The Fair Maiden and the Dragon, Part II
March 18, 2015Buster O’Grady, the meanest man in Weeder’s County, had a beautiful, sweet, talented daughter named Rosie. Buster was determined to protect her from the cruelties and hurts of life….
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Dear Hearts and Gentle People
March 3, 2015At Heliotrope University during the 1980’s there was a visiting Chinese professor in the English department named Jing Feng. Professor Feng had a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge,…
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The Flower by the Doorstep
February 24, 2015My grandfather discovered a box of old hand-written manuscripts that had been left in a drawer in his store. They were fragments of stories that had been written by an unknown author…
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Love at the Movies
February 18, 2015“How did you and Mom meet?” young Clay Greenfield asked his father Cletes Greenfield as the two were having lunch at Mom’s Family Restaurant in Weeder’s Clump. Both had ordered…
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Strange Connections
February 11, 2015Sometimes I am amazed at how things connect in life. When that happens I realize that life is truly mysterious and, at times, surprising. I am reminded of the day my good friend Mooker…
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A Post-Modern Cautionary Tale
February 4, 2015It was a damp, drizzly Sunday morning in mid-April in Weeder’s Clump, Illinois, and Bryce Nimbus was entering the First Malthusian Church to attend morning services. He had big plans…
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R.F.D. News & Views
April 23, 2024Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Former governor: Give public a say in stadium spending
April 16, 2024Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
Illinois teacher shortage persists, survey finds
April 6, 2024SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
Bills in state Senate would further regulate battery storage and disposal
April 6, 2024SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Messages of hate found in driveways, on web
April 6, 2024Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
Watchdog: Teams score at public’s expense
April 3, 2024First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
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