Farmington Corner -
a surrealistic compendium of life in the American boonies.
Part 5: Nos. 201 to 319
All columns strictly Copyright - John Nolan
Covering the periods from May 30, 1992 to Jan. 28, 1993 and from Jan. 31, 2002 to Jan. 8, 2012, with intervening fills to come as time permits.
201 They'll just have to stand for it
202 Breakfast of Champions
203 The Winding Path Guerillas
204 Dolphins for Perot
205 The Emperor's Bean Supper
206 Flying saucer special edition
207 Capitalism's tangled web
208 Homeless and harassed
209 Take a walk on the wild side
210 RIP Ramgunshoch et al
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270 Tomato next to tomb
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275 The Rabbie Burns poetry contest
276 The most crucial question
277 Welcome to Farmington - now go home!
278 Record heat in Rochester
279 Continued on P. 94 (A tribute to Harold Bowden)
280 Blazing mad in the Valley of Fire
281 It's a big year in (local) politics
282 Paey the man - a life fully lived
283 No doggerelists need apply
284 A superfluity of poets
285 Poets who matter: No 1 - Omar Khayyam
286 Poets who matter: No 2 - John Clare
287 Poets who matter: No 3 - John Keats
288 Poets who matter: No 4 - Robert Garioch
289 Poets who matter: No 5 - Walt Whitman
290 Poets who matter: No 6 - Anonymous
291 Poets who matter: No 7 - The Bible
292 Poets who matter: No 8 - Charles Bukowski
293 Poets who matter: No 9 - Algernon Swinburne
294 Poets who matter: No 10 - Robert Burns
295 For WOOOF, the Outlook is excellent
296 Chapter and verse (incl. Hugging Air)
297 In praise of older women (and men)
298 Lloyd Bentsen - so nearly vice president (of WOOOF)
299 It may be a joy to wear it
300 The year of the outrage
301 A glimpse into the future
302 Troggin'? We got it in spades
303 Post-it Notes, early and modern
304 Poets who matter: No. 11 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
305 Poets who matter: No. 12 - Bob Dylan
306 Poets who matter: No. 13 - Percy Bysshe Shelley
307 Poets who matter: No. 14 - Walter de la Mare
308 Poets who matter: No. 15 - Matthew Arnold
309 Poets who matter: No. 16 - William Wordsworth
310 Poets who matter: No. 17 - Sir Walter Scott
311 Poets who matter: No. 18 - Robert Herrick
312 Poets who matter: No. 19 - Mr. Ramgunshoch
313 If the hat fits, share it
314 WOOOF and clock fans wagging tails
315 A bench for a man of the bench (Judge Nute)
316 See the front o' battle lour
317 Ramgunshoch's bad idea
318 Christmas trees past and present
319 The ghost of Henry Wilson
320 Henry Wilson: the sex scandal
321 Poets who matter: No. 20 - William Blake
322 Orchids good, slavery bad
323 Betty Mros - a paragon of virtue
324 Eat, drink and be merry
325 Save those bunnies - hop to it!
326 Don't even think of picking 'em
327 An eloquent equation, but does it really add up?
328 Are lilacs doomed to fade away?
329 The glamour of anagrams
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