The Nature of Eureka
What design of nature or serendipitous evolutionary event could create a flower of such unusual beauty? Best to describe it in religious terms –...
The Pursuit of Happiness
A friend expresses astonishment and chagrin that someone he knows and apparently likes supports Donald Trump. “How could you,” he said, “support an obvious...
Dropping a Line
Joe Anderson is from Derby, Kansas, and caught a nice striper Saturday. This one hit a frisky 7-in. shad down about 24 ft., close...
Exploring the Fine Art of Romance
A male friend and I are both single, in our mid-30s and not interested in committed relationships right now. The chemistry’s great and we’ve...
The Pursuit of Happiness
I like to celebrate Independence Day in the broadest sense of the words. I became homeless the morning after my 18th birthday, and I...
Dropping a Line
Have to make this one fast! Got in late today and have to find a prop for tomorrow.
Here’s Tryston and Collin Altensey from Port...
The Nature of Eureka: Ozark Leatherwood
Over the last five or six years I have been somewhat obsessed by the origin of the namesake of our local geographic features known...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 29-July 6
Cancer New Moon & the United States Birthday
There are many icons for the sign of Cancer. Garden gate (where spirits enter matter); crab in...
The Pursuit of Happiness
The newspaper headline, Fertile Woman Dies in Climax, raised no eyebrows back home in Minnesota when I was a boy. That’s because everyone knew...
Dropping a Line
Watch the wind chill and keep a dry pair of gloves handy. Well, we went from cold to hot fast so leave the jacket...