Garthia Elena Burnett: More than I bargained for

In the past several weeks, I have driven a police car with sirens blaring, was shot twice (with toy cap bullets), conquered a lifelong fear and shot a fully automatic assault rifle (with real bullets).

Roses and thorns 6-20-2010

Roses and Thorns, 6-20-2010

Shannon Bardwell: The evolution of men

There's something different about men now. I've been seeing them in grocery stores. In the Kroger parking lot a man pulled in beside me. He appeared to be alone, then I saw a car seat with a child. As I watched, he entered the grocery store, with child in tow.

Birney Imes: In search of a shade tree mechanic

The other day I got to wondering if there are any shade tree mechanics still around. You know, a fellow in an oil-stained T-shirt who works on neighbors' cars in a makeshift backyard shop or even in the shadows of a broad-limbed shade tree. He might have a jacked-up car or two in the yard and a motor hanging by a chain from a rusting swing set.

Steve Mullen: A to-do list for the Not From Here

People who are new to this corner of the earth quickly realize there are two types of people: Those who are From Here and those who aren't.

Rufus Ward: Choctaw or Chickasaw?

Frequently, someone will show me an arrowhead they have found and ask if it is from the Choctaw or Chickasaw Indians. When I say neither and it's also not an arrowhead, I get real funny looks. To make matters worse, I usually add that the Indians around here did not live in tepees either.

Birney Imes: Don't worry what the neighbors think

Saturday Felder Rushing introduced the crowd at the Hitching Lot Farmers' Market to Don Featherstone. Gonzo gardener, radio personality and author, Rushing is something of a rock star on the gardening speaking circuit. And, on this morning he showed why, going full tilt for two hours in front of a standing-room-only audience, most of whom wore smiles the entire time.

Roses and thorns 6-13-10

Community members who participated in a communitywide meeting; Gary Moore; Jackie McGrath; Kay McElroy; Matthew Berk, Peggy Buckley and Ryan Mackay

Steve Mullen: The oil has shown up. Who else will?

Much of the news swirling around BP's oil spill of late is about who and what has shown up, and who and what hasn't.

Birney Imes: Sticky business

By the time you read this -- assuming you're reading the print edition on the day it is published -- I'll be in the middle of a heist.

Roses and thorns 6-6-2010

Roses to those who turned out to vote in the Republican primary. Low voter turnout was expected, and, unfortunately, voters delivered on that prediction.

Garthia Elena Burnett: Making sense of the world through poetry

A coworker challenged me once, to write a poem every day of the year. Though I tried mightily, I didn't quite make it. But it was a lesson in self discovery.

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