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Squeezing Sand
“Relationships - of all kinds - are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is.The ...
Swampyviile’s - “Never to Ever”!
From the Swampyville Gazette! You're the Poet! Fill in the below blanks with the following words or use your own words! Below, cry, day, down, ...
The One That Got Away
A very short story by Frankie. One with a moral. The One That Got Away Alonzo was an albino clown fish, one of the rarest ...
Swampyville’s - Our Archaic “Bill of Rights”!
From The Swampyville Gazette! OUR ARCHAIC "BILL OF RIGHTS"! Being Facetious! (Of course, we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow!) I for one, feel ...
The Girl Who Walked Into The Sea
The Girl Who Walked Into The Sea She could hear the susurration of the waves as they washed the rocky beach and receded, over and ...
Native American Father fights for his daughter
This concerns all Native Americans and their children: Our thoughts and prayers are with the father, his young daughter and his legal team. haskellnews commentary ...
Swampyville’s - “The Flower Garden”!
From the Swampyville Gazette! You're the Poet! Fill in the below blanks with the following words or use your own words. Demands, grave, grow, hands, ...
Swampyville’s - “Leap of Faith”!
From the Swampyville Gazette! You're the Poet! Fill in the below blanks with the following words or use your own words. Abide, aloud, breeze, by, ...
Pedaling his bike and his dreams
The Arts - and - the Unexpected A major part of the art world is the unexpected. Lawrence used to have many people like this ...
Film maker Les Blank dies at 77
Les Blank dies - he was 77 years old - and he was a wonderful film maker The New York Times article says it all. ...
Swampyville’s - Beware of the “Geriatric Virus”!
From the Swampyville Gazette! "BEWARE!!!" of the "Geriatric Virus"! Swampyville's - Facetiously Speaking? The Geriatric Virus! The Geriatric Virus is a costly disease that afflicts ...
Why Do Some People Hate Those With My Brother’s Condition?
My youngest brother recently died. He was only 55, but because of a genetic defect he began aging more rapidly a few years ago. He ...
St. Stupid’s Day and the Big Wheel are two events that Lawrence needs to participate in next year
These are two events that Lawrence can't miss next year St. Stupid's Day Parade St. Stupid's Day took place in San Francisco on April 1, ...
Swampyville’s - “Drifting With the Breeze”!
From the Swampyville Gazette! You're the Poet! Fill in the below blanks with the following words or use your own words. Away, discuss, fro, know, ...
STOP! PART 2
When I posted Stop! Part 1, it made the rounds on the internet. (I posted it at more than one blog and site.) It created ...
A Major Cyber Attack… And Memories Of Days Gone By…
Does the Internet seem a bit slower today? Don't be surprised--we're in the middle of a war, after all. There's a cyber war, a gang ...
Kansas Legislators: “Let’s Put HIV/AIDS Patients In Internment Camps!”
No, this is not a joke. House Bill 2183--officially known as "Substitute HB 2183 by Committee on Health and Human Services - - designation and ...
Interview with Bayo Omolola regarding the writer Chinua Achebe and Nigeria
Bayo Omolola is interviewed on Chinua Achebe, poet from Nigeria Bayo Omolola is a Nigerian living in the United States. He has taught languages, communication, ...
Swampyville’s - “A Swampyville Spring”!
From the Swampyville Gazette! Your the Poet! Fill in the below blanks with the following words or use your own words. All, along, be, brook, ...
STOP!
If the state is going to outlaw abortion then they need to just outlaw it, get it over with and stop dancing around it. But ...
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- Letter: Energy folly June 15, 2013 · 41 comments
- Kansas Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition, fee increases June 18, 2013
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