Queries & Comments

Cover Inspires Poem

GOLDEN LAURA RAMOS
At Ashkelon on Israel’s coast
She digs in dust
Where winds of years
have treasures lost.
These treasures sought
Cannot compare
to jewel-like droplets on her brow,
or onyx orbs her face adorn,
or match the ebon beauty of her hair.
The pearly splendor of her smile
so lights the desert round,
In a mirror she could see
Treasures that abound.

What an unusual and attractive cover!

The writer tells us he is 81 years old.—Ed.

How About Someone Normal?

Once again it’s time for the annual “Dig Now” issue and once again you feature a perky, sweaty, skimpily dressed young lady smiling into the camera (January/February 2002). Well, enough! It’s time to feature an equally perky, sweaty, skimpily dressed young man for your female readership’s eye. Or, to truly capture your core readership’s interest, how’s this: A (gasp) middle-aged, modestly dressed, non-athletic, non-perky and definitely non-sweaty person! Hey, male or female—I’m open. Thanks from a non-sweaty, non-athletic and definitely non-perky reader.