Memories on wheels

The first rain in recent weeks did not dampen or impede the spirit of  hardy souls who came for the the 10th  Annual Petit Jean Arkansas Military Vehicle Preservation Association Rally on, you guessed it, on Petit Jean mountain in central Arkansas. The three-day event attracted enthusiasts from Arkansas and eight other states who brought [...]

Blues in the Night

Blues, one of the few unique American art forms, according to numerous denizens of Memphis, got its start in their fair city. Nearby, their Mississippi brethren will probably argue that the birthplace was a few miles further south. Most of the rest of us acknowledge that the beginnings were in the neighborhood of both. Thank [...]

Flying machines and more (The 100th Weekly Grist post)

For a lot of us, the sound of an aircraft engine is a hair-raising thrill. Not the jets, the reciprocal engines —  the ones with pistons. The ones that cough, sputter, and smoke when they crank up, then roar to life with earth-shaking presence. The ones that convert gasoline to excitement. See how this story [...]

Giving you the bird — and other critters

For all of their outward appearing sweet innocence, many hummingbirds demonstrate some marked violence among their community members. We took a good look at this behavior in our hummingbird epistle on the Corndancer dot com Photo of the Week page. Click here to go there and see a couple of hummingbird pictures and read the [...]