Ramblings From The Ranch About two years ago, Bill and Melanie adopted our Maggie Mae. She wasn’t a dog we expected to be adopted, having been at the Ranch about six years. And during that time her personality had changed. Usually she was friendly and loving with everyone, but during her last few years […]
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Post From The Palace By Margie Harrell As I sifted through the usual junk mail and utility bills one envelope caught my eye. It’s not every day you see the Queen of England’s coat of arms on your mail. If it was an advertising gimmick they had my attention. Weeks earlier, on a whim,
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Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt Saving Time? Mexico moves forward to Daylight Savings Time on April 7, 2019. The USA and Canada have already moved forward. This puts us in the twilight zone of time. When we call friends and family, we have to make sure we take into account that their normal
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Selma Movie Review by Tod Jonson (Ed. Note: This magnificent movie has just been re-released in the United States and some parts of Europe.) Few people know the history of Ava DuVernay, a black artist who heretofore worked with short subject material. For this film, DuVernay stepped into the ranks of a first-class director
SEPARATELY TOGETHER: A Coupling Option for Third Agers By Dr. Julia R. Galosy The kids are grown. Your partner has passed on—in one way or another. You have found your tribe and your social life is flourishing. Your home is exactly as you want it. Your time is yours. Suddenly Cupid drops by and
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It’s A Mystery By Anna Elena Berlin It will be alright How, how will it be alright I don’t know… it’s a mystery Everything is going to hell It will be alright How can you be sure I don’t know… it’s a mystery Things never go my way Don’t worry, it will be alright
The “Babe” Was Human By Rico Wallace Compliments before criticism is the courteous lesson from Babe Ruth’s terrible 1922 baseball season. What happened to this “National hero,” bigger-than- life beloved legend, who adored the children that followed him almost everywhere? Growing up in Chicago, after a White Sox game, my friend and I would
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com April 2019 READ THIS FIRST! If you’ve picked up your copy of Ojo del Lago fast enough, you’re in time to attend the National Theatre Live broadcast of The Madness of King George, shown at the Lakeside Little Theatre on April 6 and 7 at 4
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Blind Spot Fiction by Antonio Ramblés Myra’s husband Paul had been dead nearly a year when a couple young enough to be her children moved into the long-vacant home next door. Throughout the long vacancy, a gardener had faithfully tended their yard, and while Myra often admired the flowers through its wrought-iron fence, she
A Secret Within A Secret By Rob Mohr Blue sky, dark shadows with yellow and orange breaking through along the horizon animates this morning spent exploring. I have taken pictures of everything that caught my attention in a search for some hidden inner world – one I could enter, traverse, know, and become part
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