Cleaning House and Reminiscing By Beverly Denton In Honor of Letters Written on Paper I know many people who, when moving to a new country in retirement, have garage sales, toss papers into the trash, and plead with family members to please take their valuable vases, china, stemware, and antique chairs. We strip down […]
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SKROMSOST* By Norah Valentine(*Skromnost. The Czech word even sounds like what it is: Modesty.) I looked at a flat one day. Its graceful lines had been altered by makeshift rebuilding with materials that had been scavenged in leaner days. I thought: no. I peered doubtfully into a small parlor where there was a wooden
From The Outside Looking InLooking Out From The Inside By Gary Fish A spouse, partner or child is lost to death, The one left behind tries to understand. Time “they” say will heal, Get back to work, Go out and find a companion. Advice, advice, Concern, concern. Who are “they”? “They” are friends. “They”
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Focus on Art – The Art of Social Comment By Rob Mohr “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”—Vincent van Gogh Lakeside artist Isidro Xilonzóchitl brings hidden visions, liberated dreams, and myths rooted in human spirituality, to life through the use of luminous color and dynamic forms that force an opening in
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To My Sons My Three ValentinesWritten long ago andnow shared with you. I would make of youStrong fiberSo that when lifeTests youAs surely it willYou will hold fast To the truths thatAre within youThe truths thatMake you whatYou are Different from All othersBecause of prioritiesYou have setFor your livesAnd your souls Flexibility in theFabricOf that
