Mike’s Corner: The illusion of control
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I saw a movie at the old drive-in theater in my hometown when I was in high school… sittin’ in my tired ’54 Chevy… speaker in the window, a...
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Mike’s Corner: Reality
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I got the call on a Sunday afternoon… It was a neighbor of my folks back in Walla Walla, where I grew up. I was in Nashville where I...
Mike’s Corner: The Spider
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor One day, I discovered a spider, the likes of which one may never see in a lifetime. There it was, dutifully and methodically replacing one torn masterpiece with yet...
Mike’s Corner: The Suburbs
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I grew up in a classic American farm town surrounded by fields with neighborhoods lined with old trees and imperfect sidewalks. One of my childhood memories that I still harbor...
Mike’s Corner: Rain
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I’ve always liked the rain, listening to it dance on a tin roof or watching the steam rise off that roof after it quits and the sun comes out....
NCHOPS: The building blocks of life
By Mike Wagoner Reader Contributor I was thumbing through a biology textbook the other day and stumbled upon the periodic chart. You remember it: the big, scary, multi-colored banner of boxes that hung on...
