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Volume 24 : Issue 2 Edited by David Martin SUMMER 2015 Edited by David Martin Volume 24 Issue 2 Summer 2015 1 Copyright © 2015, Fine Lines, Inc PO Box 241713 Omaha, NE 68124 www.finelines.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Fine Lines, Inc. Cover Photo Credits Front Cover: Tina Fey © Amanda Caillau Back Cover: Kaleidescope 10 © Kristy Stark Knapp Times 10 pt. is used throughout this publication. First Edition 2 David Martin Senior Editors: Managing Editor Stu Burns Omaha, NE Board of Directors Marcia Forecki Council Bluffs, IA Steve Gehring Chairman of the Board Attorney Special Editors: Omaha, NE Lee Bachand Omaha, NE David Martin Kris Bamesberger Omaha, NE President Carolyn Bergeron Omaha, NE English Teacher Janet Bonet Omaha, NE Omaha, NE Kayla Engelhaupt Omaha, NE Marcia Forecki Council Bluffs, IA David Mainelli Musician/Businessman Rose Gleisberg Bellevue, NE Omaha, NE Kathie Haskins Omaha, NE Kaitlyn Hayes Omaha, NE Dorothy Miller Abigail Hills Omaha, NE English Teacher, retired Jim Holthus Omaha, NE Kearney, NE David Hufford Omaha, NE Anne James Bellevue, NE Tom Pappas Harrison Johnson Omaha, NE English Teacher, retired Tim Kaldahl Omaha, NE Lincoln, NE Ashley Kresl Omaha, NE Anne Lloyd Omaha, NE Advisers Margie Lukas Omaha, NE Wendy Lundeen Omaha, NE Dr. Stan Maliszewski Yolie Martin Omaha, NE Educational Psychology Professor James Salhany Omaha, NE University of Arizona Jayne Schlosser Omaha, NE Kristen Steele Glenwood, IA Yolanda Martin Emma Vinchur Lincoln, NE Counselor, Andersen Middle School David Waller Omaha, NE Millard, NE Ann Woolard Omaha, NE Mardra Sikora Business Manager Omaha, NE On-Line Special Editors: Sheila Boerner North Platte, NE Webmaster Kristi Fitzgerald Hamilton, MT Nancy Genevieve Perkins Reading, MA Mike McCombs Yachun (Kate) Ku Avon Lake, IL Omaha, NE Loren Logsdon Eureka, IL Layout & Design Dorothy Miller Geneva, NE John Robison Corvalis, MT Kristy Stark Knapp Ashley Roskilly Columbus, OH Owner, Knapp Studios Neil Simmers British Columbia, CA Madison, NE Carla White Ellis North Kingston, RI 3 About Fine Lines Fines Lines is published by Fine Lines, Inc., a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation. 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Submissions • We accept submissions via email, file attachments, CDs formatted in MS Word for PCs, and laser-printed hard copies. 4 • Editors reply when writing is accepted for publication, and if a stamped, self-addressed envelope or email address is provided. • Submissions must not include overt abuse, sexuality, profanity, drugs, alcohol, or violence. • Do not send “class projects.” Teachers may copy Fines Lines issues for their classes and submit student work for publication when they act as members and sponsors. • Address changes and correspondence should be sent to the Fines Lines email address. 5 CONTENTS ESSAYS AND ARTWORK 7 Doctors’ Project Maureen Tobin 15 Did Mother Teresa Ever Roll Her Eyes? Suzanne Arney 16 Two Finches D.A. Hickman 17 How to Heal in Six Simple Steps Suzanne Arney 18 Caretaker Suzanne Arney 19 Schrodinger’s Dog Bob Cunningham 20 Rainbows Cindy Goeller 21 The Dismal River Kim Sosin 22 Do Not Give Up Rana Alkufi 23 How Did I Come to Omaha, Nebraska? Jean Yvon Anacius 25 Writing: As Good as Dreaming Anonymous 27 Magician Angelic Armendariz 29 6 Sitting on the Couch with Oprah Lee Bachand 30 God and Science: A Marriage of Vinegar and Oil Laurie Barry 32 Writing Is Blood Malia Battafarano 39 Four Chandra Magar 40 Jesus in Grief: Inspired By Matthew 14 Elly Biederman 41 Story of a “Bee” Michell Blodgett 44 The Pinnacle of Life Sheila Boerner 51 “Books” Richard deBurry 52 …MINE… Terri Lynn Brewer 53 My Decision to Attend Medical School Moises Cardenas 54 Soldier David Catalan 56 My Safe Haven Neil Chaparro 57 Getting to College Cassandra Chapman 59 7 Ten Minutes of Peace: Overcoming