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“We were going out of our minds,” Izzy said, reflecting back on when everything had shut down, pretty much without warning, due to COVID-19.
The weather was cold, wet, dreary, and no …
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3/1/22
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For two pounds/75 pence you get a whiskey side with a half lager or dark beer at the Lismore Pub in Glasgow’s West End. For less than $3.50, this “old man’s drink,” is a …
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By Vivian Savitt
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12/30/21
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The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) holds that all actions are controlled by intentions. TPB, developed by Icek Ajzen in 1985, suggests an individual's intention to perform or not to perform a …
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By Elva K. Österreich
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12/30/21
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It’s Christmas time, when we celebrate the birth of Christ. In the U.S., surveys show that more than 80 percent of us believe in God. That’s more people than have lawyers, drive foreign …
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By Baxter Black
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12/23/21
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In this edition of the Bulletin, I continue a tradition carried by one of my mentors, the late Tom Reeves, who published newspapers in California, Colorado and Alamogordo, …
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By Richard Coltharp
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12/23/21
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Pitlochry is set in Scotland’s geographic center along a main route through the Highlands towards the Cairngorms.
My first glimpse, as I approached Pitlochry by train, registered the …
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By Vivian Savitt
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12/1/21
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My wife lied to me.
“No, I didn’t,” she insisted.
But she did.
By omission, that is.
You see, every year we go to a Christmas Fair with my buddy Maloney and his …
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By Jim and Henry Duchene
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12/1/21
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In a world filled with flavorless, cookie-cutter chain stores, it’s nice to talk with local shop owners. There is a zest for life and an urge to create that fuels their day-to-day living. Lisa …
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By Mia Kalish
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12/1/21
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Every year around this time, we start seeing the messages everywhere, in many forms: Peace on Earth, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.
I’m beginning to wonder, though, do we really want Peace …
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By Richard Coltharp
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12/1/21
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Do you hate poetry?
I hear that a lot. People see something written in a vertical form, strange lines, sometimes rhyming. For some, the eye just rolls away as soon as they see the …
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12/1/21
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Our border tour actually begins in Hatch as we work our way to Pepe’s Cantina on the west edge of town where we meet Pedro, a migrant from Guatemala. When I first met him in March, he was in …
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By Morgan Smith
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11/23/21
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How do you compare a Marine who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in 1944 to an airman who controlled air traffic at White Sands Missile Range yesterday?
There are probably dozens of …
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By Richard Coltharp
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11/11/21
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“Why did that quilt win?” I blurted, eyeing both the blue ribbon and the distinctly different character of the quilt before me. “Oh, you should never say that,” my companion …
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By Mia Kalish
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11/2/21
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Every now and then one of my readers will ask about my mother.
The reason I don’t write about her more often is because my beautiful wife can always tell when I’ve been crying. When I …
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By Jim and Henry Duchene
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9/28/21
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Editors Note: Silver City writer Vivian Savitt has been part of the Desert Exposure team for many years. She has had regular pieces appearing in the paper including the Southwest Gardner and then …
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By Vivian Savitt
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9/28/21
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I'm sitting here trying to type on a big round exercise ball. I read somewhere that sitting on a ball rather than a chair is good for your back. It is supposed to keep your back exercised as you …
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By Susan Golightly
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9/28/21
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Since the beginning of my long journey with horses, I’ve looked forward to the equestrian events in the summer Olympics. The beauty and athleticism of the horses and the skills of the riders …
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Scott Thomson
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9/28/21
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Above our southern horizon, an archer stands ready to fire his arrow westward toward the “Heart of The Scorpion”, the star Antares, in Scorpius, the Scorpion. But this archer is not a …
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By Bert Stevens
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9/28/21
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When you’ve lived in the desert for a while, your relationship to rain changes. Coming from Germany, I always dreaded rain as a kid. Not able to go outside or putting on all sorts of …
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By Gabriele Teich
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9/28/21
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