Collecting
the Past
by Doug Childers
A hundred years
ago, the Arts and Crafts movement managed to
do something unprecedented: it made simple wooden
chairs the implements of a nationwide revolution.
Today, what was once the weapon of choice for
socialists and progressives is now the stuff
museum collections—and wealthy Hollywood
moguls' houses—are made of.
Old
Houses
by Arthur Alexander
Parker
When I stood
up to go, somewhat unsteady, I found myself
staring into the eyes of a medium-sized chicken
in the top shelf of the bookcase. It was nesting
between the Shakespeare and the Gibbon. My friend
told me it was a favorite of the mistress of
the household and that not even the dogs dared
disturb it.
Mayor
Barry's Ireland
by Arthur
Alexander Parker
They are a people of a different
stomach, these Celts. But my guts were Anglo-Saxon
guts, and they felt sick. Sick. The bus jostled
on the motorway like a horse galloping on the beach
at Galway Bay, and all at once I knew I wasn't going
to make it to Sligo.
One
Small, American Landscape
by Marilyn
Scott
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for
that pastoral feeling. If the 'hood wouldn't mind
my bringing in a few goats and a couple of sheep
(and some chickens--nothing beats a fresh egg in
the morning), I'd love lawn. But they wouldn't go
for that. I'm pushing my luck as it is.
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