My Cousin Elmo says, “Dogs may drool, but people suck.”

Perhaps I’ve been slow in recognizing that people love to argue, win at all costs, and for no reason at all. Worse yet, we battle over unimportant stuff. For example, I like to post historic photographs. I don’t post them without first vetting their background. In the recent past, I’ve posted stuff without checking first,…

She awoke lying in the tall grass of the prairie. Despite being wrapped in a quilt tightly from head to toe and in the sun, Sarah still felt chilled. It was much better than what she had been going through. The night before, she was deathly ill with a fever so high it was believed…

Wally Barrieau, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, returned from his third tour in Afghanistan a different man. He knew it, and so did everyone else, and that is why he felt it necessary to exit the service. His sudden personality change happened after he became separated from his squad and ended up wandering around the desert,…

My Cousin Elmo says, “The only reason I speed is to get there before I forget where I’m going. Yeah, the cop didn’t buy it either.”

As I sat down to begin the job of researching news articles and seeing whom I might be able to call or visit to get a quote or statement, my wife came into the room, looked around, and sighed heavily. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “This mess,” she answered. “What am I going to do with…

Instead of writing as I would have liked to have been doing, my day has been a myriad of chores. That is how Wednesday’s go as it is the only day I have off from my usual duties — in other words, I do not chase news stories on this day. No. Wednesdays are filled…

It’s been a long-held belief of mine that the politics between plants and drought are a double-edged sword that cuts both ways. Case in point… A new Nevada law outlaws about 31 percent of the grass in the Las Vegas area to conserve water. The ban targets what the Southern Nevada Water Authority calls “non-functional…

My Cousin Elmo says, “According to Facebook, I have a very anti-social life.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “I’m in Home Depot and some little shit called me an old fart. So, if you are missing your kid, they’re on aisle 17, red dryer.”