Been Thinkin' About...The arc of the moon
The day is dying. Late evening sun traces over top tree rafters of the grand old maples in the yard, the day's hazy orange light...
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...Empty chalk spaces
Rain is the bane of festivals and I sweated that whole Friday, day before StateoftheOzarks Fest '24. Also, sweated literally.
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Joshua Heston
2 min
Been Thinkin' About...Metaphysical and holistic healing
As in Appalachia, the Ozarks were largely settled by the Scots-Irish, resourceful, independent people who had left the British Isles...
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Joshua Heston
4 min
Been Thinkin' About...An oft-scarcity of funnel cake
Dust devils inspire all sorts of world folklore, some more hellish than others. I have, however, always loved them ever since my mom...
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Rob Doherty
4 min
Been Thinkin' About...StateoftheOzarks Fest '24
It is fair to say there's not another arts-and-crafts festival in the Ozarks quite like StateoftheOzarks and I like it that way.
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Joshua Heston
4 min
Been Thinkin' About...My summer place
This is my summer place, the place I once saw and felt and breathed in, in my childhood, a place that never was and I was never there...
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Joshua Heston
4 min
Been Thinkin' About...Hillbilly voyeurs
The auction pauses and, as the light brightens, the faces in the crowd become again visible. Craggy faces, rough beards, old women...
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...This delta space between
This rain is heavier now, the sky darker. Oily storm drains fill as the rainwater runs down old French mansard roofs...
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Joshua Heston
4 min
Been Thinkin' About...The canned ham key
Breakfast, dinner, supper. Brunch was a foreign thing that yuppies had while wearing polo shirts with white slacks or big, flappy sweaters..
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Joshua Heston
4 min
Been Thinkin' About...Ugly peaches all
It wasn't my first trip to the orchard. My mom and I would visit often, picking our way through the bags of grade A fruit and fancy...
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About... No place, one place
Culture is a weird word, a word denoting something high brow, something with snooty people and fine pearls.
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Joshua Heston
5 min
Been Thinkin' About...Farmer, pastor, man
The summer morning sun is bright and hazy. There's fog in the North valley. From somewhere comes the smell of sausage gravy and maybe...
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...Old Wire Road ghosts
The Ray House is a sentinel, watchful, dutiful restored home on the eastern edge of the battlefield.
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...Oaks, sun, crossroads
The blackberries are sweet, juicy. You need the right amount of water in the soil at the right time to plump the berries...
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Joshua Heston
4 min
Been Thinkin' About...Hay field rites
The worn-out hay wagon creaked beneath the weight of too many bales as the tractor pulled over one-too-many ruts in the field.
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...The unknowing sky
Above, twilight replaces blue sky and cheerful white cloud. Above, now are stars. Above, now is the unknown.
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...Green southern mountain whiskey
Cheap motel air conditioning is smelling something like bleach and that inexpressibly comfortable musty smell motels used to have.
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...Shamans and farmers all
Where the Ozarks are, where they really are, is always up for argument by the pedantic and jealous.
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Joshua Heston
2 min
Been Thinkin' About...Side of mountain, end of day
There is magic in the mountains. Magic at the end of day. And magic when souls come together.
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Joshua Heston
3 min
Been Thinkin' About...My end-of-school carnival
The Bumper Cars took up a lot of space mid-park, marking the edge to the little kid rides where I would wait, still holding my mom's hand...
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