The Rooster

The Rooster

There's No Rooster Today

I'm taking a well-earned vacation day, and not for the reason you might think!

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D.J. Byrnes
Apr 26, 2021
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Columbus Bicentennial: George Bellows, A Painter, 1882-1925, part one
George Bellows, the namesake of the world-renowned Bellows Avenue in Columbus, Ohio.

When I set out to create The Rooster, my one guiding light was that I would never lie to the folks that put rubies in my pocket in exchange for poorly edited weekday dispatches that arrived in their mailbox at 4:59 a.m.

Usually when I write something like this, I am blind…

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