By Bob Ochtrup A recent article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune gave notice of the death of a leading physicist living in Scotland. His claim to world prominence in the field of physics was when, in 1964, he hypothesized a subatomic particle must exist that would create the ability for matter to form after the […] Read more
This article originally appeared several years ago in the Osceola Sun newspaper; it was the most fun writing I’ve ever had because it combined the eight-month annual concern about ticks with several close relationships, one of my favorite movies, and several doses of bullshit in which I excel. Dave Anderson The other night, our neighbors […] Read more
Life in a rear-view mirror By Dick Juhl A gentle breeze moved the hanging white flower basket back and forth, like a mother rocking her baby. A mourning dove under the eaves in the basket called to her mate somewhere above. Coo-coo-Coo-coo. She called a second time but with more urgency. To me it was […] Read more
by Iric Nathanson That morning, Ian lay in bed awake, not ready to face the new day. He grimaced when he thought about another 12 hours of tedium in the Settlement, just like the day before and the day before that. He had no way of knowing it at the time, but this day would […] Read more
Rick Weber Butch lived in a dusty tan stucco house set back to the south from the corner of First Avenue and Ninth Street. In the next house east, a tiny asphalt side-shingled shack nearly hidden by three evergreens, lived Mr. Roberts and he “wasn’t right” as our parents would say when they whispered for […] Read more
