My hobo-camp had been set-up in a cluster of trees and brush between the Interstate and the frontage road. I intended to stay put for couple of days to give my tired ‘dogs’ a chance to recuperate. Comfortable and secluded, save for the sound of vehicles racing by, I spread out on my sleeping bag…

The trucker dropped me off someplace east of Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. He was turning south and I was heading north towards Wyoming. It had been only three days since I began ‘hoofing’ it from Muskogee across Indian Territory. I’d only managed the one ride that took me to the point at which I…

It was about 9:30 at night, dark had jus’ fallen as I shouldered my backpack and dashed across the train yard in Sparks. I tossed my pack into the open box car, grabbed the iron ladder next to the opening and flung myself inside. It was the first time I had ever hopped a train…

A couple of days after Halloween, my six-year-old neighbor came over and sat on the sidewalk beside me. He wanted to tell me all about his ‘big adventure’ on the night of the annual candy-grab. The day of Halloween, he and his brother saw me as I was heading across the street to check the…

It had been a sleepless night for Toby as he wandered through his family’s home worried. Every few minutes he’s look out a window and confirm that the shadowy figure was still there, standing at the edge of his perfectly manicured lawn. An hour before sunrise, he’d finally had enough. He went to his study…

“You certainly bring spice to my life,” her husband stated. “Oh, you’re so sweet,” she said before asking, “What kind — pumpkin spice?” “No,” he answered, “Old Spice.”