You Might Not Have the Brain of a Sapsucker Left If…
By John ArraOpinion
A sapsucker is a type of woodpecker. For you city slickers, a woodpecker is a bird, not a sex toy.
John Arra
Contributor · 6 stories
A native Nashvillian, I am a determined individualist who aspires to connect the dots of life informed by history. I am not the famous John Arra of WLAC in the 1960s, but I tip my hat to him.
The Meteor That Nearly Hit Nashville
By John ArraOpinion
John digs up a big, weird rock in his backyard and tries to discover its origin
Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Ayn Rand… and Dean Koontz?
By John ArraOpinion
A look back at Koontz's 'Dark Rivers of the Heart'
Support Your Local Barney Fife
By John ArraOpinion
The rapidly deteriorating state of America, and indeed civilization, makes an old man wish more than ever to be a younger man. A much younger man.
Like Hollering Down A Well
By John ArraOpinion
His Aunt Liza-Jane always said telling John-Robert to behave was like hollering down a well.
Polite, a Poser, or a Pain in the…
By John ArraTennessee
A tour through some of Tennessee History's more colorful characters