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Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Pam Lazos

“Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands”                                                                 … Continue reading →

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Winter

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Pam Lazos

[photo of my back deck – Snowmageddon 2016] SNOWMAGEDDON 2016 AND WINTER       We’re about halfway through the biggest storm the East Coast has seen since 1996 — Snowmageddon 2016 — nature at her finest and fiercest, and … Continue reading →

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The Wade Stevenson Interview

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Pam Lazos

An Interview with Poet Wade Stevenson First off, congrats on the success of Flutes and Tomatoes, one of Kirkus Review’s Best Indie Books of 2015. What an honor. I read “Dear You” and “Flutes and Tomatoes” in relatively short order. … Continue reading →

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Dear You

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Pam Lazos

Dear You Dear You, a combination of poetry and memoir, by Wade Stevenson is one of the most exposed, unrelenting, and heart-breaking pieces on longing that I’ve read. Like Flutes and Tomatoes (reviewed here), named one of the best Indie … Continue reading →

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Jon Fixx

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Pam Lazos

Jon Fixx        Webster’s defines noir as “1: crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings.” Jon Fixx, one of Kirkus Review’s top Indie Books of 2015 is that and more, a madcap mix of noir and … Continue reading →

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Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Pam Lazos

“Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands”: A Memoir of a Marriage in Alzheimer’s World By Carl R. Smith, Jr. Edited by William C. Smith For those of you who’ve just tuned in, what follows is an editorial preamble … Continue reading →

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I Wanna Be Sedated

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Pam Lazos

[Lake Norman, SC] I WANNA BE SEDATED      So you go to the doctor because you have a nasty cold that you just can’t shake and she gives you a prescription for antibiotics and you take them for ten … Continue reading →

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From a Climate Change Christmas to a Hi-Tech New Year

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Pam Lazos

[photo by Arianna Rich] “Roughly one-eight of the carbon in your flesh, hair and bones recently emerged from smokestacks and tailpipes. We are not only a source of air pollution — we are pollution, and our waste fumes will henceforth be … Continue reading →

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An EarthRespect Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Pam Lazos

Best use of beach plastic that I’ve seen.

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From the Darkness Comes the Light

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Pam Lazos

[photo courtesy of Lucille Famulary] From the Darkness Comes the Light The winter solstice, that time when the earth is plunged into darkness and its inhabitants pray for the return of the light.  The internet is awash in backstories: the … Continue reading →

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