Ink, 8 x 11 1/2 inches

My Cousin Elmo says, “Stop buying plastic skeletons for Halloween. They are bad for the environment. Locally sourced, all-natural skeletons are much more environmentally friendly.”

For the third time in the past six months, I played the song “The City of New Orleans,” by Arlo Gutherie, written by Steve Goodman. It’s a nostalgic tune about the passing of the railways throughout the U.S. It leaves me both happy and sad. The first thing I thought of when hearing it this…

Sometimes it is difficult writing and reporting for the newspapers of record in such small communities like Virginia City. All sorts of things can go wrong, like seeing a bad story about a friend. That happened this week, and I had to bite the bullet and do my job, whether I wanted to or not.…

My Cousin Elmo says, “By drinking green tea instead of coffee, you can lose 87 percent of what joy you still have in life.”

they walk on my grave and I ain’t even cold yet fuck them all to hell

Trapper squinted against the glare of the midday sun as he pulled his truck and horse trailer into the dusty lot of the heifer roping jackpot. Two days on the road had left him weary, but the prospect of roping alongside fellow cowboys rejuvenated his spirits. Parking beside a weathered Chevy truck and trailer, he…

My Cousin Elmo says, “I’m too damned busy working because of Biden’s economy to celebrate Labor Day.”

It has been at least 20 years since I got my wife drunk on Tuaca. We both had hangovers the following morning, but hers was worse than mine because she is not a drinker. We polished off the entire bottle of liquor, one shot at a time, before finally turning in at around 3 a.m.…

While I try never to take anything for granted, gospel truth (other than the Gospels) or random gossip, I did find myself intrigued by what others have to say about someone else in this small community called Virginia City. For instance, no less than two people told me that Alexia Sober was playing host to…