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February 2022
One of the North Wind’s daughters
with icicles in her hair.“
--Edgar Fawcett.
Our shortest month of the year, but one that is the recipient of
many titles to garner attention for some activity, or group, or product,
or remembrance-jogging tribute. More, I believe, than the number of
days in the period even when it occurs in Leap Year. Of course there is
also Valentine's Day, but this year, perhaps because of the health
risks of the Covid-19 Virus and its various variants, people are
avoiding affectionate displays. Poor Cupid must search dilligently for
amenable targets. So this is almost the only place in our February
publication where you will see it, but I can't resist wishing each of
you a Happy Valentine's Day!
We greet a new columnist, Danielle Cote Serar whose "A Mother's
Lessons" has good advice for everyone. Being a mom herself she seeks
lessons from life to help ensure a happier as well as more efficient way
to cope, physically and spiritually. Her first column is titled "Agape
Love."
Judith Kroll cites some wisdom gained from her grandmother in
"On Trek." Dayvid Bruce Clarkson's "Reflections of the Day" discusses
serendipitous happenings. Thomas O'Neill reminisces about the Chinese
New Year celebrations back in 2014, before Covid restrictions.
Mattie Lennon's "Irish Eyes" also has a reference to Covid in
one of his book reviews under his subtitle of "After Closing, Clar
Cemetery and Kavanagh." Marilyn Carnell declares "I Am An Immigrant"
then explains in her "Sifoddling Along" that she refers to having moved
away from Missouri.
If one is longing for something new or different but
sufficient funds may be part of the problem, Pauline Evanosky's column
"Woo Woo" features a discussion about "Manifestation." She admits it can
be a lot of mindful concentration.
"Cooking with Rod" is the only mention of Valentine's Day
(besides this column) as he plans to prepare M's Chicken-Tortellini Al
Fredo, a delicious recipe his wife devised. He declares it is a family
favorite. Meanwhile, she has been busy writing her "Armchair Genealogy"
column, chasing and verifying sources for the DNA Glossary information
she promised our readers.
We are blessed with poetry submissions for our first issue of
the new Volume 25, and your editor even composed "My Chariot" for her
oldest daughter Kathy's birthday. We have two by Harmony Keiding, "Can
You Not Understand" and "Like A Seed." One poem "Rain" arrived in our
Mailbag with name undisclosed, and it is thought provoking, so it is
included. We have one poem from John Blair, done primarily in the
triplets styling, "The Holly As Tall As The House."
Bruce Clifford's three poems are "Can't Do This Again,"
"Shiny and Blue," and "It's Too Far To Reach." Bud Lemire's poems, also
three of them, are "The Upper Peninsula Of Michigan," "My Name Is
Covid," and "Never The Same." Bud adds illustrations to most of his
poetry submissions, many that are his own photography.
Walt Perryman, our poet who often performs at Lukenbach,
shows these three, "Gauging Time," "What I Know and Don't," and "How To
Wear Your Cowboy Hat." Dayvid Bruce Clarkson, one of our columnists,
also does Haiku and other styles of poetry like his "Noble Heart" in
this issue.
The article "Lost Love, My Greatest Heartache" is by your
editor's sister Melinda Cohenour who also does the pencilstubs genealogy
column. Our mother, Lena May Joslin Carroll is the subject. and her pic
with the article shows her in Phoenix admiring the Bougainvilleas from
the patio.
She died in March 2010, when she was 91. No one knows how much I miss her and her comforting words and advice, received as often as not with the intention of doing it my own way, only to find her way would have served me better. This is a pic of her watching me at the computer back in the mid-80s. |
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We depend on Mike Craner, the backbone of this eZine which
was co-founded by him and your editor. Mike keeps this informational and
entertaining publication viable. Much love and appreciation to him and
his wife Susie, every day. Thanks, Mike, for everything,!
Happy Valentine's Day!
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