• Thrice Try

    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

    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…

  • The Lycanthrope

    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…

  • Another Case of Art Imitating Life Imitating Art Imitating Life

    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…

  • The 1870s General Store

    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…

  • Where Reality and Phenomenon Intersect

    The largest vessel ever to float, 800 feet long and displacing 45,000 tons, declared unsinkable by all who had seen it was gliding through the water with roughly 2,500 peacefully sleeping passengers. Then, suddenly it struck an iceberg on its starboard side, moving at 25 knots. The ship was 400 nautical miles from Newfoundland. The…

  • China sent us a balloon because it is the only damned thing missing from this circus.

  • There is no “i” in “team,” but there are two in “narcissist.”

  • Life without love is death. Love without life is necrophilia.