BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – Tonight we celebrated our first son’s birthday. He is now married, in school and working. We went and had a lovely dinner. The most amazing part of the evening? He paid. I think he really is an adult. After dinner we stopped off to visit some friends. …

PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA ARIZONA – On Monday evening we get to share our Zambian experience with the public at the Gilbert Arizona Public library. This is fun for us. We get to talk about our experiences with an interested and hopefully captivated audience. Friends who actually pay attention to what goes on at the …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA ARIZONA – Who knew writing would be so hard?! Give me a topic and I can spew about it! We have been researching and writing a new screenplay for two months. After doing all the preliminary work we have spent the last two days with all our notes and steps …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA – I took my daughter shopping for her 18th birthday gift. The theme was gifts that you will need at college, next year, when you are by yourself, in an apartment, far away from home and you are hungry and cold. So, of course, plates came to mind. I …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA – “Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Angela Monet This month of May began in New York City. I was walking down Broadway when I received a call from my husband telling me of the unexpected passing …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, USA – “I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child,’ for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.” — Fran Lebowitz (1950 – ) Through the years, I have enjoyed the company of …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, USA – “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer …

Pamela Jo Bowman – Mesa, AZ – As I get older, I am seeing that life takes you exactly where you ask to be taken. I’m also seeing that when I arrive, it usually doesn’t quite look the way I imagined. As a child living in a large city, I remember that I wanted a …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, USA — “Movin up to the east side.” Now that I have been to the East Side of New York, I know what the heck George Jefferson was talking about! I am not really moving to the East Side or anywhere else for that matter. I am, however, moving to …

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