Briar Circle by Leon Youngblood

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD The following comes from the Facts for Knowledge Facebook group, and I readily admit some of it I do not understand:

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD Four of us were discussing bovids and wandering along whatever verbal cattle trails the conversation took.  “Have you ever had any mishaps with exploding cows?” one of…