Author Archives: Aya Katz

About Aya Katz

Aya Katz is the administrator of Pubwages. When she is not busy administering, she sometimes also writes posts like a regular user.

Spartan Mothers

Mother’s Day is despised by many people as a holiday full of sentiment and empty of any thought and meaning. Many see it as just another commercial occasion to sell flowers, candy and bath oils. Part of the reason for … Continue reading

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Angelique’s Lament, a Dark Shadows Filksong

When I was ten years old, my family  moved to the United States for good. I was very lonely, and I didn’t have any friends. (For a fictionalized account of what I was going through, read my story The Punky-Wunkies.) … Continue reading

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Remembering the Mount Carmel Massacre

Nineteen years ago, on April 19, 1993, the United States government, through the agency of the ATF and with assistance of other agencies, completed a siege against innocent citizens in their homes with a fiery inferno that took the lives of all … Continue reading

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Traveling with Cabeza de Vaca: Introduction

This is going to be a recurring feature of PubWages, a column about the writings and travels and life of Cabeza de Vaca. Continue reading

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Stray Dogs and Stray Children

Can dogs use money? Can they keep a budget, save for a rainy day and buy food, knowing how much it will cost? If somebody steals from them, will they be able to stand up for their rights? Do dogs … Continue reading

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Update On MO SB 666: It’s Going to the Senate Floor

Here is an important update about SB 666. If you have not read about it before, you can catch up by reading my previous pub about it: http://www.pubwages.com/21/supporters-of-project-bow-call-your-state-legislators-to-defeat-sb-666 Since I last wrote about this bill that threatens to put an … Continue reading

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Supporters of Project Bow: Call your State Legislators to Defeat SB 666

Help stop SB 666! Call your Missouri state senator today! Continue reading

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Review of The Secret of a Long Journey by Sandra Shwayder Sanchez

  Like a tapestry woven over centuries of history, The Secret of a Long Journey (Floricanto Press 2012) by Sandra Shwayder Sanchez weaves in and out of the old world and the new, covering and converging stories from sixteenth century … Continue reading

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The Few Who Count is now on Kindle

My first novel, The Few Who Count, came out in 1985. I started writing it in 1977, when I had not yet turned seventeen. I finished writing it when I was not quite twenty-three. After two years of sending it … Continue reading

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You Don’t Need to be a Pacifist to Support Ron Paul

Many people support Ron Paul’s domestic plans, but they balk when they listen to what he has to say about foreign policy. It does not help that many of Ron Paul’s supporters are in fact pacifists who talk about how … Continue reading

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