A Bad Breed

December 6, 2011 toddvogts 0

NOTE: This is a fictional feature story that puts a new spin on “The Three Little Pigs” story. How a respectable young wolf became the […]

October 20, 2011 toddvogts 0

NOTE: This post is written as a response to the National Day On Writing, which for 2011 is Oct. 20 and celebrates writing of all […]

July 28, 2011 toddvogts 0

A dark time in my life has finally passed. The dark cloud of its existence is rapidly breaking apart only to reveal refreshing sunshine. Summer […]

June 26, 2011 toddvogts 0

Poetry is an incredibly powerful and complex form of expression. It is an art, and to do it well is no easy task. So when […]

January 12, 2011 toddvogts 0

The new year is well underway, and I am nostalgic for this time last year. It was truly a good time in my life. I’ve […]

June 21, 2010 toddvogts 0

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column ran in the May issue of Asterisks Magazine, which is the magazine I have been publishing since last September (you can […]

January 10, 2010 toddvogts 0

A friend of mine, Rebecca Windle, teaches fourth and fifth grade at the Western Plains Elementary School in Ransom, Kan., which is where I now […]

January 4, 2010 toddvogts 0

The year of 2009 ended on a considerable down note. I work at Western Plains High School as a paraeducator and an assistant boys’ basketball […]

December 4, 2009 toddvogts 0

The Western Plains Bobcats are still relatively new to the towns of Bazine and Ransom, Kan. It was less than 10 years ago that the […]

November 24, 2009 toddvogts 0

Nowadays all you hear is about how print journalism is dying, and though I don’t necessarily buy that notion (I think it is just changing, […]

November 5, 2009 toddvogts 0

On Tuesday I posted a blog titled “ WaPo staffers duke it out over article.” It seems last Friday the Style section became a Golden […]

November 3, 2009 toddvogts 0

On Friday two Washington Post staffers came to blows with one another over how a story was written for the Style section of the paper. […]