Gary Arms

Barbara Byar is an author and editor.

As the sun sets in the West... (my left, your right)... on the far side of the hill where the Chianti grapes grow... I muse, opine and obfuscate about love, life, baseball, politics, and various metal alloys. A grateful old man glad to be an old man.

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

A view from rural America: immigration, agriculture, environment, politics

Taught writing, film, and literature courses at the University of Northen Iowa for forty years, retiring in 2008, now living in Charleston, SC.

Stories from the otherworld, magical, mythological and the frighteningly familiar.

A sometimes humorous (sometimes not) romp through Midwestern food, travel, and, of course, the institution known as The Supper Club