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Photo by Denise Hanson

Our inveterate train traveler, Bill Scheller takes us back to his “First time in K.C.,” in his Tripscolumn (Page 7).

Via her stunning photography and Japanese form poetry, Kasia Staniaszek interprets in “Summer in image and haiku (Page 9)

The memories that linger as the long time family home is cleaned out come alive one final time in Bill Scheller’s, “July 27, 2008 (Page 13).

Photographer Janet Safris takes a long lens to tiny birds in “Small Treasures,” her avian artistry (Page 14).

Images of his home near the Catskill Mountains inspire the work of Jay Jacobs in his “Collection of Short Poems” (Page 16).

Fly fishing as a near spiritual experience is the subject of John Ostdick’s “Postcard from a Colorado Stream” (Page 19).

Buddy Mays’s “Postcard” is a look back at the Anasazi who populated the American Southwest centuries ago (Page 25).

Relocation to Florida for Dave Hubler and his wife place them in the midst of “The Man Who Made Frozen Orange Juice Drinkable” (Page 29).

Malcolm P. Ganz screams “Waaaaht?” when having to deal with “Kurt Schmidt’s Fire” (Page 31.

“Four Poems” by Samantha Marie turn experience to imagery (Page 33).

Scotland’s take on American Blues is the subject of “Downhome McBlues” by Allan Jones (Page 38).

The winds of the eastern New Mexico plateau inform “Tumbleweed,” a short story by Tony Tedeschi (Page 40).