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March 2025
always toward the sunshine,
and shadows will fall behind you."
— Walt Whitman
Although we ended our February in our area with an afternoon 4.8
Earthquake about 75 miles or so from our western desert town, the worst
the month dealt to us was the below freezing weather for four
consecutive days. Older homes, and I might add older citizens, are not
built here for such weather and our water pipes and brittle bones take
offense. But we also followed that with some mid 80s temperatures to
soothe our tempers.
We are looking forward to more normal weather for March which
slams us into Daylight Saving Time when our clocks spurt forward an
hour. Interestingly, this is always done during the wee morning hours as
if we are being spared such a shock.
Walt Perryman's poems are "All Alone with A Windmill,"
"Almost Daylight," and "What I Take for Granted." John I. Blair has two
new poems for March: "Millipede" and "Ten O'Clock Train To Texas."
Bud Lemire's poems are "Rectify Any Wrong Doings," "Time
Doesn't Stand Still," and "That Darn Keyboard!" Bruce Clifford's three
poems are "Without You," "Purple Waters," and "Day To Shine."
New to our pages but not to our family, being the youngest
grandchild of the late Leo C. Helmer, we welcome Christina Heisler with
her poem "Flaming Cloud." We are again showing the informative article by
Helmer to assist you in plans you may be making for Easter.
Marilyn Carnell's "Sifoddling Along" column discusses her new
abode and some of the reasons for her decision. Thomas F. O'Neill
included a moving picture of an American soldier taken in WWII as the
basis of his column "Introspective." However, we are still publishing
written material and a few pictures previously shown in our pages and no
new photos. Our Webmaster Mike Craner who keeps us online has not
chased down our photo uploading problem so far. Being snowed in for
awhile didn't help his search.
Mattie Lennon's column "Irish Eyes" relays an interesting
talk and demonstration he recently attended and extends an invitation
for another such in the near future in his area. He also shares some
info presented by a colleague about Saint Patrick. Pauline Evanosky's
column "Woo Woo" explains her "new habit" and discusses why she's
pleased.
Judith Kroll's column "On Trek" expounds on some personal
beliefs and their impact. Melinda Cohenour updates further findings and
upcoming decisions in the Gilgo case that has made investigative strides
in new uses of DNA. "Cooking with Rod's Family" presents Melinda
Cohenour's daughter Melissa as featured cook this issue.
Thank you, Mike, for keeping us shipshape and sailing along
into another year. I shall continue to place our confidence in you as
we have in the past.
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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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