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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Amos Beals was an immense man, at least to my little kid eyes. Distantly related to my grandfather, Amos lived out in the country on a hardscrabble farm, and was perpetually clothed in a railroad engineer’s cap, bib overalls, or “biblicals” as he called ‘em, and [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The four of us – Ron, Eddie, Roy, and yours truly stood a few yards downstream from Dam Four and looked at the river. In normal times, we would have been on a rock outcrop about 15 feet above its sleepy green translucent flow. In normal [...] Blackberry Bruin [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Double Indemnity [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Bud Miller was born to lead. With 20 years service in the military, including the Korean War, when ex-Sergeant Miller retired and came home to our small town, he just couldn’t wait to get back in charge of something…and the Fire Department caught his eye. Our [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Joggers and runners annoy me. Before my lovely bride Laura ventured off for several years occupying Afghanistan, allowing me to become a gentleman of leisure and relocate to my scenic country estate, we lived in an apartment in the city. While there, we acquired a canine, [...] An Arresting Development [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Ah, yes – the holiday season. Most retailers and some consumers believe it starts in mid-September and continues through January 15. We are besieged by The Great Pumpkin, regaled with stories of The Pilgrims, who were, incidentally, not THE pilgrims but only pilgrims, beaten over the [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Christmas Eve. From the time I was a young child until my late twenties, I spent it at my favorite Aunt and Uncle’s farm. My Aunt Myrna and Uncle Wayne, their son Gayle and his family, my grandparents, my mother and stepfather, me, and in later [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] About 10 years ago, for the first time in quite a while, I went home for Christmas. Well, that’s not exactly true. Home is where my wife and I live. I returned to where I spent my childhood, where I walked the river, hunted pheasants, stalked [...] Love’s Illusions I Recall [Audio clip: view full post to listen] She was a vision. Petite, with dark brown hair in a pageboy cut. Her gentle rippling laugh flitted on the wind like a butterfly, its fragile wings caressing all who heard it with tender purpose. Arching brows highlighted dark eyes that could delight [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Some of the individuals who know me would tell you that Ol’ Lewis has yet to enter the 1990’s. Not true. I have recently plunged into the 2000’s. My bride and I, because we live in a very remote area have recently given up [...]
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Once upon a time I lived in Almost Arkansas, Missouri. In spite of how bizarre some southern Missouri towns are named, you will not find Almost Arkansas on any map, but it is there. I’ve seen it. Unlike the mythical “Lake Woebegon”, [...] |
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