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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: On Obama's Nobel Peace Prize...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Friday, October 9, 2009. On Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. I, for one, have not given up. On him earning his place in history. But trust and patience is wearing thin. Earth spins on an axis of horses. Transformed into clouds on the wind. Hearts pounding and screaming in voices. That tremble in terror and pain. As the animals cry. As our carousel dies. It turns on its side. It rolls and it flips. In chattels of gold. In pieces and parts. As riders fly off. Peace, Mary Ann.
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: January 2010
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Monday, January 25, 2010. Twenty Ten came in. Twenty Ten came in quietly at the beach without much fanfare. Unlike some previous New Years Eves, we heard very few fireworks celebrating the start of a new year and a decade as well. The fact that it was windy and raining probably put a damper on most celebrations around here. Maybe this will change my mood and yours as well:. Night is come, another cloudy day is done. Stormy skies of rain and wind are gone. Life by th...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: November 2009
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Saturday, November 28, 2009. Autumn on the coast. Autumn has arrived on the Pacific coast with a flourish of blustery storms and downpours. I am making a valiant effort to experience the beauty of the season in brightly colored trees and fallen leaves. Yet steel gray skies and rain intrude on my psyche. I yearn to write of endings instead of cheerful copper creations peeking out among the hemlock. She’s changing clothes, shifting wilted camisoles. I offer you one mo...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: Poet on the Edge of the Back of Beyond...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Monday, December 14, 2009. Poet on the Edge of the Back of Beyond. December 14, 2009. Mary Ann Schallert is a poet and short story writer originally from Astoria, Oregon. This compilation of thoughtful poetry and short stories is inspired by living and working on the Pacific Coast from Oregon to Alaska. As Mary Ann describes, snapshots of life lived along the shoreline. Mary Ann and her family relocated to Ocean Shores, Washington in 2007. She continues to enjoy...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: When the wind blows...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Tuesday, December 8, 2009. When the wind blows. When the wind blows right through downtown Ocean Shores I always wonder how the IGA still has enough shopping carts for all of us. I imagine all the shiny blue carts running east toward Duck Lake, perhaps some of them peeling off into the trees to hide in thickets before they go off a bank and get dunked. The wind blows hard at the IGA. why do I buy groceries on windy days? When the Wind Blows. As shadows blend into a ...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: Letter From IVAW...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Letter from Seth Manzel,. Iraq Veterans Against the War Board of Directors. Since the election of Obama the public perception has been that the wars are winding down and that the objectives of the peace movement are now being embodied in the Administration's policies. A common myth that is being perpetuated by the media is that we are preparing to withdraw from Iraq. But we aren't just talking about the problems. Recently, IVAW sent ...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: August 2009
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. As US sponsored candidates vie for election in Afghanistan, the Afghani people walk away disinterested in foreigners re-designing parts of Kabul just to disguise the abject failure of US foreign policy and any form of democracy ever taking hold. Yeah, hand-picked President Karzai. hopes pinned on a man who fled his country and only returned to sit on a throne in Kabul backed by US special interests. Kandahar Airstrip - Afghanistan. View m...
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: October 2009
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Friday, October 9, 2009. On Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. I, for one, have not given up. On him earning his place in history. But trust and patience is wearing thin. Earth spins on an axis of horses. Transformed into clouds on the wind. Hearts pounding and screaming in voices. That tremble in terror and pain. As the animals cry. As our carousel dies. It turns on its side. It rolls and it flips. In chattels of gold. In pieces and parts. As riders fly off. Peace, Mary Ann.
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach: March 2009
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A Liberal Dose of Sand From the Beach. Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Cut-backs, well you know the economic situation. So apparently one of the first things to go in Seattle was open shelters on Sundays. Yeah, lets all support our veterans, blah - blah - blah. Anyone have a clue about how many Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are living homeless lives? How many veterans commit suicide on a daily basis in the US? Does anyone even care? Darkness falls and the cold comes. Creeping frost and slimy socks.