Oklahoma Farming Don’t give a pet’s name to any animal you plan to eat. The farm had a few ponds, some forested land and several big fields where oats and grass for hay and grazing were planted. It had a big garden, a long chicken house and a barn with a corral and a stock […]
Do we really need another dippy love poem? Well of course we do. What a question. “Every man should plant a tree, have a child and write a book.” So says the Talmud and/or Cuban patriot and writer Jose Martí. Everyone should also write a poem of love. At least one time. This poem was […]
At Christmas, what is love if not sacrifice? True story. I sold my beautiful heirloom mahogany and glass display case to get enough money to buy Taeko an exquisite mother-of-pearl safety guard for her chainsaw. She opened her gift and began to smile while weeping softly at the same time. “What’s the matter, honey?” I […]
I know this is a movie cliché, but I have a plan to save Christmas. It’s the only holiday that always seems to need saving. And I worry that I may be part grinch by now. Not completely sure at this point, but I am getting pretty disgusted with the way Christmas is being done. […]
When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve. I don’t approve of the way the argument over evolution has evolved. Darwin thoroughly yanked the chain of collective Christianity regarding natural selection. And suddenly, by the standards of Christianity at that time, it became mandatory that an evolutionist also be an atheist. However, Darwin was also […]
A little illusion goes a long way. Perfect Homes and Gardens Larry Moffitt I drive past the giant homes, hard-bodied estates of Balmoray Valhalla Sunset Parkway Drive asking aloud, “What is it you people do? How is it you get to have one of these places?” I slather myself, first with loathsome envy and […]
Forgiveness can begin by simply refraining from killing the bastards. A man steals $10,000 from the loose change basket on his father’s dresser. He spends most of it on blackjack, vodka shooters and fast women. The rest he squanders. Too ashamed to go home, he becomes a drifter. After sinking to the depths of degradation, […]
An atheist friend says the existence of a spiritual realm is horse pucky. And he may be right, in a be careful what you wish for kind of way. My friend is both an atheist and a scientist, the poor bastard, and when he insists there is no God, he may be creating his own […]
A “civilized” Indian was one who found a way to tolerate and work with the foreigners who came from Europe. I have a rather involved fantasy which I dip into now and then. I’m on a television quiz show where the top prize is a million dollars. I get past the half-million level and the […]
A farmer of red dirt. This poem is set somewhere in time, between the last polio poster child and the end of home milk delivery, when they stopped making farmers (except for the exceptions). There was this old farmer I hung with three miles north of Fairland, Oklahoma, walking that funny way you do over […]
