A female friend in the Virginia City area called because she created a problem for herself. To hear her tell it, she used crystals and sage smoke to clear what she called a demon from her apartment. After placing the crystals in different rooms, she poured a thin line of salt across the window jams…

It had been a frustrating week at work for Alan, and even though he was late getting away from his desk, he found a small clearing in the gloaming dark to set up his camp tent. The shift from the daylight sounds of insects buzzing to the small noises of tiny animal footfalls helped clear…

Since November 2020, the election process in Nevada has been in peril. Aside from the problems with voting machines hacks, ballot harvesting, “dirty” voter rolls, mysterious late-night stoppages and deliveries, unauthorized algorithms altering votes and companioned between Reno and Las Vegas, unsecured ballot boxes, and “Zuckerbucks,” and others, now we have Assembly Bill 525 (AB525,)…

A quick note on the Nevada weather and our overall courtesy… Springtimes annual snowfall from which so many derive the allergenic cold and that oft time is called cottonwood fluff has begun its natural sojourn to the nasal cavity of the unsuspecting and the expectant alike, proving the floating furball to be the only non-partisan…

She and her friend, another woman, walked into Virginia City’s Priscilla Pennyworth’s Photo Shop ahead of me. I had listened to her talk, telling her friend how she saw the new Disney movie, The Little Mermaid, and how it didn’t advance the history of slavery, whitewashing the truth. Instantly, I knew she was one of…

Looking back on my childhood as an adult, I find myself standing at the window of revelation, in this case, the beginning of the women’s liberation movement and its real purpose. While the idea of burning bras sounded exciting to a pubescent boy, the real reason behind it is nefarious. Throughout the late sixties and…

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 406 (SB406) into law, making it a category E felony for “any person to use or threaten or attempt to use any force, intimidation, coercion, violence, restraint, or undue influence” ahead of 2024. A Category E crime in Nevada includes criminal gang recruitment committed by an adult,…

Waking at 4 a.m., Monday through Friday, necessitates I go to bed early, and since my best sleep time is before midnight, I try to get there before 7 p.m. Last night was no exception, and I was fast asleep shortly after my head hit the pillow. Throughout the night, our dog Buddy will get…

In the vast Nevada Territory, the influence of the Mormons left an indelible mark on the land. Seeking to create a state known as Deseret, the Mormons played a crucial role in shaping the region’s history. During the mid-19th century, the Mormon Church’s headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, was a beacon of faith and…

At first, I thought the man walking up the driveway was McAvoy Layne. “Mr. Layne,” I shouted as I stood, wondering why he was visiting me. He guffawed more than laughed, “Gotta place for an old man to sit and visit a spell?” “Sure,” I said, showing him the rocking chair I had been seated…