As a child, I dreamed I’d grow up and dazzle the world. But time and disappointment chipped away at me until only the real stuff was left, and it wasn’t dazzling. Tired stories, a sack of regrets, and a reverence for the pieces of me that survived. All this ruination has stranded me in a…

Because I spend so much time in Virginia City, sometimes a question must be clarified, quantified, or plain ol’ explained. For instance, as I sat at the bar of my favorite watering hole, a thirty-something woman seated next to me asked, “You seeing anybody?” I swiveled on my stool and looked around, then confidently turned…

We call her Lucy, the bossy little girl of Charlie Brown fame, but not today. She works better today than I’ve seen in many previous weeks, without complaints or demands other than paper and ink. She is our printing press. And today, she thrums with literary agility. Around me flits and buzzes my only other…

Lo! I watch high above and far in the distance as the Vultures float above Sugar Loaf — three, wings spread in an updraft. Half an hour and I see two more join the ariel play and now seven. They rise gently and sweep swiftly downward, only to ascend to height once more. Play for…

My Cousin Elmo says, “Looks like Liz Cheney won’t be back for season two of the TV series ‘The J6 Investigation’”

My Cousin Elmo says, “You don’t actually wash your hands. They wash each other and you jus’ stand there watching them like some sort of creep.”

The Department of Justice is becoming more cannibalistic as it attempts to defend itself from the Mar-A-Lago raid and the J6 Committee. The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association is warning members of the U.S. Secret Service that their private phone numbers are in the hands of the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Committee and that they…

My Cousin Elmo says, “As I’ve grown older my eyesight has gotten weaker, but my sixth-sense about people and their bullshit has become stronger.”

“You wouldn’t know a fact from your ass,” she responded to my latest post. I ignored her. Here are some facts: What happened at Mar-A-Lago isn’t a one-off. It has been an ongoing pattern since 1913 when the FBI went by another name. No one seems to recall the 1993 “peaceful” issuance of a search…

My Cousin Elmo says, “The real reason the FBI raided Melania Trump’s robeward was to update Jill’s.”