August 2014

A Circle Of Hell By Gabrielle Blair   There is a place that I have seen,Yes I have seen it, shamed I’ve been.A filthy place of waste and slime,With blue-black gashes in the grime.Lurid colors, sulfurous yellow,Moonscape dead, black-gold lies shallow. Behold the tar sands, not long found,Millennia formed, in surface ground.The mighty, winding river’s […]

Know Thyself—Say what?! By William Franklin   Someone important said, “Know thyself.” Someone else said, “To thine own self be true.” And Davy Crockett said, “Be sure you’re right, then go ahead.” And my Cub Scout Handbook said, “Be square and obey the law of the pack.”   And of course I want to be