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RANDY HUFF: Strolling Stones and A Better Way
The stroll I often took in my growing up years recently came to mind. We lived in Ulysses, a farming and light industrial town in far Southwest Kansas. Our...
BOB BROWN: My Mother’s Bed
Prowling memories creep into my awareness. Intuitively, these memory fragments seem significant but they remain...
SCOT BELLAVIA: They’re Not Dumb, They’re Nonverbal
They say if you’ve met one person with autism…then you’ve met one person with autism....
RANDY HUFF: You Don’t Know What’s There Until You Do
I am reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek this year, the 50th year of its publishing....
FRED FIRST: Turning Points of Note From a Season of Change
First night: Middle of April: The sliding doors are open with nothing but the screens to...
HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Foundering Fathers
To founder: To fail or to sink. So says the venerable Merriam-Webster dictionary. That’s not what comes to mind when we are talking about...
H. BRUCE RINKER: No, I don’t Hate Cats … But I Have Killed Them
In some circles, it feels like confessing to murder.
As an ecologist, I have dispatched dozens of feral cats. Norway Rats, too, the occasional Domestic...
CAROLINE WATKINS: Put Down The Stone
This title seemed to be a bit more appealing title than "Here Comes the Judge," the one I had planned to use. Not to...
HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Curiouser and Curiouser
That’s about all one can come up with in relation to our current election woes. Are we about to go down a national rabbit...
DICK BAYNTON: The Decline and Destruction of Morality
Recent revelations about Donald Trump suggest that he has used filthy language, sexual provocation and ‘octopus’ groping of women during past years. These are...
HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Attraction of Violence
It has been said that homo sapiens are the most violent creatures on the planet. There is ample evidence to support that claim. If...
