Delta Dreaming

 STRUGGLES Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. once wrote an interesting piece about working hard at something you’re not good at. The idea is counterintuit...

  THE SECOND COMING II                 I arrived at Uncle T.J.'s house on time. Clifton was ready. I don’t think that I would have b...

  THE RIDE: Part One We never could remember how he ended up tied to a bucking bull calf. Or, some wonder, did he really? There is argument ...

  The Charleston By Jimmie von Tungeln The younger girl held the matchbox steady as the older bored through one side and out the other a...

The Sermon on the Mount doesn’t change. Our perspective does, though. Ever seen a film that meant one thing to you when you were young and ...

Fiction Friday: We've heard two voices describe a strange farm worker, living in the Depression-era Arkansas Delta. Here is the third a...

There’s a road near the center of Lonoke County, Arkansas called “Doc Eagle Road.” It takes off from “Old Highway 70” just before you reach ...

Headed off today to a city where I’ve developed many good friends over the years. That would be Forrest City, Arkansas, partly nestled on th...