Eulogy for Allen Osborn

April 17th, 2019

DAFFODIL SHOOTS

A TALE BY HESPERUS J. ALGONQUIN

Daffodil Shoots

BY HESPERUS J. ALGONQUIN

The squatty white house stood at a main intersection in town. A stop sign forced passersby to linger and look upon its ugliness…

The Young Earth and You

My friend Jon lives in Alabama where a teacher in his church says the earth is 6000 years old. Six millenia and no more. Fundamentalists love laws. Their lists of essential beliefs burgeon with new items (like this young earth dogma). Rejection of items on the list lead to demotion…

W. P. Rogers, Lieutenant Colonel, C.S.A.

On the occasion of a #BlackLivesMatter event in Corinth, MS

On the Death of Three

Death comes by threes

The Flyby

A four ship of F-111s taxied onto the runway at an air base in East Anglia. It was June 6th, 1989. Outside the fence a pensioner in a Mini…

I Saw Jesus

Among the poll workers

The Stumbling Blocks of Learning

With a trip to France coming up, I’ve been brushing up on my French. Polishing the turd that is my never-quite-there language acumen de Francais. Modestly speaking (for how can I admit otherwise) I have the memory and pronunciation skills to be a decent language learner…

Luce Valores

Where light departs

Darkness creeps.

The Four Questions

On the banks of the Obion River in June of a past year, two figures sat on wood-framed camp stools of canvas. The older man…