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February 2024
One of the North Wind’s daughters with icicles in her
― Edgar Fawcett
The shortest month which only once every four years gains a
day--just a day after all that waiting, has arrived. Maybe it's so short
because it doesn't like hanging around in the cold. Nonetheless, there
are some memorable dates: family events of course, and smack dab in the
center there's sweet Valentine's Day when showing your love is not
frowned upon, rather almost insistently encouraged.
Did any of our authors wax eloquent on Valentine's Day, nay. A
couple alluded to a romantic period in their life, but no specific
dates. Your editor is happy to see a new year beginning for this eZine
which has published the compositions of more than 500 writers.
Thomas F. O'Neill in "Introspective" looks at endings
rather than beginnings as warnings that "The end is near." Marilyn
Carnell's column "Sifoddling Along" focused in her charming manner on
the past, not the future, on a trip that may well have been one of the
cornerstones in her life. Judith Kroll's column "On Trek" allows her to
find her voice and discuss some firm beliefs concerning our choices, and
where we make them. Pauline Evanosky's column "Woo Woo" gives us
insight into perhaps a tiny amount of what psychics do when they are
asked questions. Our new columnist Ara Parisien in
"Medium-Author-Spiritual Teacher" has a popular theme for this
month--Manifesting. It's easy for her so she shares some insight with
us.
Rod Cohenour's helpmate wows us with a meal to make you feel
like you stepped into another country--Cuba to be specific. "Cooking
with Rod" has all the details and how to prepare right in your own
kitchen. "Armchair Genealogy" by columnist Melinda Cohenour details the
shocking updates around the many bodies discovered, victims, it most
likely seems, of one person, who has been apprehended. Much of the
evidence is supported and refined using DNA, and most recently, Nuclear
DNA processes. Dublin's Mattie Lennon fills his column "Irish Eyes"
with an experience he declares is to be rued, but it does make for quite
a tale.
Walt Perryman has for us "Right or Wrong Ramble," "Cancer
Check-up!" and "Happy Birthday to Laura, my Wife" along with a pic of
Laura and himself for that occasion. Bruce Clifford's two poems are "A
Thought" and "Every Passing Day." Bud Lemire's compassionate poem
"Walter" is touching, and "A Cold January" and "1950" wind up his poems
this month. John I. Blair's choice of poems to enjoy are "Counting The
Flower Buds," "Pencil Stubs," "Rainbow," and "Hello, Stranger."
Now with this new year of Pencil Stubs Online
underway, we are again astounded that a simple suggestion 27 years ago
by Mike Craner that we try doing our magazine on the World Wide Web, has
blossomed so beautifully. Again, I am expressing my gratitude to my
talented friend and original webmaster Mike Craner. We place our
confidence in him as we have in the past and shall continue doing so.
Click on author's byline for bio and list of other works published by Pencil Stubs Online.
This
issue appears in the ezine at www.pencilstubs.com and also in the blog
www.pencilstubs.net with the capability of adding comments at the
latter.
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