Sower Seed sprouts in varied conditions, but its viability is unpredictable. Sow it first to know its ultimate quality. “Sower” is my testament to seed’s transcendent whimsy, beauty, and power. By Lane Cook Sower Lane Cook Spring strewn like a baby rattle exploded across the clay. Please sprout the garden waits. Summer shorn, sweet
Shattered In the Mid-1970s Splurging on Letraset in the production room of a small newspaper. By Russ Smith A few weeks ago I ran across a brief thread on Twitter about the now nearly obsolete press-on sheets of Letraset typefaces, a staple for artists and small newspapers before computers took over. As a young journalist,
Heroes: Living, Dead, and Imagined The qualities of the heroes we admire in books and movies are sometimes reflected in real people in our lives. For my severely autistic son and our family, a gifted, quiet young special education teacher embodied the valiant spirit of Aragorn, hero of Lord of the Rings. Does someone in
The American Diner Diners are misunderstood as dull and lowly establishments, pitted unartfully along crumbling highways and forgotten byways. This is a mistake. The American diner is a humble, accessible gathering place where the spirit of this country rests and replenishes a fraying culture stretched in all directions. It links our past with the present,
Trees Trees mark the passing of time with centuries as hours, and they keep ancient secrets and harbor timeless mysteries. Their seeming impassiveness belies their power to enflame my heart and enchant my remembrances. By Allison McBain Hudson Every tree is a mystery. Each one beckons me with silent stories, secret whisperings, untold history. I
Silver, Blood and Scissors: Protection against Witchcraft in an English County Silver, blood and scissors were among an array of things both manmade and organic used as protection against witches in late 19th and early 20th century Warwickshire. In this piece I look at the methods people in the county employed to guard themselves from
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Legacy Inspired by the legacy of one I admired and loved dearly, I’ve discovered some of the most important and worthwhile of my own aspirations. By Allison McBain Hudson I don’t have a bucket list. I’m “only” 53 and hoping not to kick the bucket any time soon, but my kids think I’m ancient, so
Summer Cruisin’, American Style. Nothing holds the anticipation and excitement of summer and reliving a Golden Era of captured memories quite like the classic cars of mid-century America. From roaring engines to sweetheart bench seats, cruising still has the power and bittersweet air of a freedom that once was. By Jenna Stocker The Classic Car
Clash of the Control Titans What if you put two people with an overwhelming need to control the environment in the same space, but their respective ideas of “a place for everything and everything in its place” mean something entirely different? There may be underlying forces so powerful that we find a way to live
Irish Evening I’m forever amazed and heartened by the quiet, crepuscular triumph of an Irish evening over grey daytime skies and grey daytime notions. By Allison McBain Hudson It starts to get to me after a while, the greyness. Summer, says the calendar, but the Irish weather often seems to indicate no particular season –
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