Simon Girty By Dr. Lorin Swinehart There is a tendency to elevate unsavory persons to the status of idols, as in the case of Andrew Jackson, and to marginalize, overlook or unjustly damn more than a few genuine heroes. Similarly, in time of war there is frequently a presumption that the Deity smiles upon […]
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Most students of the game agree that defense is the most difficult part of bridge. It is easy to understand why – each defender can see only half of his partnership’s assets whereas the declarer has the benefit of seeing all 26 of his side’s cards. Still,
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World’s Worst Puns (Written by various people with too much time on their hands) —I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. —Police were called to a Day Care Center where a three-yr-old was resisting a rest. —Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
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THE BEAD WORKER– a prose poem By Gabrielle Blair Focused like a surgeon, he pokes his needle into a mess of glassy beads,and picks out the chosen one to press into its bed of wax.Pick-poke-press; pick-poke-press.How quickly the little pile of beads dissolves.His left hand cradles a perfect miniature dog,with large pricked ears and
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Generational Drift It’s a symptom of their stage of life,a product of their age.Adolescents have to disagreeand posture, pout and rage.That teenage chemical is nowrampaging through each vein,bringing self-doubt, embarrassment,confusion and disdain.Nothing so discomfortingas advice of a parent.Teens crave emancipation,but go through with it? They daren’t.They may neglect their family timein favor of their friends.The list of what is
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Mexican Daze By Iris R. Slocombe Off to the Mexican Jungle: Part 2Arriving & settling in at Yaxoquintala. We were told we would leave the Mexico City hotel, Quetzalcoatl, affectionately called the ‘Kettle’, next morning, and travel south by bus to Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas. On arriving at Tuxtla we all made a ‘bee—line’
Sea Love By Mel Goldberg As an ex-pat retired teacher vacationing near the ocean in Barra de Navidad, I enjoyed walking on the shore under a full moon. The calm water had a silvery sheen and I liked being alone. On rare occasions, dead seals washed up on the shore, so I was not
Fore! By Peter E. Gibbons If, like me, the older one gets the sharper the memory! I don’t mean current stuff like five minutes ago, but 70 odd years back? Quite recently I have got into the habit of watching golf Sunday afternoons on beautiful P.G.A. courses in the U.S. This precedes “60 Minutes”
The Gift Of The Pause By Susa Silvermarie Today my sister spoke of getting up from her kitchen lunch counter after eating part of a meal, pausing the eating process to put her attention on something else. She shared how, upon returning to her plate, it was easy to have clear awareness of further
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What Kind of World Do We Want? And How Do We Get There? By Lois Schroff Addressing this issue, Naomi Klein offered advice in her most recent book: No is Not Enough. As a start, she advocated forming discussion groups to find ways to work in unison toward creating a better and fairer society. Although
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