Hubris
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William A Balk, Sr.’s “Wartime Experiences of a Colorblind Navy Pilot—7”
“I was flying Hot Shot Charlie’s left wing, but I don’t recall who else was in our division. An Atago class heavy cruiser was our designated target. Since we didn’t have any torpedoes,…
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William A. Balk, Sr.’s “Wartime Experiences of a Colorblind Navy Pilot—6.1”
“We’ve been hit.”—By William A. Balk, Sr. Dispatches from The Esso Club By Ted Balk CENTRAL South Carolina—(Weekly Hubris)—10/13/2014— CHAPTER III The Invasion of Leyte By October 2, the Marines had established…
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Next Year’s Country, Last Year’s Dreams (Chapter 4: The Plains Series)
“For whatever reason, hearing and seeing snow geese that afternoon triggered something. Perhaps I recognized in that sighting something iconic about prairie life. It felt like I was granted a signal that I…
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Reason’s Ghosts: The Settling & Unsettling of The Plains (Chapter 2: The Plains Series)
“On the 18th of December, 1635, François Derré, sieur de Gand, Commissary-General of the Hundred Associates (the trading and colonization company of New France), went ‘to the Cabins of the Savages’ to give…
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Forgotten Commonwealths: Agrarian Legacies & Lessons (Chapter 3: The Plains Series)
“These developments are driven by dreams—of energy independence, economic recovery, political advantage, and profit. They coexist or clash with other dreams, some of which are born of recent concerns: food security, sustainable agriculture,…
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Dreams in a Sliver of Time: Plains Songs (Chapter 1: The Plains Series)
“These developments are driven by dreams—of energy independence, economic recovery, political advantage, and profit. They coexist or clash with other dreams, some of which are born of recent concerns: food security, sustainable agriculture,…
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Winter Abides (Abiding Yet)
“Though I wore heavy mittens, my fingers grew numb as I sketched this foggy, snow-drizzly scene onto a thick piece of wood.”—Meredith d’Ambrosio The Disappearing Land By Meredith d’Ambrosio DUXBURY Massachusetts—(Weekly Hubris)—2/23/2015— …
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Winter Freeze
“One day later, it began to snow again—a second storm! I ventured outside with plastic bags strapped to my boots and leggings, and plodded through the white-out to a steep winding downhill road,…
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Deep Winter (Deeper Still)
“Silent snowfall on deep woods; the crunching of my footsteps in the dry, thick snow; the promise of a warm fireplace and hot cocoa when I reached home and shed my winter clothes.”—Eddie…
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Old Corrections, New Understandings (Revisited)
“No matter what is going on between people, it is always a relationship—nothing happens unless the other person is there with his or her energy. No anger, no harmony, no conflict, no love. No nothing.…