Turning Up Bones
Because we’ll all be fossils one day.
The fact and fiction of David Lee Holcomb. You decide which is which.
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Sometimes I think it would be nice not to have to give up a part of my personal space every year to an assortment of creatures all hell-bent on destroying each other, even as I go out of my way to avoid doing just that. Click here to continue
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The story of Medea has been pretty thoroughly exhausted in art and theatre over the past three thousand years, but that is probably because it is just so damned appealing: beautiful witch, handsome but fickle hero, monsters, Hercules, chariot pulled by dragons — so many visuals. Click here to continue
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Although I realize that they are completely harmless, I find crane flies rather disturbing. Their clumsiness, their absurd fragility, banging into walls and ceilings, shedding legs as they go, makes me want to flinch every time I see one. Click here to continue
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Late that evening, rain began to fall, and by morning almost a quarter-inch of rainfall had been measured. The blueberry crop was saved, and farmers paid the fee. Click here to continue
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My own paternal great-grandparents are buried in a cemetery in a place called Mountain Creek, in a remote part of western Georgia; a community whose only inhabitants today are the ones occupying those graves. Click here to continue
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Sitting in Miss Burkett’s second-grade class, in the damp March chill of that crumbling old school, We knew nothing of what was happening such a short distance away. The civil rights movement approaching along Highway 80 was virtually non-existent for us. Click here to continue
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“Raining cats and dogs:” Everybody has said that at one time or another. It’s a distinctive expression, and is pretty much universal in the places where English is spoken. Oddly enough, however, nobody seems to know where or how it originated. Click here to continue
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When you want to describe somebody who lacks a certain cultural depth, a certain intellectual vigor, perhaps Philistine is not the word to use. Click here to continue
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced this month that the Eastern Cougar, also known as the Ghost Cat, is officially extinct. Click here to continue
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For most people who live in areas frequented by flocks of geese, the birds are about as exciting as chickens; in many cities they may even be viewed as serious pests, especially around airfields and parks, where they can be aggressive and very, very messy. Click here to continue