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,…
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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…
Support Live Music 10-10-2023
By TERRY JOE WILES Make plans for the events in Downtown Poteau Fact-”The one of the only activities that activates, stimulates and uses the whole brain is playing music”- David…
Music on the mountain and more
By TERRY JOE WILES The first weekend in October has a lotta music/food/family fun with “take a Jacket” Oklahoma weather in the forecast. Highs in the mid 70’s and lows…
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…