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Emmitt Owens

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  • Jim and the Terrible Think-So Machine

    “Jim and the Terrible Think-So Machine”(A whimsical caution, in a Seuss-ish scene) By: Emmitt Owens (Index #04062026) In a town not too far, not too loud, not too grim,Lived a Think-So Machine in the mind of young Jim.It whirred and it clicked, it assumed and it guessed,And it always told Jim that he knew what… Read more

  • The Possum Branch: Episode 1

    THE POSSUM BRANCH SERIESEpisode 1: PILOT: The Squirrel SiegeBy: Emmitt Owens (Index #12012025)    They don’t train you in radio school for nights like these. Mostly because nobody goes to radio school anymore. You just show up, prove you can avoid dead air, and pray someone remembers to pay you.   I’m broadcasting from a shed… Read more

  • She Said She Was Hungry

    Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.    Early spring 2010. My future second wife was visiting for the weekend, and I wanted to show her how cooking together could be one of the best parts of building a relationship. There’s something about working in the kitchen as a team – the communication,… Read more

  • Russellville Alabama

    What do you love about where you live? I live in Russellville, Alabama. Population 10,855. It’s a small town in Franklin County that grew up around an old military road Andrew Jackson built after the War of 1812. We’re tucked into the foothills of the Appalachians – small mountains, canyons, creeks everywhere, caves and natural… Read more

  • Moving at the Right Speed

    What brings you peace? Peace, for me, finally feels like it’s moving at the right speed. Not slowing down or stopping, but finding that rhythm where everything inside aligns … I’m happy as hell because something fundamental has truly shifted. It’s both something I’ve found and something I’ve created – I’ve discovered this natural pace… Read more

  • Subject Change’s

    it’s tiring, isn’t it— trying to be enough in a world that keeps shifting the goalposts. they say: be driven, but don’t try too hard. be soft, but not too open. feel things, but don’t let it show. and i’m just here, trying to be honest without falling apart. trying to stay whole in a… Read more

  • I am, What you see!

    How would you describe yourself to someone?    I see myself through an “I am what you see” lens. People make sense of each other in that first instant of judgment, so if you think I’m amazing, then that’s the version of me you’re experiencing. If you think I’m arrogant, that’s real too.   I carry… Read more

  • Connection First

    Are you seeking security or adventure? I’m turning a simple either-or question into something much more nuanced by recognizing that adventure and security aren’t opposites – they’re interdependent, and both require something the prompt doesn’t even mention: connection. Most people would pick a side and defend it, but I saw through the false binary to… Read more

  • Things Nobody Else Needs to Know

    If you were to host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite? To answer this question … I’m not big into crowds, I don’t host many dinners … crowds give me anxiety. So, I changed the whole question, I guess. 😊 … You’re the one who makes anywhere… Read more

  • The Doing Matters More Than the Telling

    What are you most excited about for the future? 🤔 … These prompts walk a fine line between community building and digital navel-gazing. WordPress clearly wants us clicking, commenting, and connecting with other writers, but their strategy feels borrowed from the social media playbook where personal revelation equals engagement. The problem is that we already… Read more