Blind Ignorance Joshua Chito 61 Gemini Amanda Caillau 63 The Impact Music Had on Me Faith Combs 64 A Second Chance at Being a Mom: A New Beginning Jessica Cunningham 67 Nature Nurtures Cindy Goeller 68 A Brief Journey of Self-Discovery Michelle DeCenzo 69 Dear Texas Megan Doehner 71 Had I Known Megan Doehner 72 My Sanctuary Sr. Marie Therese Dondja 73 My Own Little Paradise Teagan Duncan-Pope 74 The Most Beautiful Thing I Ever Saw Trinity Eden 75 From Chord Charts to Arpeggios Daniel Faronbi 83 Cinco de Mayo Mary Filkins 85 8 Scott’s Tree Ben Frasier 86 Hold Back Tomorrow Nancy Genevieve 87 Our Beloved Buddy Rose Gleisberg 89 Kaleidoscope Amerikana Greg Gruber 91 What? George Haecker 93 When We Were Monkeys Lyle Harmon 94 Marty McCombs and Yolie Martin, Summer Writing Camp Directors David Martin 96 Bindweed Kathie Haskins 97 Nubby Sweater Kathie Haskins 98 Perihilion Kristi Pluhacek 99 In Control Kaitlyn Hayes 100 Walking a Maine Beach David Martin 103 The Rebellion in My Silence Katrina Heilbroner 104 9 Connected Aquinnah Hill 106 The Power of Words Abigail Hills 107 I Feel the Story Tammy Hudson 110 Silence David P. Hufford 111 Nurturing the Lemon Tree Anne James 112 The Well Anne Lloyd 116 Grandmas Wendy Lundeen 117 Catatonic Raleigh Wilkerson 118 A Moment in the Jungle Chandra M. Magar 119 Al and Sophia David Martin 121 Tahiti French Polynesia Turtle Rynette Friesen 128 With an Old Friend Comes New Lessons Michelle Masur 129 Hail and Rain Vince McAndrew 131 10 Dead Pig Hearts: The Most Beautiful Thing I Ever Saw Grace Merritt 132 Sea Gull Rynette Friesen 134 Proving People Wrong David Ortiz 135 My Fear for My Future Ashlyn Pecena 139 English Class Taught Me to Open Up Dylan Pentecost 140 Heartland of America Park Clock Tower David Waller 141 To the Person Who Was Always There for Me Anastasiya Petrosyan 142 I’m Not a Poet Satori Pettit 143 Australia Outback Bradley Martin 143 Old Shields Cathy Porter 144 My Sanctuary Wesla Potts 145 The Empty Road Ambun Pratami 146 A Different Dream Lorren Rahn 148 11 Bill and the Internet of Things Bain Robinson 150 Becoming a Citizen of the USA: A Rewarding Journey Yvette Rodriguez 155 Shabbat Chanukah: Central Park D. L. Rubens 158 Time in Rocks Cindy Goeller 162 A Parody on “i” James M. Salhany 163 Five Chandra Magar 164 Shift Cathy Samuelson 165 Bald Eagle on Barbed Wire Fence D.A. Hickman 166 Reply to a Post at a Buddhist Zen Site Robert Schenck 167 Komodo Dragon Rynette Friesen 168 Writer’s Block Kara Schmoeller 169 Making the Best of a Failed Opportunity Stuart Sedlak 170 Fled D. N. Simmers 172 12 Writing in a Healing Way D. N. Simmers 173 The Green Path Julian Adair 174 I am Not a Writer Yutika Singh 175 Home Is You Casey Solano 176 Knowing You’re Soaring on Wings of an Angel Dave Steckelberg 177 The Power of the Journal Emma Vinchur 179 How it Starts David Waller 180 Recommended Works on Writing as Healing David Waller 181 Writing as Healing David Waller 186 I Just Write Carolyn Weisbecker 187 Now We Lay Him Down to Sleep… Ann Woolard 188 Beveridge Middle School Bus Bench David Martin 189 The Soul of the City Ann Woolard 190 13 A Sacred Place Leslie Worden 193 Newbie Donald Wright 194 Lucille Ball Amanda Caillau 195 Bios of Artists, Authors, and Poets 196 14 Fine Lines :: Summer 2015 7 Doctors’ Project Maureen Tobin When Steve Langan began the 7 Doctors Project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2008, he started with a question: What would happen if we put seven doctors and seven writers in a creative writing workshop? What would it be like for these highly trained and competent doctors to be mentored by writers? In his work with ALS in the Heartland, he met many medical people who had intense experiences with both healing and not healing. Not yet convinced that writing was therapeutic, Steve suspected that creative writing would be a fruitful work endeavor for people with such life and death material.