The Shadow Of A Star Chief By Carol D. Bradley Eleanor Davenport always wore gloves. Her wardrobe was filled with crinolines, expensive shoes, and fine dresses that enhanced her trim figure. She embellished her hats with extra ribbons, a bow or feather. Her gloves were embroidered with delicate flowers; the stems were ribbons of […]
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Going Home By Bonnie L. Phillips otterwomanwrites@yahoo.com Serena stood at the outer fringes of the party, avoided eye contact with everyone, and leaned over the wooden rail of the pier. She stared into the darkness below, her body drawn by the endless ocean she had only seen pictures of while growing up in the
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Why We Need Fraternity Pranks and Girl-Scout Rah-Rahs to Meet our Global Health Care Needs By Ron Knight Thank goodness. Someone more empirical than I, who actually articulates the social pompostity (coined term) with the stats on how and why we all gave to the ALS Foundation for Lou Gerhrig’s Disease, by tossing Ice
The Woman Who Wore Hats By Rob Mohr The day I first saw her she was standing on the malacon some distance from where I had entered the ocean side park. She stood silhouetted against the blue/gray water. Her dress was a pure yellow, almost transparent, delicate as it flowed down to her
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Hamburger By Zofia Barisas Two traffic lights close one after the other. I go through green and then the next light is turning orange and I drive through it. The policia vial pickup truck is right there on my right. I see its nose sticking out behind the raised island with the bushy tree
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Following In Their Footsteps By W.L. Mesusan Understanding the powerful attraction that brought three of the major literary luminaries of the 20th century to the shores of Lake Chapala, and how they found inspiration here for their creative lives, may provide us with a window into our own 21st century souls, since many of these
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Quinceañera By Mikel Miller If you ever get an invitation to a quinceañera in Mexico, don’t miss it. It’s the special Spanish ceremony celebrating the transition from a girl to a young woman. The quinceañerafor the daughter of my immigration agent Rosella was another insight into Mexican customs for me, beyond all expectations I
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The Gunfight at the El Paso Corral By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez I suppose the one question I’ve been asked as a former frontier newspaper editor more than any other is whether a worthwhile outcome was ever served by a newspaper deliberately misleading the public. Well, raking through the weed patch of what’s left
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Brother Isaacs By Cal Crenshaw Nathanshaw2@verizon.com Brother Isaacs was a tall thin bible-thumping circuit preacher from Ozark County Missouri, who having fled the bounds of matrimony in the spring of 1889, migrated to the northeastern part of Indian Territory. When it came to timing Brother Isaacs seemed to always be an hour late and
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The Flag By Bob Drynan March I938, Guatemala The two U.S. Army engineers had crossed the Guatemalan border with Mexico five days earlier with their guide, Isidro. They had made the trek on a dirt and gravel road almost to the Guatemalan border by jeep. Fortunately it was the dry season or even the
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