Poetry as Art By John Thomas Dodds I have all these unfinished paintings in notepads, on napkins, in files, on the computer. If only I could with a brush stroke, lay them visible to the ear. Where does a stroke of inspiration come from? Is it always there waiting in the wings, or is […]
The Serpent’s Tooth By Mel GoldbergRe-Published by Request “How Sharper Than A Serpent’s Tooth It Is To Have A Thankless Child” —King Lear (Shakespeare) Act 1, scene 4, After my mother died, my father came to live with me in Arizona. He needed special care because of his Parkinson’s Disease. He had the
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A WINTER’S REFLECTION A Personal Perspective on Aging and Spirituality By Bob Koches It was in the summer of our lives when Kathy and I were full of energy and had all our hopes and dreams in front of us.It was during this time we went to visit Kathy’s sister and brother-in-law in Boca
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Forget the Facts, Print the Legend! Alberto Dominguez Back in the Old West, there was a shibboleth lovingly espoused by many frontier newspaper editors which went: If the facts get in the way of a legend, print the legend, anyway! So with that disclaimer, the story goes like this.
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Lament For A Raindrop on an early morning walk a raindrop the size of a palm, in the drizzle of a morning shower, fell into the loving hands of mi esposa, and was carried home to become part of our hearts delight here in the village cats and dogs own the streets, the
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Abraham Lincoln And Mexico By Dr. Michael Hogan (www.drmichaelhogan.com)Reviewed by Mark Sconce Abraham Lincoln Benito Juárez At the drop of a hat, most lifetime readers can tell you which books were most important to them, the ones that changed their previously held view, altered their attitude, explained and sorted out the meaning of it
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The Game That Never Ends A Novel by David HarperReviewed by Mel Goldberg I have never played cricket nor have I played rugby, but author David Adamson Harper blends both with heavy doses of love and sex in his latest book, The Game That Never Ends. The story begins in San Francisco in
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Magical Montserrat What to do with one day yet in Barcelona before the cruise weighs anchor? There’s plenty of ground yet unturned in the city, but there’s also an intriguing day-trip site of a completely other flavor that begs to be on a Barcelona short list. The Monastery of Montserrat
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Have you heard the rumor that is circulating among American-based bridge players these days? Apparently, with the inauguration of the new President of the United States, only suit contracts will be permitted; No-Trump bids will be illegal! Be that as it may, I could have saved myself
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Fuzzy Facts? “There’s no such thing, unfortunately, anymore, of facts.” Really? This is what Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes declared recently on The Dine Rehm Show on NPR. I think I know what she was getting at. Facts are often spun and viewed differently depending on one’s point
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