To Our Esteemed Contributors (Current and Future) Few circumstances warrant punctuation outside of quotation marks. Hence, “All’s well that ends well.” Not “ends well”. There are exceptions to this rule, but chances are good that none of us will encounter them more than a couple of times in our lifetime! 2. Always use one […]
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer It’s Easy to Identify a False Cause So here’s the problem. You hear a report on television that a new study has found that people who take a daily multivitamin live longer than people who do not. “Wow,” You exclaim, “I better start taking a multivitamin” Simple, right? Well,
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The Kings By Julie Galosy We heard the church bells first: clanging some kind of secret message. They didn’t toll the time nor transmit a warning. They just chimed. Out of the window we saw the whole village in motion. Bundled up, they scurried down the hill, past the one-room church, toward the marina.
The Last Meal By Jim Rambo Eddie Pankowski was a member of Delaware’s Public Defender triumverate known as the “ski patrol”: Otlowski, Radulski, and Pankowski. He had the dubious distinction of being assigned to represent James Allen Red Dog. Red Dog was a thirty-nine year old Lakota Sioux Indian who had previously been convicted
Verónica By Estrella DaCosta It was Sunday. She was beautiful. Her sandy brown hair fell in curly ringlets around her face as she danced on the wood floor in a semi-circle. The live band was playing her song. I tried to coax her to come my way so I could join in the dance
