Charlie Pattinian Every year, something either changes or is added to my body that I wasn’t born with. First came gray hair that refused to fall out. Then my molars rebelled after decades of abuse, so I paid a king’s ransom for implants. My dentist said they would last 20 years. Nineteen and a half…
Grace Gardner
Tracy Wasmuth My grandfather raised me on his own from the time that I was two years old. He worked extremely hard and wouldn’t get home some nights until 7 or 8 p.m. Since I can remember (I might have been about 10 years old), I was his caregiver. I would cook him dinner every…
David Zapatka While reading in the October Mensa Bulletin, member and contributor Ruth said she loved watching old monster movies and said, “I preferred all these monsters to quotidian life.” Quotidian: kwoh-TID-ee-uhn, adjective, 1. Occurring daily; happening every day 2. Ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane or trivial 3. (Medical) Recurring every day, particularly referring…
Joseph Caldwell David Bareiss contributed a copy of his most recent book Eighth Hour to the bookshelf for local authors at the library in the Madera clubhouse. David, a member of the Quail Creek Writers and Poets Club, has published this book on Amazon Kindle. Eighth Hour is available from the Amazon website and may…
