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PRISMATIST
ADVICE TO THE NEWLY ELECTED- By Steve Wintermute
To paraphrase an old saw, those who can do, and those who can't give advice ... here is mine, for what it's worth, about two cents.
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL FOLK ART - By Lawrence Harman
What does a retired bus mechanic with an artistic inclination do when retired?
JOURNEY TO JUNEAU - By Rebecca Masters
“What will you do in retirement?” people ask. Travel! is my response and so I started...
CHANGES IN LATITUDE - By Jim Kent
Jimmy Buffett died the other day. This was bound to happen sooner or later, but it’s still not easy for me.
SPRINGTIME ON A SAND DUNE – By Steve Melov
I live on a five square mile island, Colington Island, one of the smaller barrier islands of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
AN UNLIKELY COLLABORATION - By Wendy Wintermute
A fascinating story from NM history tells of an unusual collaboration of white, middle-class women and New Mexican Native Americans ...
THE WRONG PATH TO AN UNNECESSARY GOAL - By Jim Kent
Since roughly forever, people have been killing other people and also usually taking over their land and possessions. It’s been a long...
MESA VERDE - By Tim Wintermute
Mom told us that Mesa Verde meant green table in Spanish, but when I saw it from a distance ... it didn't look green to me.
MARIES - By Tracy Klein
“The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.” ― Carl Gustav Jung I My memory includes a cloud of smoke,...
MUSINGS ON MORTALITY - by Tony Lopresti
My name is Tony Lopresti and I watched a woman die on a New York City subway platform.
WHAT INVENTIONS HAVE HAD THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE? - By Sue Burrus
Several months ago my daughter began asking me to write answers to questions that she was curious about. This is one of those questions...
EZRA AND THE GIFT BOX – By Tim Wintermute
Ezra Beeman looked out the large bay window in his living room and saw the snow falling over the front lawn and the town of Beulah...
PHOEBE AND MALCOLM - By Peter d'Entremont
I buried my dog today. Not the first time and certainly won’t be the last, but this time was the hardest.
THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE ANN’S COFFEE SHOP - By Erik Helzer
It was Monday, and four boys who could not have been more than 13 years of age shuffled along the sidewalk
YOUR UNIVERSE IN A BLADE OF GRASS - By Joel A. Swanson
How did you come to be looking at this particular blade of grass, this many paces down the path, in this field, in this town ...
WELL, HERE'S ANOTHER NICE MESS ... AND WITHOUT LAUREL AND HARDY - By Jim Kent
Just saw a communication that charged Pennsylvania with being “full of stupid people.” Here’s what I think may be true instead ...
THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN NO MORE - By Tom Egel
We once elected a president. I don’t think we really knew what it meant
REFLECTION ON THE POST-ELECTION - By Rebecca Masters
I think just trying to get things smoothed out and not trying to push agendas
SACRED COW MAKES THE BEST HAMBURGER - By Jim Kent
The underlying problem around here is the currently popular view that anyone who disagrees with us is stupid or evil or at least misinformed
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