July 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:

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PROFILES:
4 diary of a farmwife
(dropping and finding--why we love the y!)
by galen r brandt

10 confessions of a Wal-Mart consumer
by gloria good

12 readers write: responses from our survey
by julie parker

17 humor: a psychological analysis
by audra coleman

20 the flautist's navel
by penny morse

20 fitting into the red dawg saloon
by peggy deBell

24 vague and imprecise guidelines for writing humor
by gloria good

26 maypop
by jean sexton
[Honorable Mention in our Short Story Contest]

29 planting groundhogs
by julie savage parker

32 the yellow dress
by gail rosenthal
[Honorable Mention in our Short Story Contest]

36 being a trucker
by wendy herrmann-tross

38 mountain haiku
by jonna rae bartges

IN THIS ISSUE:

8 funny, isn't it?
by jeanne charters

14 cosmicomedy:
scotty? scotty? are you there?

by lavinia plonka

16 women and power:
the power of joy
by barbara waterhouse

35 working with words
by peggy tabor millin

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