Street roots
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Feb. 3, 2012
Born in Love’s Embrace
by Aaron Randazzo
Today I am born. New; not yet torn
From the sea of non-being; eternity breath
Sprouting from bud to cottonseed, worn
Are the leaves, wrinkled by season’s death
Cells know what we seldom think to show
Perfect harmonized activity, hasty grace flows
Together, trusting love, nothing is impossible
We ALL have our role to play; we are responsible
For the flow of time, captured by three noble eyes
Shall never cease to bless these crystal blue skies
Who speak nightly with hypnotic smoke formations
Trust we’ll need; for these signals to our destinations
Fear not, bold traveler in star garment disguise
You’ll sing into the hearts of millions, surprise!
You’re not the only center of creation, child
No reason not to let that beast run wild!
Shrouded footprints articulated directions
Paving mysteries, slithering to be comprehended
By voices whispered into soft inner reflections
Souls connect in cosmic voyages, we intended
Discovery of ancestral wisdom etched in stars
Secrets swell in the heart of tomorrow’s sun
Bonds are fond of sweet questions; what we are
Found in sacred moments where all is one
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Crossword
Across
I. Thermochemical passage in
phase transition
I I . Petty quarrel
15. Better
16. Centers of activity
17. Railroad employee
18. Aphrodite’s lover
19. Head lock
20. “Om,” e.g.
22. Pinocchio, at times
23. Interim time
27. Diabolical
28. Alleviate
29. Crowded
30. Disavow
31. Rapidly processing computer
32. Borders
33. Guaranteed
35. More than passing
39. “The_____ Lady,” 2011
drama
40. Effortless
44. Winter warmer
45. Home, informally
46. Tell it to the judge
47. Property infringer
49. Under the weather
50. Hives, for one
51. Stand for
53. Audio effect
54. Jimmy Buffett likes these and
getting caught in the rain
59. Snaillike
60. Conductors
61. Puts in stitches
62. Contents of compost
Down
1. Nonclerical
2. Inclined toward love
3. Mountainous, for one
4. Aged
Answers on page 6
By Cole Merkel
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Sudoku
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4
26
29
31
6
7 9
I 32
37
44
47
50
2
2 7 3
9
3
4 8 7
1
3 8
8 6 1
7
9
5
2
8
6
53
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The objective of Sudoku is to fill all the blank squares with the
correct numbers, from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must
include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order.
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5. German River flowing through
Bitburg
6. They make your bread crisp
7. Mins, and mins.
8. “Mangia!”
9. Dined
10. Lengths
11. Biased
12. Adapting software to different
environments
13. Needle-shaped
14. Herbal tea infusion
21. Helped
22.___Zeppelin
24. Sun-shriveled California
produce
25. Dispels doubts
26. One with localized killing of
cells
33. Selfless love
34. Intermission
35. Kate Winslet, for one
36. Small boat
37. Figure skating, for one
38. Forgetting reservations
40. Fifth letter of the Greek
alphabet
41. Mapping instrument
42. Withdraws, as in the
Confederate States
43. Jabber
48. According to
52. Delivered
55. U.N. workers’ grp.
56. After expenses
57. Play part
58. Biblical beast