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The lost treasures of Grandma’s house

The lost treasures of Grandma’s house

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

The tradition of ‘fishing the run’

The tradition of ‘fishing the run’

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

Harbingers of spring

Harbingers of spring

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

Visiting Tom Green country

Visiting Tom Green country

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

Meet the misfits

Meet the misfits

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

This is the reckoning, this is our test

This is the reckoning, this is our test

Here's a poem written by Andell McCoy. It's based on the message she delivered at Saturday's Black History Month celebration at the Highland Community Center. In these coming days of cruel extremes I ask, Who are we destined to be? Forever...

The suburban guide to not raising chickens

The suburban guide to not raising chickens

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

A meditation

A meditation

A poem by Andell McCoy May   I/we be fully present and accepting of all that is  in a most positive and  productive way  in an effort to promote  more calm,  balanced healthy ractional movement  on the planet and in the world May I/we be...

Learn typewriter repair

Learn typewriter repair

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

Eyes wide open

Eyes wide open

A poem by Andell McCoy A beating heartA breathA vision A lifethe kaleidoscopeadventurefrom birth to deathmeasured in human timein and out ofrhythm,in and out ofrhyme The moments, the minutes, hours, days, monthsand yearsof the ticking clock,ticking, ticking,...

A mystery without resolution

A mystery without resolution

John B. Marek is a storyteller with dirt under his nails who weaves tales inspired by a lifetime immersed in nature. His insightful essays and award-winning fiction delve into the complexities of sustainable living, the heart of rural communities and the thrill of...

A magnificent and wonderful picture show

A magnificent and wonderful picture show

This week, Mt. Gilead's Andell McCoy takes us on a train ride, via poetry. The train,  the whistle, hum  and roar of movement,  metal against metal,  steel boxes grinding against steel tracks meeting at high speeds holding, carrying  city/country folks,...