StateoftheOzarks Weekly

The Zombie Story House

BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… THE ZOMBIE STORY HOUSE. The young maple leaves play a sweeping tapestry across the white limestone bricks, big, thick, crystal limestone the color of a tawny lion in a faraway land. The house was a good house, is a good house, but no one lives here, not anymore. The windows are dark…

StateoftheOzarks Weekly

Bricks in Time

BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… BRICKS IN TIME. I’m doing my best to stay awake, leaning back in the overstuffed couch as the clock ticks toward midnight. I’m catching up on my favorite science fiction series, a series now only a mere 30 years old. On the screen, the captain is, uncharacteristically, scrubbing clams, leaning back against…

StateoftheOzarks Weekly

Words, Arts, Crafts & Tomatoes

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…

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Televisions Forever

BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… TELEVISIONS FOREVER. The florescent light was bright in the old store, all cheap wood paneling and thin green carpet. The Friday evening was chilly and damp and I, following my parents, tread lightly, threading my way past aging television sets in various stages of disrepair. The shopkeeper was talking about TVs, naturally,…

StateoftheOzarks Weekly

A Cup of Peach Tea

BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… A CUP OF PEACH TEA. Last week’s floods and storms and my chest cold are now memory, history washing away. Rest has been a healing boon recently, rest being something I say little about. First, much of my schedule doesn’t allow such things. Second, if I do talk about resting, I am…

StateoftheOzarks Weekly

The Shirt on the Sink

BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… THE SHIRT ON THE SINK. I stumble to the bathroom and pick up my olive green “Freedom Is Not Free” t-shirt from the sink where it has been lying crumpled for the past three days. The shirt is wrinkled but that doesn’t matter. The dogs certainly won’t care as I take them…

StateoftheOzarks Weekly

The Pear Tree

BEEN THINKING ABOUT… THE PEAR TREE. The pear tree in the yard has leafed, shade dappled beneath an increasingly hot sun. Mist rose in the holler last night, turning the sunset red. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning. The grass beneath the pear is already thick and raucous, overgrown where the lawn had once…

Clay Howard

Universal Infidel

Clay & Jonnie Howard provide metaphysical E-books, prosaic art, alien mentoring, medium readings, and intuitive processing and are committed to deep insights into this life and beyond. Clay Howard’s books include From the Inside Looking In (a metaphysical journey of alien mentoring, wisdom and the quantum universe), Abin’s Way (struggles of the spirit, liberation of…

StateoftheOzarks Weekly

Cold Spring Days

BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… COLD SPRING DAYS. Cold spring days are special things. Too soon the air will be hot and ragged as summertime seems to arrive earlier each year and so I remain thankful for the chill of early spring. There is subtle beauty in the overcast, the clouds changing, gray and severe, the hanging-on…

Light Work and Energy Balance

Light Work and Energy Balance

Light Work and Energy Balance We offer diverse holistic healing modalities, from herbs to bodywork and energy, providing tools to help you feel your best, as this present moment shapes your future. Light Work and Energy Balance exists to empower your holistic well-being, offering tools from quality herbs and seasonings to transformative bodywork and energy…