Huckleberry Finn: A Misunderstood Classic By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.” Generations of parents, teachers and screenwriters have erroneously portrayed Mark Twain’s greatest classic as a children’s story. Containing thirteen killings and depicting the evils of slavery, racism, alcoholism, bigotry, child abuse and corruption, it hardly …
THE HUMMINGBIRDS—Past and Present By Tony Burton Pre-conquest Mexicans regarded the acrobatic hummingbird with a certain awe. In the Magliabecchiano Codex (dating from the mid-sixteenth century and now in Florence, Italy) an Indian artist depicts the god Quetzalcoatl with a feathered headdress, feeding at a tubular blossom protruding out of the headdress is a …
Sunday Best By Kathy Koches When I was a kid back in the ‘50’s, and we were going somewhere special, like out to dinner or to visit my relatives, we all dressed up in our “Sunday Best.” For my mother, sister and me, this meant pretty dresses with petticoats, black or white patent leather …
The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “The Unkindest Cut of All” Farinelli (1705-1782) Viva ilcoltello! This was a frequent cry from audiences in Italy during the 18th and 19th centuries. It means “Hurray for the knife!” and refers to castrated opera celebrities. There was a Church ban against women singing in the choir, …
THE OJO INTERNET MAILBOX (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) RIDING OFF THE EDGE OF THE MAP Herbert W. Piekow Having read Riding Off the Edge of the Map I must completely agree with Mel Goldberg´s succinct and apt appraisal of this revealing book by David Bryen. ONCE UPON …
