by Jack Moffitt Farmers Market Communications – Century 21, Decade 2 Until recently there was no need for much communications in the farmers market environment. Probably anyone you met in any small town, 100 years ago, could tell you what days and times perishables were sold at public market, in their town. Surely that person [...]

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Hello Mr. Jack, This is Max reporting today. The biggest problems about having chickens that are free-roaming are dogs and raccoons. Last week I was sitting at the kitchen table doing my spelling when Nana (my grandmother, who lives next door) came bursting in! She started screaming, “There’s a chicken being attacked by a dog!” [...]

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by Jack Moffitt Elect a carrot and finally get what you voted for. It is that time of year when elections make newspaper filler regularly. Street corners at busy intersection have sprouted the annual crop of election signs. Even if your worst nightmare of a candidate gets elected, you have cast many votes more important [...]

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at the Galeria 409 Who: Ensamble La Misiøn, Joey Tamayo, and Marla What: Music, live performance When: Sunday, 14 February, 7:30 p.m. Where: Galerîa 409, Admission: $5, includes refreshments

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by Jack Moffitt Locavores, vegephiles and connoisseurs de jardin, take note: We are deep into the season the vegetables love. Cool weather, regular rains, foggy mornings. It takes a little getting used to, for farmers and shoppers, but the harvests make it worth any inconveniences from weather. I understand there will be some cooking demos [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky Her coffee-drinking and bus-riding friend died. Then she quit smoking. Then she left her provider work. And then she lost 17 pounds, going down to 93. What’s left? A six-day-a-week walk to check on scratch tickets, And then the walk back …. Deep deep lines in her tiny face, Mouth pinched …. [...]

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from ArtsRGV Friday, February 19, 2010, 7 pm UTPA Social and Behavioral Sciences Building Room 101 Auditorium JOHN ROSS 1810-1910-2010 Cycles of the Mexican Revolution Co-sponsored by UTPA Mexican-American Studies Saturday, February 20th, 7 PM El Monstruo Book reading/signing at the Narciso Martinez Cultural Center 225 E. Stenger San Benito, Texas $5 donation (956) 367-0335

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An invitation Call for Submissions Has Opened! (All Submissions Via E-mail Only) Boundless: The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Anthology 2010 Deadline: Received by March 21, 2010 Boundless will be published this year as a perfect bound edition with an ISBN. As always, poets do not have to attend our festival or register for [...]

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From Politico.com Sen. Al Franken ripped into White House senior adviser David Axelrod this week during a tense, closed-door session with Senate Democrats. Read the rest on Politico. Perhaps we need more comedians in politics. Since Lenny Bruce, quite a few comedians have schooled themselves on speaking truth to power. Think of Bill Hicks (the [...]

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by Jack Moffitt Hello Brownsville! Carrots are now showing up regularly at the Market. The seed doesn’t want to germinate when it is hot, and they grow a little slower than some of the other crops that are now old hat, this time of year. In a country where the pursuit of cheap food is [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky Black street, Puddles, pooled Shine white-yellow In stilled darkness …. The rain. Rain of violent departures. Rain of dark love. Rain of shut doors. Knives drip blood. Lovers stand, look away. Sealed to passersby.

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Intellectual theft by Stan Flash: Satirists detecting a trend.

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