more than a few genuine heroes. Similarly, in time of war there is frequently a presumption that the Deity smiles upon
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Most students of the game agree that defense is the most difficult part of bridge. It is easy to understand why – each defender can see only half of his partnership’s assets whereas the declarer has the benefit of seeing all 26 of his side’s cards. Still,
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World’s Worst Puns (Written by various people with too much time on their hands) —I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. —Police were called to a Day Care Center where a three-yr-old was resisting a rest. —Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
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