Bus Serenade By Teri Saya It is 8:30 in the evening and I am sitting on the bus for the long ride home from work. I rest my cheek against my palm and gaze out at the city lights going by. I have grown accustomed to the lurching stops and sudden starts as the […]
Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Working in the Street A while back I was working with a seven month old German Shepherd male who was well past his basics and we were into what I like to think of as “working in the street.” Once the dog understands and performs the
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Ah, The Good Old Days! Courtesy of Barbara Clippinger(From Coronet Magazine 1960) “Bargain-Basement” UtopiasBy Norman D. Ford You can live a caviar life on a sardine budget in these off-the-trail spots ranging from Mexico to the Indian Ocean. Looking for a haven where you can enjoy tranquility without pills for as little as $2.00
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Refugee Fatigue By Kelly Hayes-Raitt “Why do they have such high expectations?” my friend Anna complains about the Syrian refugees who’ve flooded Europe. “Why are they so ungrateful?” In the wake of German Chancellor Angela Merkel embracing 800,000 Syrian refugees and newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taking in 35,000 of them, 31
Meet Our Wonderful Staff Of Writers —In Their Own Words—In the order in which their bios were received. ART HESS—Anyone Can Train Their Dog Raised and educated in Alberta and pursued a mixed career of business, livestock and real estate. Had a life-long passion for working with dogs and horses. Next came 12 years
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Ground Roots Think Tank By Roger Johnson I am embarrassed and puzzled to watch the United States Congress fail to get anything substantial accomplished. I feel like I could throw some items on the table that have more merit for improving the life of the citizens of the United States than all the bickering
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Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by John Dallas Hicks For more editorials, visit:http://thedarksideofthedream.com The Particular Value of Pathfinders When I was a boy, my imagination would have short-circuited before creating an image of myself as an old man. I noticed recently that two well-known men I long admired died at the age of 62. When
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Peso Economics Explained —Or, why my box of Cheerios now costs $130 pesos. By Ed Tasca Why don’t food and other consumer prices ever go down? Everything else goes up and down in value, but not consumer prices. For many seniors, this issue has become an extremely important one. I speak first-hand. Because taking
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Time Warp By Chuck Pattinian We left our house in upstate New York for the Buffalo airport some 70 miles away in a thunderous rain storm and a luminous sky. It was 5:45 am. The wind shear was angry and relentless as we fish tailed towards the neon lights of the big city. The
Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Châteaux du Clos Lucé & Chenonceau Leonardo’s helicopter model at Château du Clos Lucé Château du Clos Lucé. If you thought that Leonardo da Vinci is buried in his native Italy, or that his famous Mona Lisa arrived at the Louvre as a spoil of war, you’d be wrong
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