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Creating Rubber Stamps: Not All Methods Created Equal (Part 2 of 3)

Welcome back! In part one of this three-part series, the advantages and disadvantages of laser-engraved rubber stamps were discussed. As discussed in the first article, although laser engraving has a high start-up cost, its quality and efficiency are second to none. In this segment, you will learn the benefit and fallbacks of […]

The Potato Patch [A Poem: In Spanish And English]

The Potato Patch
One dayoh, I suppose I was, say ten,
I asked my mother to ask my grandfather
For a garden plot, somewhere in our
Backyard:
And somehow, she got him to agree;
Twisted his knees, perhapsI don’t
Knowbut the Old Russian Bear
Was hard to please…!
It wasn’t a garden to plow or hoe,
Just […]

Why Do I Write - A Masochist’s Dream

My website administrator has given me an assignment. I am to write an article and explain why it is that I write. That sounded so simple until I sat staring at this blank expanse of white.
Do you want the dramatic version, or the logical one that almost makes sense; well at least if […]

Antique Bottle Value

Most of the antique collectors are confused about how to determine antique bottle values. If you are an antique collector, this comprehensive guide helps you to know how to determine the antique bottle value. Let us check this topic in detail.
According to antique colleting experts, one can determine the antique bottle value by checking the […]

Publishing Your Poetry

If you are serious about seeing your work published by reputable publishers, there are a few points you should consider. Firstly and most obviously, you need to determine if you have poetry worth publishing. This assessment can be done by doing something that will not only help you gauge the competitiveness of your […]

Jewelry Appraisals and The Victims of Loss

This is one of those “Damned if you do and Damned if you don’t” situations, so I guess no matter what happens, people are not going to win - including me.
So I had better start by telling you what I mean by being the ‘Victim of Loss’.
We have all been the victim of loss at […]

Two Poems: “Boyhood,” and “Old Age” [with a note on style]

Boyhood
Oh me! Thy glorious days have flown!
I mealy noticed, now they’re gone,
How quickly passed the flowers!
Time does not stop youth’s bells;
It was like I was in a spell,
And my face now shows the hours!
Ah yes! My youthful past days,
Still lively in my golden age,
When all was quick and new
Now wrapped in pictures and books,
And friends […]

Passing by the Cathedral (In English and Spanish)

I often passed by the St. Paul Cathedral:
Passing by in a car;
Perhaps I’ve passed it a million times,
I’ve never counted, it always swells
My heart.
I pass it so fast (nowadays, or so it seems)
It’s hard to make it out; but no need to, I
Know it by heart…,
I want to get out of […]

Tales of the tattoo

This now modern subject has a tribal past of its own

Little Girl from Huancayo [a poem/in English and Spanish]

Little girl from Huancayo
Do you really, really know?
Just how fast those feet will grow,
On the streets of Huancayo.
Little girl with jumping jacks
On the street, looking back;
Back to see whose watching her,
A little boy with a bird.
Little boys and little girls,
Playing in the Huancayo world
Do you really, really know?
Someday you will have to grow…
Grow-up to, bebig […]