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Love and Light and Chips by Greg Vineyard You may have noticed that, while I do share from my own experiences – and I often am quite serious about what I’m trying to convey – I still generally aim to keep things more or less on the Fluffier Side ofContinue Reading

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March Madness by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist This is Basketball Month! It is also National Peanut Month, National Nutrition Month, National Women’s History Month, and American Red Cross Month. The flower of the month is the daffodil; aquamarine is the gem. In Minnesota, March has theContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD We are told by our mothers that eating too many cookies is bad for you and that eating nasty-tasting cooked spinach is good for you. And we make the connection: “Everything that tastes good is bad for you and everything that tastes bad is good forContinue Reading

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by Bill Walz A reader contacted me with a question, and I decided a good column could come from answering it. Here’s the question: “Could you write about something that came up in a recent discussion? Someone said to me recently, ‘perception is reality.’ I said that it’s not andContinue Reading

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by James Cassara So much good music out there and not nearly enough time to cover it all; check out rapidrivermagazine.com for more reviews, posted throughout the month. But for now, here are my latest offerings on music worth supporting. Sarah Lou Richards the woman behind the curtain sarahlourichards.com It’sContinue Reading

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Monster Myths and Consumerism by Greg Vineyard I’m not sure WHY I randomly think about things like the Loch Ness Monster, except that it fits in well with my science fiction trendencies. I’m also a proponent of our region’s strong Buy Local movement. “Loch Ness”… “Local-ness”… I guess the twoContinue Reading

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Business of Art written by visual arts consultant Wendy H. Outland. Contact her at imwhoknowsart@gmail.com Whether you show your work at art festivals or have a studio that is open to the public, it is important to keep your sales skills honed. It is critical that you never make assumptionsContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD – The most potent killer of humans for a long time has been infectious disease – viruses, bacteria, and parasites. These invaders from the outside world infiltrate various parts of the human body, replicate themselves, and by multiplication and by the toxins they produce, overwhelm theContinue Reading

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Martyrs to Truth by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist Tell It Slant Truth tellers, raise your pens! It is our job to be brave. It is our job to recognize the miracle of being alive. It is our job to pay attention, be astonished, tell it! (allContinue Reading