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Archive for May, 2012

May 2011 in Black Lamb

Volume 10, Number 5 — May 2012

May 1st, 2012

In this issue of Black Lamb, Toby Tompkins remembers when he was sixteen and encountered a real California Golden girl. In Small wonders, Karla Powell rejoices in the reintroduction into her life of parakeets. Elizabeth Fournier describes a curious phenomenon — exploding corpses — in Big bang.

In As others see us, Ed Goldberg examines the difference between the reality and the image of the city he lives in, Portland, Ore. John M. Daniel seeks the father he never knew in The Dragon with the Rubber Nose. Lorentz Lossius gives us another portion of his travel diary from Turkey in 2004. In I know my chickens, Dan Peterson takes a look at American phrases used in Europe and at Italian idioms.

In our Honorary Black Lambs column, we welcome authors Dante Alighieri and Dashiell Hammett into our pantheon. Our Black Lamb Recipe is for Lamb Patties with Vegetables Proveçale. Advice columnist Millicent Marshall answers readers’ questions concerning care for the bedridden. And Professor Avram Khan gives us another of his challenging word puzzles. •

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