The Guestroom Novelist: A Donald Harington Miscellany. Edited by Brian Walters. (University of Arkansas Press, 2019, Pp. 319) Reviewed by Mark Spitzer In the interest of full disclosure, I should first mention that I am a University of Arkansas Press author and a die-hard convert to the Unorthodox Church of Donald Harington, who is my all-time favorite novelist. After … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Guestroom Novelist
The First Day By John Mort I hadn’t driven that little Nissan for almost five years but it ran nice. My brother kept it for me while I was away. She took the big Ford SUV and it was a fine car, all right, but nothing I wanted. The little Nissan was economical and never caused any trouble. An hour after sunset I parked between two big trucks and walked slowly through … [Read more...] about The First Day (Fiction)
Sucker Flats By Matt McGowan Two days before Thanksgiving, Patsy and I were sitting in the office and arguing about stuffing. You have to cook it inside the cavity of the turkey, I told her, or you can’t call it stuffing, but she just kept on about a fancy casserole she’d learned from her sister-in-law in Oklahoma City. It’s not stuffing then, I countered. “Fine,” said … [Read more...] about Sucker Flats (Fiction)
The Future of Beekeeping in the Missouri Ozarks: Lack of Forage and the Proliferation of Pests and Pesticides By Faith Collins After a tour of almost 3000 miles through the Missouri Ozarks, Michael Myer, a commercial beekeeper for 47 years, reported that he saw “no backyard beehives.” The basic reason for few beehives in the Ozarks, according to bee experts George S. … [Read more...] about The Future of Beekeeping in the Missouri Ozarks: Lack of Forage and the Proliferation of Pests and Pesticides
Ozarks RFD BY Jim Hamilton Last of the Good Ol’ Days News that the world’s population has reached seven billion confirms what I’ve believed for years: I grew up in the last of the proverbial good ol’ days. No doubt, every generation thinks the same, recalling the joys, simplicity, and innocence of childhood more than the state of the world. Whatever they … [Read more...] about Ozarks RFD