Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 16, 2026

Issue of January 3, 2004

7 articles in this issue.


Book Review: "Villa Incognito" by Tom Robbins by Tedi Trindle — book review

Still smug after all these years... Tom Robbins writes, are we still reading him?

Backyard Astronomy: Gemini (2004-01-03) by Cheryl Haimann — Nonfiction

Meet Castor and Pollux, two guys who rose from the lowliest of births to achieve celestial prominence.

Oort Cloud Oddities: Eat or be eaten by Alexandra Queen — Op_ed

Mankind's place on the food chain is in serious jeopardy. If you didn't pick up on that by the fact that Joe Millionaire got a second season, then let the "ant incident" clear any doubt from your mind.

Resolutions for 2004 by Monique Jetton — Op_ed

Have you managed to keep to those New Year's Eve resolutions? Unless you carved them in stone or signed a contract in blood, there's still time to make some new ones that might be greatly appreciated.

Change by Lizzie Mayerle — Op_ed kids growing

<b>Change, and I don't mean two dimes and a nickel. </b>Approaching adulthood and turning sixteen is a big deal when you vividly remember so many details from being a child. Still, in the end, it's just the process of becoming who you are, but a little more so.

Hamtramck Walk 04 by Amy Probst — Op_ed travel

<b>Good morning, sunflowers. </b>Sunflowers are everywhere in Hamtramck, evoking memories of the past.

Dreamer 30 by Sand Pilarski — Serial

Both parents died. Now the daughters have to go through a houseful of personal effects. Sully doesn't want to face what she'll find out about her mother, and she's not quite sure how to face her sister Jesse, either.

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