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A not so itsy, bitsy spider created a not so itsy bitsy web right in front of our house one night last week.
The creation involved a sweet gum tree in our front yard and what may well be the ugliest pickup truck on the planet. The truck, by the way, is ours.
Most of the time, the truck just kind...
While each week the media floods our newspapers, television and radio with hundreds of interesting and important items, in the field of international affairs the dominant theme this past week was immigration: both legal and illegal. While most of you are aware of the topic, today we will look at...
This week, how ‘bout a fox, or two, on the run, and a little bit of magic?
One morning last week, yours truly was motoring to Anna to begin another exciting day at The Paragraph Factory, where production was slated to once again focus on stringing together some vowels and consonants into coherent,...
Oh...to be a goose...in a pond...on a hot and humid summer afternoon in Southern Illinois...
...bear with me, dear readers. Once again this week, the focus is on critters. Feathered critters. Canada gooses, to be sure.
Before we get to the topic at hand, let me revisit, one more time (and then we’...
This week, we’re gonna be whistlin’ ducksie...and doing a little bit of deer hunting...
...sorry about “gonna”...
...and “whistlin’ ducksie”...
...and, no, I did not go deer hunting, at least not in the traditional sense of the word. I’m thinking that would have been vaguely illegal.
A couple of...
Corn and soybeans. Soybeans and corn. That, in a few words, is pretty much what Illinois is all about.
Well, at least in the view of a young fellow in North Carolina.
We’ll get back to corn and soybeans in just a bit. First, an update: you will note that there is a picture of a bird, of some kind,...
G’day, duck.
One evening last week, yours truly stepped outdoors...and was instantly reminded that Southern Illinois can get rather hot and humid during the summer time.
So hot and humid, as a matter of fact, that I actually saw dragonflies which were breathing fire. Sorry. That probably doesn’t...
Dear Diary,
Well, Dear Diary, you are probably somewhat surprised to be getting this note. Mainly because, well, I don’t have a diary. Never have.
Probably should have, though. That way, I would have a wealth of information to use in my upcoming Pulitzer Prize winning memoirs. By the way, once...
Kenny Corzine of Dongola had a hole-in-one while playing golf Thursday, June 28, at the Union County Country Club course in Anna.
Corzine aced the 107-yard, par 3 sixth hole at the country club. He was using a 9 iron.
The shot was witnessed by Mark Corzine, Jerry Duckworth, Daniel Osman and Chris...
I really thought we were safe in the newspaper business.
However, that all changed recently with the shooting at the newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, that told a different story.
Five journalists were gun downed by a deranged individual upset with the newspaper.
So, what is going on? Have...
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