Slow as things are, I thought I’d mention a protest scheduled at Bella Vista this afternoon by Jim Parsons, who at 88, remains an energetic gadfly. TODAY: Tuesday, Dec. 14. From 4:30 to 5:10 p.m.

A white picket fence surrounds a house of love. More happiness than the heavens above. A house where sweetheart's love blooms. Joy filling every room. ... --Lamar Cole Poetic, but perhaps not in Bella ...