Peace will come

to the planet

only when

we eliminate

all poverty

from the earth

DEBBIE'S COLUMNS

(All articles originally appeared in

Arizona City Independent Edition)

www.trivalleycentral.com

Since November 2000, I've had the privilege of writing a column for the newspaper in my first Arizona hometown. Kayne Crison, editor of the Arizona City Independent Edition, gives me carte blanche. Some writers might think that makes things easier, but it places more responsibility on me to make sure my work is well written. Of course, writers should always do that anyway, but when I catch a small error on the printed page, I can usually look back at my file and see that I let that one get by me. I have no one to blame but myself!

Still, a newspaper column, like a web site, provides a wonderful opportunity to share my thoughts and ideas with the world. Sometimes I'm serious and other times I like to laugh. But the best thing is that the column gave me the chance to work out my ideas for The World I Imagine: A creative manual for ending poverty and building peace, the collection of essays detailed elsewhere on this site. Just click on "The World I Imagine" in the menu at the right side of this page, and you can read the complete Table of Contents of the book.

Meanwhile, you can find many of my other columns by choosing from the subject list below. Each page contains two or more of my favorite articles from the last several years.

To jump to a particular article, just click on the title below:

Baseball and Other Sports

Breathing Easier

Cats (and Other Critters) Rule!

"Cure" that Cold Quickly

Disability: Disarming the Carts

Golf Strokes

The Lazy Vegetarian

"Playing" Post Office in Arizona City

The Staff of Life

Tips for Beginning Writers

Traditional vs. Self-Publishing