Been Thinkin' About...Red, orange, black
In-between spaces are dark and magical things. The in-between of mountain rock and prairie grass, the in-between of fall and winter, day...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...Broken sky promises
The back patio overlooked the park, both careful cement and proper green a testament to aging suburbia. Maples and fir frame the sky...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin'...The Sentinel Oaks promise
Our forest was still scarred by bulldozer tracks, now mostly overgrown. A crew had felled several of the old growth oaks on that 22 acres of
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...The picnic
Kindling fires smell different, all dried branches of elm and box elder. Neither are popular trees, especially box elder, as they scatter...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...All hallows passing
Few know my own wrestling with the holiday, how I loved it as a child, how I feared it as a teenager after one of my cousins was gunned down
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...The end of the elms
Cold night rain beats hard against the clapboard siding, peeling blue and faded behind autumn-dead hydrangea. The hydrangea was planted...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...These southern mountain autumns
Hallmark autumns are a time of fashionable flannels and hearty pumpkin carving, chilly, cozy nights and crisp, sunny afternoons.
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...The warmth of the night
The kitchen was dark, the evening uncharacteristically warm and blustery for so late in the season. Not a good night for a fire...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...The arc of the moon
The day is dying. Late evening sun traces over top tree rafters of the grand old maples in the yard, the day's hazy orange light...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...Empty chalk spaces
Rain is the bane of festivals and I sweated that whole Friday, day before StateoftheOzarks Fest '24. Also, sweated literally.
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...Metaphysical and holistic healing
As in Appalachia, the Ozarks were largely settled by the Scots-Irish, resourceful, independent people who had left the British Isles...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...An oft-scarcity of funnel cake
Dust devils inspire all sorts of world folklore, some more hellish than others. I have, however, always loved them ever since my mom...
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Rob Doherty
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Been Thinkin' About...StateoftheOzarks Fest '24
It is fair to say there's not another arts-and-crafts festival in the Ozarks quite like StateoftheOzarks and I like it that way.
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...My summer place
This is my summer place, the place I once saw and felt and breathed in, in my childhood, a place that never was and I was never there...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...Hillbilly voyeurs
The auction pauses and, as the light brightens, the faces in the crowd become again visible. Craggy faces, rough beards, old women...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...This delta space between
This rain is heavier now, the sky darker. Oily storm drains fill as the rainwater runs down old French mansard roofs...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...The canned ham key
Breakfast, dinner, supper. Brunch was a foreign thing that yuppies had while wearing polo shirts with white slacks or big, flappy sweaters..
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...Ugly peaches all
It wasn't my first trip to the orchard. My mom and I would visit often, picking our way through the bags of grade A fruit and fancy...
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About... No place, one place
Culture is a weird word, a word denoting something high brow, something with snooty people and fine pearls.
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Joshua Heston
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Been Thinkin' About...Farmer, pastor, man
The summer morning sun is bright and hazy. There's fog in the North valley. From somewhere comes the smell of sausage gravy and maybe...
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