| Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:21:25 +0000 NOTHING BUT TROUBLE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE By Trish Jensen To say that I was something of a handful as a child would be akin to saying that nuclear weapons are a bit worrisome. The analogy is somewhat appropriate because I was a midget nuclear weapon. For example, there was the time when I was five when I [...] |
| Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:00:55 +0000 FATHER’S DAY Father’s Day by Bill Allen This year, for the first time since I was born, I have no father to celebrate with on Fathers Day. After a long, happy life, Dad passed away last winter at the young age of 92. As one of three children, I was asked to say a few words at his [...] |
| Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:00:40 +0000 WHAT IF WHAT IF by Susan Kearney Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Is the question I’m asked most frequently. OK, I’m going to admit a secret. I don’t think of myself as a writer. Writing was that hard boring stuff with commas and grammar that I was supposed to learn in school. But story telling? Ah, [...] |
| Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:00:31 +0000 DESK DEFINITION DESK DEFINITION By Lisa Turner It’s been said that our friends define us. What about our desks? Five things I found scattered on my desktop: A prediction from a fortune cookie that reads: “There’s a big change ahead of you.” Depending on my mood, I can either be elated about that or wildly depressed. A [...] |
| Fri, 31 May 2013 12:00:32 +0000 PUNDITRY OVER PERFUNCTORY PUNDITRY OVER PERFUNCTORY by Deborah Smith I Eat, Therefore I Yam. The Lard Cooks In Mysterious Ways I’m Not A Biscuit, Don’t Butter Me Up. I love slogans and sayings. For one thing, they turn words into a toy box full of colorful blocks, sort of an old-school Rubik’s Cube, and it’s fun [...] |
