by Robert Lee Haycock | Jul 27, 2016 | photographs, poetry |
One afternoon, the last week on Fletcher’s Ranch Run the dump truck after the combines Then across the field to the auger pit Engage the power-take-off on the tractor Dump the barley and screw it up into the silo Sweep up and back to chase the harvesters ...
by Stephanie Hayes | Jul 22, 2016 | Back Yard Days, Community, Essays |
This past weekend I spent a couple of days visiting my friend Marcella in Marin County. When I was a child our family lived just a few houses up the hill from hers, and both families were quite close. The moms were friends, the dads were friends, and the kids were...
by Armida Cervantez | Jul 20, 2016 | Essays, Philosophy |
Recently whilst wasting one more precious moment of my lifetime, I read an article on the destruction of the Maya Codices by a Franciscan Priest in the year 1562. This inquisition involved the burning of sacred texts, and it allowed control over the sacred and...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jul 5, 2016 | Essays, Humor |
Growing up, gifts were important to us. We didn’t have much money; it was the thought that counted. My parents’ birthdays and Mother’s Day and Father’s day were particularly important. That’s where the liquid powder comes in. I was nine...
