It’s summertime for the Chordaires

Karen Sproates The Chordaires Show Chorus of Sun Lakes is having a fun summer, taking time to get together to enjoy each other’s company. Twice a month, these women meet for lunch and to play cards. The end of June brought many of the singers together for a wine and cheese social where they enjoyed…

Word of the Month: Synesthesia

  David Zapatka Reading about cognition and perception recently, I was introduced to the word “synesthesia” which is this month’s WOTM. Synesthesia – noun syn·es·the·sia si-nəs-ˈthē-zh(ē-)ə 1. a concomitant sensation: especially a subjective sensation or image of a sense (as of color) other than the one (as of sound) being stimulated. 2. the condition marked by the…

Writers’ Page

  Punctuations Lois Grotewald If I were an exclamation point, I’d put myself at the end of “I love you.” If I were a parenthesis, I’d hug “you” from both sides. If I were a period, I’d place myself after forever – period. If I were a colon, I’d be before a line of dear,…