Jack Burns Lives!

Fayetteville, Arkansas, take note. Something good is happening in your community, and I bet most of you didn’t even know it. Yeah, you’ve had Ozark Mountain Foods, one of the most successful food cooperatives in the country for some time. Yeah, you’ve had a farmers market downtown. You have several local bakeries producing their own [...]

photo credit: timloco (the man)
Edward Abbey has been called a lot of things. Curmudgeon, communist, asshole. And nature writer, the one term he probably loathed. Ed’s writing about his forays into the wilds were secondary to another, more important, theme. The one that really drove him and occupied his thoughts: The human condition and [...]

This essay was written as a required assignment for parents in my son’s high school Honors English class. The assignment was to write a letter, poem or essay about your thoughts as a parent and/or your goals for your child. A reflection upon their upcoming graduation. I hope I get an “A.”
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It really seems quiet [...]