Johnny Carrol SainMay 172 minWriting unleashedSomething I've learned about keeping your focus while writing is, with apologies to .38 Special, you've got to hold on loosely. What I mean is that, of cours...
Johnny Carrol SainMay 72 minLessons from a dad talkThe good thing about a "dad talk" is that Dad often learns something, too. In a conversation with one of my daughters earlier today, we accidentally uncovere...
Johnny Carrol SainApr 172 minThank you, sir, may I have anotherWe're five days into turkey season. I've trekked 25 miles or so on foot and more than 200 miles in the truck. I've yet to hear a single gobble. This is unpre...
Johnny Carrol SainDec 22, 20192 minThe light is coming backHere at the tag end of 2019 — a stretch of time we covered in what seemed far less than 12 months — we peer back at the good and bad with a clarity that only...
Johnny Carrol SainDec 19, 20193 minBetween two worldsI’m a man caught between two worlds. I wear Walmart jeans and buy my flannel shirts at Atwood's when they’re on sale. I drive a 4x4, wear a ball cap most of ...
Johnny Carrol SainSep 21, 20192 minBefore he was Dad“It’s my father…My God! I’d only seen him years later when he was worn down by life. Look at him. He’s got his whole life in front of him and I’m not even a ...
Johnny Carrol SainAug 23, 20191 minLate August Songbirds silent in the dawn as crickets chirp from their secret places. Hull crumbles pitter-patter on tired green leaves as squirrels cut hickory nuts in t...
Johnny Carrol SainApr 17, 20196 minThe Road to Damascus: the whore's testimonyI grew up in the Assembly of God church. AG dogma is like a blending of Baptist and Pentecostal. Some notable AG beliefs: A literal six-day creation, the rap...
Johnny Carrol SainMar 24, 20192 minPossum peckersIn truth, “opossums" are what we have here in North America, and “possums” are what they have in Australia and neighboring lands. But I dig alliteration and ...