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I have collated, poeticised, pontificated, and otherwise raked muck from time to time Never have 1 seen an unfunded little publication grow so nicely, look so good, t»e such a pleasure to read, or appeal to such a broad spectrum as the tipper Left Edge When your esteem ed editor launched the Edge, it was a paper airplane It was music and a sense of involvement in the community It was fun, and it grew Owing its spark and commitment to billy Hults and its visual magnetism to Sally Lackaff, the Edge has drawn fine writers and artists and will continue to do so This paper is built by hand and heart each month, and the vitality shows If our differences create conflict, we can describe them clearly and without anger Kindness is attractive, and, as the Dalai Lama says, anger is the most destructive human power So, it is a joy to see this paper address weighty issues without resorting to verbal violence This concern is born of affection, not a desire to control We all do care It s not always easy but. as Ranger Doug says, it s the cowboy way To p r o te c t th e g u ilt y , nam es used h e re a re fa ls e I had ju s t r e tu rn e d fro m a v ir u le n t Put p le a s in g C e n tra l O regon pup c r a w l in co m pan y w i t h a good o ld p a l (H is Lady and H e r s e lf. 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