Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Fishermen are noted for their tall tales about the enormous catch they didn’t quite land and which they blithely refer to as “The one that got away”. I had some sympathy for them when I almost, but not quite, landed the doubled contract in this month’s […]
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Hearts at Work A Column by Jim Tipton “…more than just a physical adventure.” In high school, I read Henry David Thoreau’s classic essay, “Walking,” which was first published in Atlantic Monthly in 1862. Thoreau offers in this essay his thoughts on how to use walking to return to the soul, particularly the
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com Jose Antonio Jimenez Aguilar: a Success Story Raised in hard times, he was the eldest of six children. Life had him out of school and picking tomatoes at the age of twelve. In the brutal heat of summers in the field, he
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Dear Portia Advice to the Lovelorn, the Drastically Distracted and the Deeply Disgruntled Dear Portia, With the Ho HoHoHo of the Holidays upon us, I want to know if sex toys are an appropriate gift for elderly friends. I have seen some hilarious ones that should be useful on so many levels! May
Birth Of An Avocado By Teri Saya CRASH! My eyes pop open, and I reach for my Te-Bo stick, a small but handy weapon I keep next to the bed. I lay still in the darkness while listening for more sounds of the clumsy burglar foolish enough to park over our courtyard wall in
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Small Altars Where the Sun Performs Morning Service By John Thomas Dodds Reviewed by Margaret Van Every John Thomas Dodds’s most recent book is a collection of paeans to a woman of flesh who embodies for the poet a holy spirit that connects him to himself and to the universe. These poems are a
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Life Under Nikllai Ceausescu By Carol L. Bowman Until now, any mention of ‘Romania’ triggered images in my mind of Dracula’s castle in Transylvania and roving bands of gypsies. Truth is, the ‘Dracula’ who spent time in a Romanian castle was mid-15th century, imprisoned Vlad, the Impaler, not Bram Stoker’s famed vampire of 1897.
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Conservative Contradictions By Fred Mittag One obvious manifestation of this conservative neurosis is the unusual degree of anger and hate they display. Who can forget Congressman Joe Wilson’s shout of “You lie!” to President Obama during his address to a joint session of Congress. Or Governor Jan Brewer wagging her finger in President Obama’s
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Pomp And Ceremony – Jonathan Blair, South African born documentary film-maker is invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. By Gabrielle Blair “This is the moment I’ve most been waiting for!” commented my brother, showing a sign of excitement as we drove through the palace gates. The investiture ceremonies, where
The Gift Of Giving By Margie Harrell (Republished by Request) A Letter to My Grandchildren Dearest Children, I have befriended a Mexican family that lives on the shores of Lake Chapala. We visit each day as I take my walks. They are a family of seven, five children and Momma and Poppa. Their
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