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PRISMATIST
ALPHABÉTIQUE PART ONE: A-G by Kiley Grantges
This alphabet series began as a method to explore the kind of character study I was interested in pursuing.
ANYA’S RECITAL: LESSONS LEARNED by Sue Smaltz Burrus
Anya and Kerensa, my granddaughter, have been friends ever since they met as college freshman percussion students four years ago.
EZRA AND IKE ON THE ROAD - PART TWO By Tim Wintermute
Ezra dreamt he was Lazarus only there were no Mary and Martha to ask Jesus to bring him back to life ...
AFTER by Vicki Lind
After a fall, Micki’s legs in ice, fail to dance
PHOTOS by Mark Magee
These photos all come from areas I know well and see often.
MUSINGS ON MORTALITY by Tony Lopresti
My name is Tony Lopresti and today my ego took a hit.
THE FROG PRINCE by Jim Kent
In the English version of the Grimm Brothers’ story about the Frog Prince, the prince turns into a regular guy when he gets kissed.
EXAMINING AMAZON: THE REALITY OF WORKING FOR THE GLOBAL RETAILER by Vic Johnson
I am a full-time Tier 1 Amazon Associate at a Fulfillment Center. It’s a love/hate mutually-parasitical relationship.
DEAR DEMOCRATS - by Jim Kent
I am a lifelong Republican who is sorry your party have decided they don’t want to win any elections for a while.
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACES FOR POLITICAL IDENTITIES – By Irvin Peckham
The current terms of left and right, Democrat and Republican, are in part responsible for the current dysfunctional state of our government
TO STOP OUR COUNTRY FROM BREAKING BAD WE’D BETTER CALL SAUL…ALINSKY - by Tim Wintermute
Unlike the lawyer Saul Goodman in the TV series Breaking Bad ... you can’t call Saul Alinsky.
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE E’S – By Jim Kent
For a couple of decades I had a job (well, a series of jobs) as a program evaluator for state legislatures.
A LEARNING CURVE GOES FLAT – By Jim Kent
It’s pretty frustrating, really. Just about every day there is a story in the formerly plausible news publications and websites ...
RESILIENCY - by Tom Ewell
The cumulative effect of the past month’s assault on democracy and on the safety and welfare of our people weighs heavy on my heart ,,,
PROSE POEMS – By Vicki Lind
Arthur Saves 1987 SE Portland OR
Morning Glory Cafe Astoria OR 2024
Picking for Memories
I Remember - At 80
F**K TRUDEAU? - By Peter d’Entremont
A response to signs posted in Canada
ON THE ROAD WITH EZRA AND IKE, PART I - By Tim Wintermute
“One night Jerry got out of bed to go to the bathroom and he never returned...
OH, WAIT, WHO?- by Jim Kent
For several centuries the world has usually had two major groups of states and a few minor ones.
A POTPOURRI OF CURRENT POLITICAL NEWS – By Steve Wintermute
I have had a difficult time this week trying to write a single-topic column. There is just too much ...
FINDING FRIENDS IN “THE FRIENDLY CITY” - By Wendy Wintermute
Last year, we moved to “the Friendly City” of Harrisonburg, Virginia. But why "friendly?"
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