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18 www.DesertMessenger.com February 4, 2015 SILVER INDIAN JEWELRY 1330 W. Main St. VENDORS WANTED! CALL GEM WORLD • 626-922-1258 Gem World & QUARTZSITE SHOWGROUNDS SUPPLIES FINDINGS PENDANTS BEADS WHOLESALE • RETAIL FOSSILS CRYSTALS RAW MINERALS GIFTS Open Daily! Diagonal from Burger King/Mobil • Quartzsite, Arizona Lots of New Items! cashiers wanted! BEADS Semi-Precious Beads Crystal Beads Rhinestone Studded Beads Pandora Style Beads Seed Beads COMPLETED JEWELRY Indian Jewelry Bracelets • Earrings Necklaces • Pendants FINDINGS Bails • Crimp Beads & Covers Fancy Spacers • Jump Rings Lobster Claws FOSSILS - MINERALS Amethyst • Calcite • Crystals Desert Roses • Geodes • Fluorite Jasper • Raw Minerals GIFT ITEMS Stone Vases • Watches Compacts • Tools Hardware • Display Cases 520-255-9081 MD CARPET CLEANING Let's Talk Dirty! Serving Quartzsite & Blythe Area David Zarkou, DPM Foot and Ankle Surgery PODIATRY (928) 669-3033 At La Paz Medical Services 150 E. Tyson Road, Quartzsite Fridays 9 am – 5 pm At Parker Professional Bldg 1713 Kofa Ave, Parker Mon, Tues, Wed 8 - 4:30 pm At TriValley Medical Center Harquahala Road, Salome 2nd and 4th Thurs each month by Jane Finley writer * artist * teacher (stretching, exercise, relaxation, meditation) ABOUT AN INCH IN LOVE (Canyon Dave)...Quartzsite, AZ He was six foot two, a big bear of a man, and when he wrapped his arms around me to dance, I felt small, and I've NEVER felt small. We both knew it was impossible, a relationship, that is. He smoked and drank (more than a little), and that wasn't all we didn't have in common. My God! He ate Twinkies. I could see several red fl ags fl apping wildly in the breeze. Nevertheless, he's read my poems, and I've read his. That's got to count for something. And I've fi nal- ly broken my usual pattern of choosing men with no job, no money, and cars that don't run. He doesn't even own a car! And talk about sensitive; unlike most people, he's an open book. Ev- ery emotion he feels is right there on his face. And you know what else? We can actually carry on a conversation! REALLY! And he reads...books...and loves nature, especially the Grand Can- yon where he worked as a guide. When he talks about it, his eyes light up. He speaks passionately about how he can make elderly and infi rm people SEE the canyon through his eyes without even leaving the bus. And this man knows what women like: He requests his favorite song ("The Dance"), and always dances with me. AND during the break, when we're sitting at the table, his great big hands smother mine. AND when the band plays Alan Jackson's "Remember When," he asks me to dance because he says he knows it's my favorite song. Last year he gave me a wire-wrapped necklace he made himself. In other parts of the world, men give women jewels. In Quartzsite, they give rocks, but the sentiment is the same. And DANCING! He didn't much like dancing when we fi rst met, but now he says he likes it, and I take partial credit for that. To an obsessive, never-sit- down, dance-every-dance woman like me, he's turned into a pretty damn good dancer....a prerequisite which we all know is much more important than in- tegrity, dependability, and intelligence. And he says things like: "Jane, you're not for everyone, but you are for me." Traveling with Gypsy Jane SEE LOVE PAGE 30

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