There are nights in the bar business that leave tired employees scratching their heads, murmuring “what the f**k,” and longing for the warmth and comfort of…
Category: Columns
Fire up the DeLorean: This ain’t your mother’s scrapbook
Southern Oregon University Siskiyou enthusiast Megan Zeimer highlights some of her favorite stories from Siskiyou’s past Where have all the black profs gone? by Wendy…
Lumberjack International
Ever since I discovered the joy of facial hair, my face has remained adorned with fuzz. My beard and I have traveled the world together,…
Responsibility of Choices Will Track You Down
Recently my wife and I…at my wife’s insistence…went to the animal shelter to buy some books, to help support the construction of a new building…
180 Degrees South: An Adventure on Film
Epic journeys are few and far between in this modern world. Almost every frontier has been explored. Even much of the deepest areas of the…
Hit by the graduation express
I had a dream last night. One like I haven’t had in a long time. It was midnight and for some reason I was walking…
To think of being human
The theme for Southern Oregon University this year is On Being Human. As opposed, one may wonder, to WHAT? Animals? Oh yes, lets all conveniently…
Overhearing a conversation can take you back
It’s truly interesting what I overhear when I am walking between classes at Southern Oregon University. Love lives falling apart, teachers not being fair or…
The splash was bigger than expected
Four weeks ago, in my column titled, “Tunisian unrest could begin to ripple throughout region,” about the mass protests in Tunisia, I called…
Giving thanks to veterans
RW Balzer On November 11th we celebrate Veterans Day and give thanks to all the living veterans that have served our country both in time…