Spookathon
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD “In the ‘Close Encounters of the Weird Kind’ department, the traditional Halloween spooks don’t have much of a chance, this year,” old man Red said. “I mean,…
Briar Circle
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Assorted fears
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD “Recreational fear” is marketed year-round, and I can only define the term with examples: Do you like scary movies? Horror, thrillers, suspense movies and the like are…
Muscadines
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD Having had only negative experiences with wild grapes in my youth, I guess it’s understandable I’d not realize the merits of native muscadines—Vitis rotundifolia—all the years…
Moonstruck
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD If you did not get to see the “supermoon” rising this past week, you missed a blessing. I was en route to the wilderness shack at Briar…
Instant friends
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD I stopped at one of the fuel-food-casino stations for lunch, and as seating was scarce in their dining area, a gentleman invited me to join him at…
Old cemeteries
By LEON YOUNGBLOOD Certain businesses are putting their Christmas merchandise on display, so we know Halloween is near. Not so near that there isn’t time to procrastinate in preparing for…