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Ugh! Monday morning. Here again! Wake up! It's still dark! Look outside! And, in the immortal utterance of the legendary blockhead Charlie Brown, "AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!" Complete with a whole bunch of exclamation points!!!!
Just so you know, this writer absolutely does not like exclamation points! Don't...
"DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN."
Folks of a certain age may recognize the first three words in this week's colyum.
Those three words made up a banner headline which appeared in an early edition of the November 3, 1948, issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper.
Dewey and Truman were the candidates for...
Up until a couple of weeks ago, I had never heard of fen communities. I had never heard of the Hine's emerald dragonfly.
Now, I know at least a little bit, with the emphasis on "little," about fen communities and the Hine's emerald dragonfly.
On Tuesday evening, February 21, your intrepid...
The cupboard is not going to be bare for the Anna-Jonesboro and Cobden high school boys’ basketball teams next year.
A-J and Cobden each return the nucleus of their teams next season.
The Wildcats finished the season with an 11-19 record after a loss in the Class 2A regional tournament at Trico. ...
Cute: Squirrel.
Not So Cute: Opossum. AKA Just Plain Ol' Possum.
This week's little adventure began when your writer went for a daily walk one evening last week.
As I stepped off our front porch, I could hear a dog barking, somewhere out in the dark. For the sake of filling space, we'll call it a...
You'll find out about the pictures soon enough...just keep on reading...
This week, we're going to get a little windy. Call it catch-up time...
You may have noticed that last week's colyum was, well, somewhat lacking. Well, I hope you noticed. At the time I wrote the item, I was not feeling all...
Call this one a look back at the winter weekend of my discontent.
Before we go down that road, let me take a moment or two of your valuable time to reflect on what seems to have been a senseless, unexplainable act which was brought to your writer's attention.
A call came in late Wednesday morning...
This week, we're going to start with a few numbers: 1,035.2, 86.3 and 113.
We'll get back to those numbers in just a bit. First up, allow me to make a bit of a serious observation.
One day last week, your intrepid observer of The Journey Through Life was motoring back to The Paragraph Factory after...
Even a small amount of snowfall can transform the world around us into a winter wonderland. Sorry about the cliche...
Union County land experienced a bit of a visit from Old Man Winter during the past week. Based on weather forecasts, Mr. Winter's visit with us was going to be interrupted by some...
At some point, when we least expect it, they are going to have their revenge. Especially a certain calico kitty and a traveling lizard.
If you have a pet, any kind of pet, any kind of creature, you might appreciate the story that I'm going to share.
Before we get to the revenge of the critters, I...
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