Beyond Words…
by Marshall Chapman
A week ago (June 6), I happened to be sitting in the back seat of a Ford Expedition barreling down a cobblestone highway in north central Mexico at speeds hovering around a hundred miles per hour. This …
So to Speak
by Debbie Mathis Watts
Throughout history, the beauty of words has been celebrated. From the writings of the Japanese haiku poets to the writings of Shakespeare to the popular lyrics of Lennon and McCartney, many who have expressed the beauty …
Appraise It
American Lithographed Tin Wind-Up Character
Toy “Charlie McCarthy,” Louis Marx Toy Company, Circa 1930s
Master of innuendo and snappy comebacks, wisecracking ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy was the creation of Edgar Bergen. Slow-witted Mortimer Snerd, man-hungry spinster Effie Klinker, and Charlie …
Poetry | “Summer Thirst”
by Gayle Hutchinson
Several times
I’ve gone to God
About our love
And what to make of it.
The response is always the same . . . let him love you!
Seems irreverently invalid,
For a man at dusk,
Ministering …
Anything Goes | Karl Dean, Mayor
Karl Dean, Mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
When and where are you happiest?
Being at home with my family just talking, having dinner.
What characteristic do you most like about yourself?
I like to laugh.…
My Favorite Painting | Henry Barnes
Annecy, France
by Anita Bailey, Marketing Consultant,
Bailey Marketing Strategies, LLC
Henry Barnes does an amazing job of capturing the beauty of an area of the world that truly captivates me—that corner of France, Switzerland, and Italy where medieval towns …
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