Getting On With Getting On By Christy Wiseman *I’m so sorry to hear of your lovely wife Lindy’s death. It is a sentiment I’m sending more frequently as I age. The name might be different and your condolences may have been over a spouse, significant other, child, or someone near and dear who was a […]
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Red Duct Magic By Katina Pontikes The drive from Lake Charles, Louisiana to DeRidder, Louisiana is only forty-five minutes long. When I was a child, it seemed to take hours. Farm fences displayed brightly colored ads for Brylcreem hair pomade and Barbasol shaving cream. The colorful signs provided a break in the monotony for
The National Bird? Ben Franklin, it might be recalled,Entreated all his fellow men:“Forget about the eagle bald,Wild turkey is American. “Bald eagles are bad characters,But turkeys are respectable.They won’t be viewed as predators,And turkeys are delectable. “Wild turkeys winging overheadAre such a sight to seeCompared to one lone eagle, Jeb,Perched high in yonder tree.”
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JOHN HERBERT JONES, JR. When born in Billings, Montana on October 24, 1929, John supposedly took a single breath of air and began singing…at least according to his mother. “And he was the only one in the family who could sing on pitch,” she added, comparing his voice to those of his four sisters: three older,
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The Poet’s Curse The muted hush of night,the throb of silence.The “hiss” that hurts.The incessant poundingof a dripping faucet.In the relentless din,a lone candle flickers.Seeks to befriend,quill in hand,the poet? Bleary eyed, ponders,the die cast,forever set?Its sense relegatedmired in the mundane,and yet, onceever so infrequentlya fleeting truth.Nevermore than a thread,a straw in a stack,searches,
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez THE ZIMMERMAN COMMUNIQUE—One of History’s Most Fascinating Moments— German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman In January of 1917, something occurred that might have forever damaged the relationship between the United States and Mexico. It preceded the United States’ entry into the First World War, a conflict that would go down
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The Fable Of The Complainer Who Travelled A Long Distance By Neil McKinnon Once upon a time, there was a Loud Complainer named Mortimer who, late at night, knocked on the door of a Stand-up Guy who was monikered by the designation, Al. Al knew the Loud Complainer as a griper and grumbler
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A Little Red Button By Sandy Olson(October 13, 2019) Let’s start out with full disclosure, as they sometimes do in New York Times editorials. I got a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) a while back and am living in a residential hospice in San Francisco instead of where I would much rather be,
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The Apology (Not Plato’s) By Steve Griffin As they were preparing to leave the dinner party, he swore to his angry wife that he would never do it again. She laughed, deliberately, right in his face. “No, I really mean it this time.” “Yeah, and you really meant it last time, and the time
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Slam hands are nearly always exciting to bid and play. It would be nice if we had 12 running tricks every time we arrived at the six-level but sadly that is not the case and we have to choose the best line of play to make our
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