by Ken Carman Another Martin Luther King Day has passed...   Having lived in the South since 1978 for many years I've heard the "joke" calling Martin Luther King Day, "James…

by Ken Carman  Like gas prices?  Think it will last?  Yup: of course not, fellow puppet, Mr. or Ms. Mutual Marionette.   Part of my career, the majority of my…

Snow sifts down like confectioner's sugar onto a baker's table. The car and bird feeders sport soft peaked roofs and the wood stove hums amiably by my side. It has…