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First Take: Woody

First Take: Woody
01.09.2025 3

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Billy and Jane

10.02.2025 7

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: On this Day, 1888

Arles, France. “My dear Gauguin,” Van Gogh said, “I have a vague memory that I offended you last evening.” “I forgive you gladly,” said Gauguin,...

23.12.2024 3

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Ballad of a Bugler

1906. New York. 103rd street station. A kid wearing a feather headdress handed the ticket chopper a newspaper and a pen, asking for an autograph....

25.11.2024 5

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Community Cat

There was Archie. And there he wasn’t. No matter how loud the sound of treats shaken got. Somebody said it almost didn’t look like Archie. Somebody...

23.09.2024 3

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Center of the World

Felicity, California. Center of the World. The blue sky of the desert was blinding. The blue door of the church was locked. Looking down from the...

16.09.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Cool Hand Juke

Low tide and nobody else here. The beach was mine to comb. But I wasn’t having any luck. “Looking for anything specific?” said somebody else. I...

09.09.2024 3

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Summer of Dove

Under the banner for the Sprague’s Big Breast Contest, the hippie put on the dove mask to complete the costume. “I am peace! I am love! I am not a...

02.09.2024 2

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Two Emails

1. An email sent by an old man to a landlord: Do you or do you not plan on taking action against this package pilferage? Are the tenants...

26.08.2024 4

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: Morning Drive(s)

Morning drive. Up ahead was a dog with a dove in its maw. I drove up. The dog dropped the dove. I flew by. The dove didn’t. Riverside drive. Melons...

19.08.2024 5

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: The Ballad of Dave O'Neill

There was Dave O’Neill, face down in the stock tank. “First Bill, now Dave,” said the first prospector. “Well, Dave’s got the distinction of...

12.08.2024 3

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Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer

First Take: The Ballad of Jack Chevy

Long before John Ford staked his claim in Monument Valley, there was the other old man with the eye patch. He went by Jack Chevy. Nobody knows the...

05.08.2024 5

Yuma Sun

Alex Ebrahimi Sun Staff Writer