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All around New Mexico, we love our festivals. I suppose that’s true all over the world, but here in the Land of Enchantment, we have more than our share of unique events.

And summertime is season for a whole lot of them to come out of the woodwork.

Compiled by The Associated Press

Miami Herald on reining in over-reach on national security (June 2):
The revised eavesdropping program that the U.S. Senate finally passed on Tuesday and sent to the president doesn’t go as far as some civil-liberties advocates wanted, but it’s the first time that Congress has placed limits on the government’s ability to spy on Americans after 9/11.

First, allow me to do a little bragging about my kids. Then I’ll tie it to the larger world.

I have two daughters. Amy, the older one, lives in Memphis, Tenn. Over the last year, she’s moved from a pre-school teacher to an after-school program director (that is, from a worker to a boss) while also attending the University of Memphis, where she’s been recognized as an outstanding senior in her chosen field of anthropology. No easy feats, I’d say, for someone who’s only 23 years old. Thankfully, she has the energy to do both.

By Rick Kraft

Be joyous. Be joyous today. Be joyous and contagiously spread your joy to others.

It all starts on the inside. It then continues on the inside. At some point it can end on the inside or it can continue on to the outside. What is important here is that you control your inside. You determine who can control your inside regardless of what others do on your outside.

Another way to put this is to recognize that life is what you make it. Your experience in walking this world is primarily governed by what happens between your two ears.