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Trish Nixon art
Features Reviews 

Art Review: Trish Nixon’s boi blue, paintings, collage, manipulated photographs, and found objects

The Regular Joe art, artist, local artist, painting, visual art

by Json MyersSt. Joseph, Mo. – The title piece, boi blue, is twice the size of most of the paintings

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Paradise Found

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by Shannon Bond It was a conscious effort. I could either lay down and die or go above and beyond.

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Musician Spotlight: Q&A with Kristin Hamilton

The Regular Joe

Springtime is new music time at the Joe! We were excited to catch up with Kristin Hamilton to talk about

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Features Print Editions 

“Shared Beginnings” at the Robidoux Resident Theatre brings past and present into focus for all ages, May 13/14

The Regular Joe

by Nancy Piercy The Robidoux Resident Theatre (RRT) provides a warm and welcoming environment for creative people of all ages.

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Shannon Bond
Features Print Editions Regulars Writing 

Letter from the Editor

The Regular Joe Writing

Welcome to the new Regular Joe. We’re so glad you’re here. The pandemic did a number on many small publications,

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Features Regulars Shawn Murphy 

Canine Delight

The Regular Joe 0 Comments babies, coprophagia, diaper, dogs, poop

By Shawn Murphy It’s a beautiful evening. The sun is setting in the west (which is a good thing –

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Legs in black leggings and boots on escalator
Features Shawn Murphy 

Are Leggings Pants or just underwear with legs?

The Regular Joe leggings, pants, women

I myself have a tendency to think that if leggings were really pants they would call them pants, but there are so many people that wear them now, as pants, I have become confused (more so than usual). Has it become socially acceptable to wear, out in public, leg coverings that are really a just thick cousin of panty hose and call them pants? Perhaps…

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Acropolis in Ancient Greece
Features John P. Tretbar 

The Chiropractors of Ancient Greece

The Regular Joe 0 Comments chiropractor, poetry

For years, I’ve asserted that a poem is not complete until it’s read aloud. I blame it on Aristotle. A poem can sit, in a book, on the shelf, unopened, gathering dust, and eventually die in the used-book bin. Or, it can leap boldly into action, sing and dance, and live forever. ..

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Features John P. Tretbar Music Music Review Regulars Reviews 

Good Bait from the Coltrane Station

The Regular Joe Coltrane, jazz, music, review

I recently acquired a lot of new music, on vinyl and CD. My mother moved out of the house we’d lived
in since 1958, and gave me a lifetime’s collection. The vinyl included some iconic recordings from my
childhood. There are albums from Jonathan Winters, Frank Sinatra, and the Baja Marimba Band, not to
mention Beethoven and Bach.

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Jay Kerner Regulars 

My New Knee

The Regular Joe 0 Comments aging, knee replacement, recovery, sports injury, surgery

By Jay Kerner A little over 21 years ago, my knee exploded in a pick-up basketball game. It was a

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Features Fiction Flash Regulars 

Getaway

The Regular Joe fiction, flash

By Paul Bastion                  The stars danced in the water as we hurtled through the night, waves crashing under the bow

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Book Reviews Regulars Reviews Shannon Bond Writing 

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The Regular Joe author, books, culture, novel, review, Writing

By Shannon Bond Aiden Bishop has watched Evelyn Hardcastle die more than once and his only hope for salvation is

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Book Reviews Regulars Reviews Shannon Bond Writing 

Dave Eggers and The Circle

The Regular Joe 0 Comments Book Reviews, Crafting the story, Dave Eggers, Story, The Circle, Writing

By Shannon Bond             “My God, Mae thought. It’s heaven.” The opening line in The Circle reflects not only the

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