“Come on, Frank,” the larger turkey said to the thinner one, “He wouldn’t be feeding us so much if he were really going to kill us.” “You believe what you wanna believe, Harold,” Frank retorted. “I’m out of here!” Harold would never hear from Frank again. For his part, Harold was delicious.

So, there I was, in the middle of Walmart, fist-fighting with a guy when some shopping suddenly broke out.

Wife: “When I said bring me something back from the beach, I meant a Conch shell!” Me: “Why the eff didn’t you say that in the first place!” as I struggle to hold on to the seagull I brought her.

That damned Taylor Street will be my death if I am not more careful. The snow in Virginia City once plowed, turns to thick ice quickly because of the wind Mark Twain nicknamed Zephyr. And the town itself is built on a hillside, most every east-west street is severely sloped. Parking is another matter and…

It is more than obvious that I ain’t no pioneer-stock as I once believed myself to be. How do I know? It took me three tries to get up to Virginia City and only on the third attempt did I succeed. The first time a Nevada State Police Trooper refused to let me drive up…

There are seven days in a week, and someday isn’t one of them.

Rhyolite, a once-thriving mining town in Nevada, owes its origins to Shorty Harris and E.L. Cross, who discovered an abundance of quartz containing free gold in the area in 1904. This discovery led to a rush of prospectors and the establishment of several camps, including Bullfrog, Amargosa, and Jumpertown. With over 2000 claims covering a…

Neighbor Tom called and asked if I could meet him at the Nugget in Sparks. He was getting off work at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center and had a drive equal to mine if I left straight away. I left straight away. We met up and headed for the Gold bar in the Nugget. After…

A romance novelist that disappeared following her arrest after leading police on a high-speed chase was found alive and well on Sat., Feb. 18. 52-year-old Faleena Marie Hopkins went missing on Mon., Jan. 30, the day she left the jail. Police tracked her down using surveillance cameras, alleging she bought a new phone and changed…

In the remarkable era of the 1870s, when the American frontier was a place of bustling communities and untamed landscapes, the general store stood as a symbol of abundance and community spirit. A visit to one of these veritable cornucopias was like stepping into a treasure trove, where townsfolk, rural families, and weary travelers could…