The Darke County Fair
What can I say about the Darke County Fair? Growing up I heard it put two different ways - “The World’s Greatest County Fair”,...
UNEXPECTED CELEBRITY SIGHTING
Alan Clark’s cousin, Johnnie here, with a story about the day a famous movie star attended one of Evening at Emory adult and community...
Will Someone Please Shut This Kid Up?
It was chilly for an August night; there was a noticeable breeze fluttering about. The cool air was both bracing and unwanted for that...
This Essay May Require More Than One Examination
Allow me a moment to introduce the Zen koan. Koans originated in the east and since there’s no English equivalent to the word, the...
Unsolicited Advice from my Avatar
In 1968 I was a junior. At the tender age of seventeen, I considered myself completely lost.
As a fiercely independent soul, I measured my...
Foxhole Blues
When I was in high school, I played flashlight, hedge-apple war in a large, wooded area, contiguous to the Mighty Mississippi River, excuse me,...
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
I have a reflection I would like to discuss with you today; the notion I wish to discuss is, change. More specifically, can we...
Flying by the Seat of My Pants
When my parents first bought their house on Chestnut Street, I was eight and Elaine, one. Our house at 641 Chestnut Street came with three...
I’ll Take a Hamburger to go with Extra Grease, Please
It’s brutally hot today. The humidity is around ninety-five percent, and the temperature, over a hundred. It’s one of those days where it’s impossible to stop...
What can I say about 3.2 Beer, and the Maid-Rite? Plenty, as it turns out.
Let me start off by pointing out the double entendre or pun like nature of the word Maid-Rite. When I was young, my family would...
