Editor's Corner

By Mary E. Adair

All types of activities are scheduled or underway in this Fall month. School from Kindergarten through College has both teachers and students hopping to keep up with their schedules. The rest of the world, for the most part, has new occasions as well as the chores that are part and parcel, as my grandmother used to say. Most of these events are and have been for awhile - pleasantly anticipated.

The last few days of August brought welcome showers to your editor's desert area. Just amazing when one scents the first aroma of rain--it awakens dried up memories with the freshened air. It turns listlessness into a bundle of new ideas and plans.

John I. Blair surprised himself with two new poems that we welcome, "Parking" and "Fly By Night." So pleased that his muse is tapping on his shoulder again and that they arrived in time for this issue. Walt Perryman's September poems are "July on My Mind" and "A Quiz."

Bud Lemire sent "Wandering in My Mind," and "Sam" for this month and Bruce Clifford's poem "How Long Can This Go On" was the first arrival. "Moving Day" is from yours truly while "I Like Texas" was penned during a visit by Grandmother Joslin many years ago. "My Work" is by Linnie Jane (Joslin) Burks, my mother's sister, who with her husband Dr. Edgar Burks served over 30 years as missionaries in Nigeria.

We are remembering the sadness that in many ways continues from the tragic 9-11. Here is a link to the poem about it written by Christopher Alaniz, a great-grandson, who was in Fifth Grade at the time. Special Reprint 9-11 Poem

Thomas F. O'Neill in "Introspective" treats us to one of his stories and Judith Kroll's column "On Trek" includes an encore poem that fit with her column's point. Marilyn Carnell in her "Sifoddling Along" admits meeting deadlines, even if only one a month, can be a hassle especially when one is beset with various appointments. "Woo Woo" by Pauline Evanosky shares her experiences with Ghosts and Spirits. as a psychic.

Mattie Lennon's "Irish Eyes" column has updates about competitors who won the writing contests. He discusses Tadhg Coakley, author of the books with fictional detective Tim Collins, and states he is anxious for the next book in the series. Ara Parisien, our newest columnist, explains a helpful method to reach a creative state. See this in "Ara Parisien Author-Medium-Spiritual Teacher."

"Armchair Genealogy" by columnist Melinda Cohenour is encoring the column about our Mother's grandmother, known as "The Songbird of the Ozarks", Linnie Bullard. She also has a tribute to her late husband, Rod Cohenour who was our Cooking Editor. We are all in a state of disbelief, since his condition appeared and accelerated so rapidly. He is sorely missed.

We are supported and kept in good production capability by our co-founder and webmaster Mike Craner. With this eZine in its 27th year online, he is the one we trust for our status quo. Thank you, Mike, for all you accomplish. I shall keep expressing my gratitude to my talented friend and creative webmaster. We place our confidence in Mike as we have in the past and shall continue doing so.