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THE BATTLE FOR PEACE by Zinni & Koltz The Battle for Peace by Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz From a young lieutenant in Vietnam to Commander-in-Chief of US Central Command (CENTCOM), retired Marine General Tony Zinni has viewed combat from every perspective. He has also had direct...

Cochran Cockroach’s Letters About Finding His Identity Part 4 of 7 Parts I hope you enjoyed the tale from A’nonniemouse that was posted last Monday. Tonight I’ll continue my letter about why I don’t relate to people. How can I when I hardly know who I am? I feel like a teenager trying to discover...

WHERE LIES THE GRACE In the vessel of ignorance the temper thickens. Boundaries rise as towering flames only to destroy, maim, and scar that which was meant to be known in truth and light. The veil of unknowing disguised as poverty, obscenities, and vulgar...

Minutes of the March 23, 2007 BW Group Meeting The Beanery Writers Group convened at the Coffee bean Cafe for their March 23rd meeting. Copies of the newspaper articles from the Latrobe Bulletin and Ligonier Echo were passed out to attendees. Joe had come over to my house to pose for the...

!¡Anger¡! When it comes It burns with anguish, The deep dreams so far, So you can’t reach.

DON IMUS To comment on or view comments on this article, click on the title and scroll down. Don't forget to click on " Post " when you complete your comment. The incident having to do with Don Imus’ remarks about the Rutgers women’s...

GRANDPAPPY Grandpappy's sittin' on his porch rockin' to and fro knows way more than you think he knows.

Cochran Cockroach’s Letters About Finding His Identity Part 5 of 7 Parts This is the fifth part of a 7 Part letter that I, Cochran Cornell the Cantankerous Cockroach, wrote to my friend, A’nonniemouse. OK, so we begin as albino-type critters, but our colors change into the most beautiful bronze iridescent hues....

A SEASON? FOR BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA? SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; Monday, April 16. The last day to file our local and state income taxes. The day of the Boston...

It's a Wonderful Life!! Being a caretaker for a loved one is challenging, life-changing and a lesson in finding joy in the simple things. It is riddled with medical crises, often accented by runs to the emergency room. Below is a page from Fran’s journal---written...

ONE LITTLE GIRL (Tess's Dream) Down in the hills of Tennessee dotted with one room shantys po' little Tess lived her pa went off to the coal mine her ma hun

TOWARD HARBORING at EVENING When Robert (Bob) Woodall and his wife, Anne, sold us their house in 2000, they left on a wall a framed poem written by Bob. It's being posted on The Beanery Online Literary Journal today, April 20, 2007, in honor of his 77th birthday. Bob also...

WHAT? MARRY A PROSTITUTE, HOSEA ASKED GOD There are many interesting marriages in the Bible. Below is a skit based on an interview with Hosea about his marriage to a prostitute. It was moderated by Monte on a radio program in Connellsville, Pennsylvania several years ago. Monte: Today we...

Cho Seung-Hiu The other day I saw a photo of Cho Seung-Hiu, the young man who caused such carnage at Virginia Tech, on the front page of a newspaper. In his hands he held aloft two pistols; on his face he wore a menacing expression. There was something very...

Cochran Cockroach’s Letter About Finding His Identity Part 6 of 7 Parts This is the sixth part of a 7 Part letter that I, Cochran Cornell the Cantankerous Cockroach, wrote to my friend, A’nonniemouse. To read previous parts of this letterclick on Cochran’s Writings, where all parts are filed. Well...

THE CANVAS Light spread softly across the blank canvas. . . A little girl lay face down on the g

LIGONER VALLEY WRITERS OFFERS CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT: The Ligonier Valley Writers is offering a scholarship to the Ligonier Valley Writers Conference (July 2007). The Tina Thoburn Memorial Scholarship is valued at $250. Specific application information is currently being formulated....

BW MEETING CANCELLATION & APRIL 13, 2007 MINUTES NOTICE: The Beanery Writers Group is on “spring break.” The meeting scheduled for April 28 is cancelled. Three members are attending the day-long St. David’s Writers Conference in Stoneboro, and two others are going to funerals....

WILL...YOU LOVE ME TO DEATH? While I was writing this poem, the kids wanted to know what I was doing. I told them I was writing the poem as a way of releasing that part of my life, and they thought they wanted to help. They wanted to do something, so I told them we would do a...

DUST MOTE They clung to her hair and got into her nose so that she wanted to sneeze. she held her hand over her mouth trying not to breathe rather

JOCHEBED AND LUCY: STORIES OF ADOPTION AND MOTHER LOVE Part 1 Below is Part 1 of a 2-Part conversation between Lucy, a contemporary woman, and Jochebed, a woman from the Bible’s Old Testament. Both women “lost” infants they “gave up” for “adoption” due to the...

BLOG OF THE DAY AWARD GOES TO... ANNOUNCEMENT: The Beanery Online Literary Magazine received the Blog of the Day Award on April 21, 2007. Click on site below to view. ---Carolyn Blog of the Day Awards offers the best selection of weblogs and famous blogs on a variety of topics....

Cochran Cockroach’s Letters About Finding His Identity Part 7 of 7 Parts This is the seventh and final part of a letter that I, Cochran Cornell the Cantankerous Cockroach, wrote to my friend, A’nonniemouse. To read previous parts of this letter click on Cochran’s Writings, where all parts are filed. Then I...

JOCHEBED AND LUCY: STORIES OF ADOPTION AND MOTHER LOVE Part 2 of 2 Below is Part 2 of a 2-Part conversation between Lucy, a contemporary woman, and Jochebed, a woman from the Bible’s Old Testament. Both women “lost” infants they “gave up” for “adoption” due to the...

THE UNICORN: MYTH OR REALITY? Part 1 of 2 Parts Its beauty is beyond comprehension and it’s boundless strength prevents its capture, according to literature through the ages. Authors from many cultures affirm its existence yet there are those who claim the beast is merely a myth. Who...

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