by Joe Straw Under a starry sky, a light, a glimmer of hope shines upon us all. At times in the darkness, and in that glimmer of light, w...

By Joe Straw    There are a number of things one can learn on a farm:  life and death, feeding livestock, and how to chase a hungry cow o...

By Joe Straw Day and Night.   Sometimes the days can be glorious. One observes life scattered in various forms happily surviving in our ox...

By Joe Straw “You clean up nice.” –  Nicholas Burnside Somewhere, locked away in a dusty cedar chest, is a journal.  In it are the juicy ...

By Joe Straw Alfred Hitchcock popularized the term “MacGuffin”.   It is a plot device, which catches the audience attention and drives...

By Joe Straw   “I was astonished by its naiveté and its power…”* “After a year of unemployment and long after the credit cards...

By Joe Straw  She said it was provocative. “People just got up and left, scurrying for the exits and one person, not being able to hold her...