Deputy Dump

Texas has always had it’s share of lawmen who took on trouble with little help.  Sheriff’s deputy James Lee Harms was hired to clean up Wise County.  He has had amazing success.  All alone, he has tracked down more litterbugs than anyone in Texas. ...

Marbles

Naoma, West Virginia, is a marble shooters Mecca.  This little town has had four national and one world champion.  Before kids learn to tie their sneakers, they know the joy of knuckles in the dirt. Share...

Veteran’s Babies

I remember a man who said his father was a folded flag on the mantle. Let’s remember the bill some people must pay for patriotism.  Red was the last vivid image Matt Keil remembers, the day he stopped walking, the day an Iraqi sniper shot him in the neck. Matt...

Sing in the Shower and Dream

Most days you’ll find Jay Reinke singing to the audience behind his eyelids, the one that crowds his mind, while he measures floors for a living. Thirty years ago, he started performing the songs of Jay and the Americans, a pioneer rock group that twirled to stardom...

Music IS Life

What is it about creativity that keeps some folks active long after the factory workers have set aside their tools.  Perhaps it’s that simple urge to make something that keeps tugging them back.  Telling them to keep busy and stay alive.  Stanley...