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Lost by tyriq plummer

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REFUGITIVE CRYSIS by dr. charles frederickson

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Vases by tyriq plummer

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A Noble Game by marie suzette

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ODE TO VINCENT VAN GOGH by marie suzette

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The White Spider with a Lame Leg by martha cinader mims

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She takes knowledge
wherever it comes from
even magic
and spins something
for tomorrow,
a place where
everyone can use
everything that has ever happened.
Keys from the past
appear in her dreams
and become keys to the future,
clues left in her more
complicated daytime
patterns and designs
reflect the dreamcatcher
hanging over her bed.

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Another Great Artist, Another Great Friend
I can hear Eyarb (Braye spelled backwards) now…pushing whoever is on the bandstand with him to new heights! Sometimes that person was me. I met Bob Braye in the late 70’s and we became quick friends, from the Loft Jazz days, to playing in the same band with [...]

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Friday April 13, 8-11pm $5
Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café
818 Marin Street, Downtown Vallejo, 94590
707-554-4540
Vallejo gets a bad rap when it comes to our youth. We hear plenty about the trouble some of them get in. What we don’t hear about are the young folks who have something intelligent to say, and have given [...]

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Consider J. Alfred Prufrock not as a fictional character from a T.S. Eliot poem but as a CD reviewer. Let us go then, you and I, and make our way through this spring cleaning of recently purchased CDs for review, using Prufrock’s narrative from his one and only love song to describe other music. [...]

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China Wok
512-514 Sacramento St. Vallejo 707 645-2008
Monday – Thursday 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday noon – 9 p.m.
Fortunately I haven’t been placed in the position of researching restaurants near police stations, but by luck I have noticed that good [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transit on early Wednesday morning when Mercury, the planet of communication at 19º Pisces will square Jupiter, the planet of expansion and growth at 19º Sagittarius. The energy expressed from this square of Mercury [...]

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This is a Greek dish that’s a great start to your dinner, or a satisfying lunch dish. Some time ago I did a column on a Greek dish that I liked, Garides a la Plaka. A Greek recipe for the preparing of shrimp as another great entrée.
My Companion Audrey and I had moved to San [...]

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No matter which holy days you observe or if Spring is just a time of renewal for you, I wish you peace, love and joy for this season and throughout the year. My heart goes out to those who have to be away from their families in service of one form or another. [...]

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The sixth annual Poetry, Prose & Arts Festival last Saturday was hosted by the City of Pleasanton and its Cultural Arts Council. Located at CarrAmerica Conference Center, about a mile from Pleasanton BART, the all-day event attracted hundreds of writers, readers and their families, and featured something for everyone who appreciates the arts.
For a [...]

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