The VeRbal COmmUTe by Paul Andrew Doyle, Founder & Publisher ~ art by PAD M


aking change in our lives is probably one of the most challeng-


ing tasks we can engage in. I know from personal ex- perience because I do it daily. I have to! I go with the flow. If I resisted, I’d go crazy for sure. Chaos to me appears to be the order at this time. It’s all good though!


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Ru d ol ph & Santa fi- nally sent me a photo Upbeat


Times! Tis is a first aſter 20 years in publication. No other person in the world has this very rare selfie photo. I wrote Ru- dolph many years back and he responded saying in 2018 he’d have one for us! He said they had just finished breakfast and were feeling pretty good aſter reading the latest November 2018 issue of the paper. Shortly aſter he took the photo. Rudolph wanted his


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own selfie so he could post it on all the social medias avail- able...LOL!!! I had my first Holiday Market


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SWIMMING WITH WORDS!


places to hold it and I am hon- ored by the offers! During the time I prepared for the market, I had just finished


of my Garlic Rosemary Mari- nade. I served Franco Amer- ican Bread so people could taste what they called ‘incred- ible flavor!’ I promised Kristin Bastoni-Frazee & father Robert Bas- toni, owners of the bak- ery I would serve their delicious bread with the marinade. It was an in- stant hit! My next step is to get an official place to prepare the product. If any one has a small lo- cation that has electric- ity, walk-in cooler and dish machine to sterilize bottles, I would appreci- ate a call. A 500 to 700 sq. ſt. space would be ample. I’ve found a few locations, but am wait- ing for the right one(it only needs to have hot


and it was very nice & success- ful! Next Year I will make it Te Upbeat Expo. Te First Upbeat Expo. Tis first holiday market was a test and went very well! I am finding a location at this time. I’ve been offered a few


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the November issue of Upbeat Times and for 10 days aſter the publication was distributed, I prepared my own artwork to be printed on coffee cups, art prints & greeting cards as well as my Spice Rubs and sampling


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running water and an area to put a refrigeration unit. I’ve been working on the Wine Country Marinade project now for five years and am just about ready to sell it publicly!


...continued on page 26 First Humor


A cowboy rode into town and stopped at a saloon for a drink. Unfortunately, the locals always had a habit of picking on strangers, which he was. When he finished his drink, he found his horse had been stolen. He went back into the bar, handily flipped his gun into the air, caught it above his head without even looking and fired a shot into the ceiling. “Which one of you sidewinders stole my horse?!?!?”


he yelled with surprising forcefulness. No one answered. “Alright, I’m gonna have another beer, and if my horse ain’t back outside by the time I finish, I’m gonna do what I dun in Texas! And I don’t like to have to do what I dun in Texas!” Some of the locals shifted restlessly. The man, true to his word, had another beer, walked outside, and his horse has been returned to the post. He saddled up and started to ride out of town. The bartender wandered out of the bar and asked, “Say partner, before you go... what happened in Texas?”


The cowboy turned back and said, “I had to walk home.”


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