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I have been a contract writer for the Huerfano World Journal, a Class II weekly newspaper in Walsenburg, CO, for three years. I do beat reporting, mostly agricultural, and the weekly humor column "Despite This We Stay." In December 2011, my column

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Creative Writing > Humor Would a humorous approach to life make a difference?: 1 of 37

Would a humorous approach to life make a difference? “Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone,” (Ella Wheeler). Humor makes all the difference in life. None of us has the power to control our lives or our circumstances. The only thing we truly hav...
Relationships & Family > Marriage Psychology When and why marriage goes bad: 1 of 17

Setting our expectations too high in a marriage, then having those expectations go unfulfilled, will chip away at the foundation until the whole thing crumbles. The institution of marriage is not what it used to be. I'm sure most of us in our 50s and 60s can recall the dedication our grandparents had to each other and their ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: To pee or not to pee: 1 of 16

There are roughly three billion people on this planet who can relate to being in a restroom with a full bladder and being unable to pee. See, women have certain criteria regarding the suitability of a public restroom, and these criteria must be met before we are comfortable sitting down to pee. These lessons are learned the ...
Relationships & Family > Communication Skills How to complain effectively: 2 of 19

There is a right way to complain, and there is a wrong way. If you present your complaint ineffectively, you have become only a complainer, and people will tend to tune you out. However, if you learn the effective way to present your complaint, you will become a better consumer and help businesses improve their services. Dev...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Growing old: 15 of 125

Youth is wasted on the young. Old age is not for wimps. You have to deal with things that are not only inconvenient, but downright creepy. For instance, you develop wrinkles in places other people don't want to see. So, if your 70-year-old husband still wears a Speedo, for goodness sake throw it in the trash. Please, I'm beg...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Losing weight: 8 of 55

If guilt from TV commercials has seized you, and you feel compelled to lose weight, consider this. Some people are just not meant to be thin. This is a proven fact, based upon the evidence that there are 12 trillion books on losing weight and, of the five billion overweight people using those books to lose weight, only five ...
Sports & Recreation > Sports & Recreation (Other) How do you explain an athlete's taking drugs to your kids?: 11 of 62

When I talk with my daughter about athletes and drugs, we are really having a discussion about right and wrong. Athletes are no different than any other person in society in that they are subject to the laws of the land. There is no allowable excuse for using illegal drugs. Even if you make twenty million dollars a year and ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Family: 38 of 162

When you have a birthday dinner for a teenager, never mind I should have smelled trouble brewing when we asked Ray what he would like for his birthday dinner and he said ham instead of beef jerky. I'll admit, I was wary. But I was willing to give it a try. There are so few things Ray will eat, that we needed to work with him...
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Why are green potatoes bad to eat: 1 of 4

Potatoes can turn green if bruised, damaged by insects, exposed to sunlight or very cold temperatures, or if they begin to sprout. The greenish tint is a sign that solanine is present in the potato, and it should not be eaten. Solanine, a glycoalkaloid common to the nightshade family (ie. potatoes, tomatoes, eggp...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs My true garden story: 81 of 287

THE HORROR OF CAPSAICIN Beware the danger lurking among your pepper plants. When the summer dry spells of southern California are combined with the autumn rains, you may have evil pepper oil lurking in your garden and never even know it. We had a great little jalapeo pepper plant in our garden. It looked innocent enough. It ...