O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself. —Walt Whitman, “Song of the Open Road,” from Leaves of Grass (1892) This reverence of grace in the twilight... Read More

"Echelon" named for a global intelligence agency with links to the NSA and the British MI5 opens with narrator William Mansfield recounting in awe the rise and fall of voice technologies pioneer John Ingleton. The storytelling slant... Read More

Strange creatures unexplained lights a frightened family a hysterical community—all are ingredients in the story about events in Kelly Kentucky on August 21 and 22 1955. In "Alien Legacy" Geraldine Sutton Stith passes on the tale of a... Read More

*You are not to be walked on, spit on, ridiculed or discounted. —*from “Hopeful” A certain kind of valued friend senses the need for encouragement and leaves an unexpected note where they know you’ll stumble on it. Michelle... Read More

Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even superficial. —Friedrich Nietzsche The Gay Science Man has looked to benevolent or malevolent supernatural forces for explanations of prosperity and... Read More

It set nearby unmoving with a gray quivering mule and on the ground the slumping body of a man still holding the reigns beneath his life force spilling from the holes of three bone spun arrows fletched with owl feathers sticking from his... Read More

The Mediterranean diet is a synergy of health and aesthetics and although each component of this diet contributes with an array of benefits on its own it’s the combination of all of them that makes this diet so powerful. Motivated by... Read More

If you’re a parent proper oral care for your children can seem like a daunting prospect. Fluoride cavities fillings and orthodontics can provoke anxiety. The Complete Guide for Having Children With Perfect Teeth by Frances and William... Read More