The man reached out from his kayak, extending his arm trying to grab what he saw before him: the object of his desire. It was not a safe situation, and he recognized the hazards. His kayak was sideways, pressed up against a recently fallen silver maple, perpendicular to the surprisingly strong current. He had seen not a few kayaks and […]

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? We seem to have a woodchuck living under our shed these days, so to answer this perennial question, I decided to go to the source. And he replied: “Whaddya mean if a woodchuck could chuck wood? I mean, how could I know what it is to chuck […]

It’s election season again! Yes, this April 7, we’ll all head to the voting booth (well 12% of us will, on average) and vote in municipal elections including Mahomet Seymour School Board, Mahomet Village Board, and Cornbelt Fire Protection District. So it was that on a recent Thursday evening at 7pm, Carol and I and a few (a disappointingly few) […]