Dropping a Line
Well, it’s been a mess here staying on the water with this old motor. By the time this report comes out I should have...
The Nature of Eureka
Holy Hollies
For many centuries in English tradition, berry-laden branches of holly trees have been used to adorn houses and churches as emblems of Christmas....
Dropping a Line
Water flowing with some warm spring rains moves fish that spawn in current, going as far up the creeks and rivers as far as...
The Pursuit of Happiness
We’ve heard the advice “Think globally, shop locally.” It’s good advice, but who applies it to politics? In the last election, everyone had an...
The Pursuit of Happiness
By Dan Krotz - The Wall Street Journal, along with Forbes and Bloomberg News, have run stories recently on “The Happiest and Unhappiest Places...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Dan Krotz - In 1972, students at the University of Minnesota elected R. Crumb’s comic strip hero, Fritz the Cat, as President of the...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Dan Krotz - The election of Donald Trump will absolutely and forevermore make America the laughingstock of the free world; civilization as we know...
The Coffee Table
My Sedimental Journey
While trying to find a vase for a broken rose—a casualty of some Xtreme gardening—I had some thoughts about sentimentality. I set the flower...
The Pursuit of Happiness
I’ve been raking leaves all week, making it impossible to avoid thinking about getting old and joining that grand compost pile in the sky....
The Pursuit of Happiness
There’s been some excited Whoop-dee-doo about the unfurling of a Confederate battle flag at a public school gathering in Green Forest last week. I...