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POETRY MATTERS

by Betsy Wuebker on January 8, 2009

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Be present to the moment, give yourself over to the rhythm and mystery of your own voice, lose yourself in the hum of the words, and you will find that quiet place within. – Kathleen Coskran
This past week found me at a most unexpected and achingly bittersweet task: writing the obituary for the [...]

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ENDANGERED SPECIES: THE FULFILLED CAMPAIGN PROMISE

by Betsy Wuebker on December 3, 2008

Part of a planned series examining ideas, practices, and mores that appear to be on their way to extinction.
Campaign promises made aren’t always promises kept. In the beginning days of our nation, strict Constitutionalist Thomas Jefferson called for reduced executive powers and an austere reduction in spending to reduce the leftover national debt from the [...]

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