We didn’t plan it, but as story ideas for 2020 coalesced into a general vision for our eleven issues, an unofficial...
A needed change
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We can see it clearly
There will be no vision jokes within this first issue of 2020. No ham-handed tries at hindsight puns or sad attempts...
Without darkness there is no light
Here at the tag end of 2019 — a stretch of time that we covered in what seemed far less than 12 months — we can peer...
Called to do heroic things
Olive green figures cover the flat expanse in attack formation. Some lay prone with bipod-supported M-16s and some aim...
Mechanical Failure
I’ve never been mechanically inclined. I’ve tinkered a bit. Back in high school, a more knowledgable...
A delicious building block of community
Nobody really knows how and when we started cooking. But somewhere back in our murky past, meat found...
Just do it
When it comes to the arts, a lot of people thinks it’s all about talent. They believe the only difference between...
Wonders in every era
I’m not a Luddite by any stretch. Truth be told, technology — specifically the internet and everything attached to it...
We can't stand in silence
Ethnically, Pope county is about 90 percent or higher white. And without looking at the demographics,...
It’s what you do that defines you
As a kid, comic book heroes intrigued me for various reasons. Of course incredible physical abilities were part of the...
Out of the darkness
If you take a gander at the calendar in this issue of ABOUT, you’ll note that the month of April is bursting...
The rail runs through and through
Hank Williams Sr. sang about the midnight train whining low and how that forlorn moan — along with a whip-poor-will, a...
A needed change
We didn’t plan it, but as story ideas for 2020 coalesced into a general vision for our eleven issues, an unofficial...
We can see it clearly
There will be no vision jokes within this first issue of 2020. No ham-handed tries at hindsight puns or sad attempts...
Without darkness there is no light
Here at the tag end of 2019 — a stretch of time that we covered in what seemed far less than 12 months — we can peer...
Called to do heroic things
Olive green figures cover the flat expanse in attack formation. Some lay prone with bipod-supported M-16s and some aim...