Mel JonesJan 19, 20205 minLee-Jackson Day (revisited from 2007)Yesterday started as any normal day; my daughter Jaime and I took the boys to school, as always. My grandson Ryan, ten, goes all day and...
Mel JonesDec 27, 20183 minQuinn: The EncoreWhen I was a kid, we’d sing the song there’s a hole in the bucket. There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There’s a hole in...
Mel JonesDec 11, 20184 minNot Merely a Tree (by Phyllis A. Duncan)Our Tree Not long after I bought my first house in Northern Virginia, my then significant other found a tiny maple sapling in the scruffy...
Mel JonesDec 9, 20183 minChickens: An EncoreOriginally posted February, 2011. Like stories about Ryan, posts about Quinn went on for quite some time, look for future Quinn stories....
J.T. HosackNov 19, 20182 minThe Indiscernable HoldHe stood there, at the voting booth. He stood there and looked his ballot. It was his choice, it always had been. Travis had done the...
Mel JonesNov 18, 20183 minDragons, Obesity, and the FutureThis was originally posted in April 2011: I didn’t blog yesterday, but I wrote, or rather, I edited. I rewrote. Yeah. I have 10 of the...