Roger A. LohmannIntroducing Phil AnthropodI got to know Phil Anthropod when we were both undergraduates in a creative writing class at St. Cloud State (at the time College…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann1. A visit from Sister ElizabethRosemary turned the letter over and over as she asked her deceased husband how many more surprises he would have for her? Then she laughed…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann3. Barley MillRosemary’s driver, Jerry Eliot, slowed down as they entered the town of Barley Mill on the way to the federal court house in Landover, West…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann4. Adam SennettAdam Sennett hurried up the steps of the federal courts building in Landover and pulled out his keys, wallet and the other contents of his…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann5. DenialEarlier that year, Rosemary Winslow Mueller stood at the window of her bedroom suite looking out across the green lawns of the Mueller…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann6. What A Bastard!June Averill rang the doorbell and was greeted by an attractive, slightly overweight, brunette in her mid-20s, who said simply but not…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann7. “…at a Time Like This”Rosemary had been lying down, she had no idea for how long. She sat up in bed and then stood and smoothed her clothes as she heard the…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann8. Harry’s WakeA modern wake is a richly choreographed ritual of comings, goings, greetings, remembrances and condolences. Depending on your relation to…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann9. GrievingRosemary Mueller had grown up in a small rural community in central Ohio. At the time, it was a midwestern farming community only a hundred…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann10. AcceptanceJune had been sitting in the comfortable chair behind the big desk in front of the long rows of books in Harry Mueller’s office for two…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann11. VisitorsIt was some time since Harry’s death and Rosemary was beginning to put the recent events in her life into place when she first met Adam…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann12. Daniel ReturnsDaniel Reasoner sat on the rock overlook on Colburn Hill looking down on the town where he grew up. The hill had been named for Sargeant…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann13. The New Girl in TownAround the time that Daniel Messenger came back to Dare County, Frederika (Freddie) Watson decided that her research had progressed far…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann14. A Public OfficialThe original story which Freddie Watson had been able to piece together and which brought her to Barley Mill was the following.Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann15. Sagas of PeaceVirgil died a short time after the trip to Falling Water and Kentuck Knob, shortly after Daniel’s departure for school and Thomas’ move to…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann16. The ExpeditionAt another of the weekly salons, Cane Sennett added the following to the rapidly accumulating myths of Cibola being compiled by the…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann17. ClosureThe following week, Daniel Messenger read this contribution to the Thursday Evening Salon:Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann18. DiscoveriesSome months after returning to Barley Mill and a few weeks after he rejoined the Thursday Evening Salon, Daniel Messenger decided to try…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Roger A. Lohmann19. The Emerson IncidentBefore she moved to Barley Mill, Frederika Watson had discovered a very curious hand written report among a set of Emerson papers held by…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
