BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… WORDS, ARTS, CRAFTS & TOMATOES. “It always comes back to the words,” I type on my comfortable old laptop this balmy late-April afternoon as the dogs drape themselves over the furniture, dozing, awaiting their walk. The StateoftheOzarks season hasn’t opened, not quite. But the clock is ticking. Five days. The StateoftheOzarks (formerly…
The Rider Joel Telschow (with art by Bob Bell) Writers Artists Night 2021 I’m a lost soul searchin’, I’m a wandering man All through the desert with what I had planned. There’s no truth in darkness, though somehow it seems, That somebody’s watching, says he’s gonna set me free. I look over my shoulder and…
Contagion of Red by Marshall Howden (with art by Kaitlynn Robinson) Writers Artists Night 2021 Have you heard the tale of the red headed squire who challenged the Scarlett Kings? No, I haven’t either…because the terrible Crimson Dynasty burned every page written about him. But, there were some who remembered. Rumors spread at the edge…
Ode to a Water Lily by Dave Loftin (with art by Mary Arneson) Writers Artists Night 2021 Water gardening is a patient thing. You wait for the slow approach of spring. Containers and tanks filled with tubers and roots, Need tending by a fool in rubber boots. Space fills quickly with no need to try,…
Prologue to The Three Spheres by AJ Blanton The history of their connected worlds divide over the prejudice existing between the witches and humanoids. The treaty of the ancient rulers are broken due to an unsettling evil presence that has slithers its way into the minds of the humanoids. The people have become unwilling pawns…
Watermelon Fairy by Paul Thompson Jumping out of the cracked watermelon was this little tiny guy about the size of Farmer Fowler’s hand. He was funny looking! He had a green hat with a red feather sticking jauntily out of the hat. His face and legs were orange and his stomach was a big black…
HUSH by Kim Danzer (art by Josh Heston) Hush sweet baby, don’t ask why?…Fish are floating as birds fall from the sky. The starfish are leaving as well as the bees…But at least we have wars and reality TV. God is now Google …So get down on your knees…And Post it on Facebook as soon…
Hey There, Grandpa by Josh Huxtable (art by Heath Copper) Hey there grandpa, can I sit and talk? You use to tell me stories, that I’ve never forgot. You’d tell me about your war days. How it was hell on earth. You’d say it’d try a man to his core. But it’d reveal his worth.…
I Am by Kristina Gilbert (art by James Shipley) I am….. A Daughter, Sister, Cousin, Niece Wife, Mother, Granny, Aunt A Friend and Foe, Honest and True Quitter, Joiner, Cautious, Safe Reckless, Smart, Sad and Abused Needed, Cared for, Naïve and Used I am a Lover I am a Creator I am Beautiful I was……
The Other by Trygve Arneson (art by Savannah Crawford) My name is Timeran, my mom had made it up by adding ‘eran’ to her favorite name, Tim. I really dislike summer camping. Heat and humidity, bugs that bite or sting, bugs that bite or sting while hunting other biting stinging bugs. Insects that carry every…