Briar Circle by Leon Yooungblood

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD If you are reading this Nov. 19, I think I ought to tell you, it’s my birthday.  Nov.19 is my birthday, whether it’s Nov. 19 or not,…

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD I was saving this for the Tuesday before Thanksgiving; however, considering the animosities the 2024 election has stirred up, now seems an appropriate time to present it:

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD When I turned off 75 on State Highway 43 (a thoroughly horrible intersection) at Stringtown, I was in a pretty good mood.  I noticed some sign or…

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD “There’re just some things a feller ought to know,” old Rip said, way back in 1983.  We were fishing in the beaver pond near Shockley Springs Baptist…

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD In fairness, Norm was from Australia—you know, the “land down under,” as touted by the Men at Work Aussie band as the place where “women glow and…