Sanctuaries and Shit Storms

Growing up in the late 1900's in southwest Ohio, my summer days were usually filled with a lot of benign boredom. It was a pre-internet world, so the days were long, but at least once as week, some real entertainment would crop up when the thunderstorms rolled through. We’d sit on the porch and just…

The Sparkle Farmer

A Very Ban-able Children's Story Once upon a time, on a farm named Solid Ground, lived a little boy named Liam. The farm was a world of brown. The dirt in the fields was brown. The big, sturdy barn was painted brown. The cozy farmhouse was brown. Even Liam’s favorite overalls were a plain, sensible…