Front Row Center By Michael Warren Death and The Maiden By Ariel DorfmanDirected by LB Hamilton Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman wrote this play in 1990, shortly after Chile’s return to democracy after the brutal rule of General Augusto Pinochet. As President, Pinochet was in effect a dictator and during his rule it is estimated […]
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com Women and Recovery “Intensified patrol on both sides of the Mexican/USA border make it harder for cartels to get their drugs over, so more narcotics are left on the streets of Mexico, for local consumers.” stated Marcela Lopez Cabrera, Director of Monte Fenix Clinic
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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
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Only Nine Little Words Note: Given the results of the recent presidential election in the United States, and the current threat from some quarters to drastically curtail the freedom of the press and the right of free speech, the following true story might be instructional. In 1734, in a
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A Sneaky Twitch of an Itch! John Thomas Dodds I know an Itch named Sneaky, he’s longer than a finger’s reach, he’s faster than a swat, and just when you find his favorite spot, he simply disappears. You can’t tickle the Sneaky Itch away, and as soon as you say good night or good
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Jewish Humor By Scott Aronowitzjaclaron@cox.net Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So, for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast-beaters. By the time I was five I knew I was that one. –Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky Isaac Asimov is widely, if
