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Tilting at Windmills: The Legend of the Dogwood Tree

Over time, questions have arisen among local historians about where the so-called “Susquehanna Artist” had been living when the President ..


Tilting at Windmills: A Terrible Thing to Do

Elizabeth Fox was one of those English teachers who knew the names and personalities of all her students. She did ..


Tilting at Windmills: Young at Heart - Encore

When I was filling a paper cup with coffee at a food mart the other day, a portly man sauntered ..


Tilting at Windmills: Never a Cross Word

An unpredictable set of circumstances brought me from the Midwest to a confrontation with a failed actress in a tenement ..


Tilting at Windmills : My Beautiful, Beautiful Daughter

Even before he murdered my beautiful, beautiful daughter, I was afraid for Echo’s life. She was kind and sensitive and illuminated ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Jewelry Counter

My name is Chester McBride. I taught literature at a community college for twenty-six years. In the course of my career, I ..


Tilting at Windmills: Hero Worship Eyes

From the day that Frances met Will -- the same day they became partners – it was, for her, as ..


Tilting at Windmills: The REAL Language of Flowers

My name is Celeste Ballantine. I am an actress and an educator, and my life has always been about appearance. I ..


Tilting at Windmills: Another Modest Proposal – Encore

In 1729, forty-seven years before the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, Jonathan Swift – the same Swift who ..


TILTING AT WINDMILLS: David Copperfield's History of Magic

David Copperfield makes me cry. This has happened twice. Over 25 years ago, I was writing a novel about the mayor ..


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