Rock you like a hurricane

by | Jun 8, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal

This NOAA map of Gulf hurricane paths near the BP disaster is the most terrifying graphic I’ve seen lately. The site of the oil leak (not spill, by gum–this is a leaking oil deposit) is marked by a red star, and the hurricane paths are from the last 100...

Swirl

by | Jun 8, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows

For lack of a better way to put this, Thursday afternoon, my household experienced a swirl. At one moment, too many things—some big, some smaller, some happy, some sad, and one totally unexpected—converged and roiled all at once. ** Oh, it was hot, as in a...

Cheers to Belle Rita

by | Jun 8, 2010 | On Springfield

Belle Rita Novak—manager of the Farmer’s Market at the X and unstoppable all-around Forest Park activist—has been recognized for her work by Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, or CISA, which has named her one of its three “Local...
Fighting Foreclosure

Fighting Foreclosure

by | Jun 8, 2010 | News

At 11 o’clock on a chilly, sunny March morning, Inez Williams’ house is scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction. Williams and her husband, Bill, bought the house—a 1,428-square-foot, three-bedroom home on St. James Avenue in...