Marsha watched as her brother got out of his car and removed the wrapped package from his back seat. She was expecting him since today was her son, Timmy’s tenth birthday. “Your Uncle Bob is here,” she called out to the back of the house. “Coming,” came Timmy’s response and then him seconds later. He…

Dad kept a collection of Zippo lighters, some with his name engraved on them, a few foreign coins, a number of used stamps, volksmarch pins and medallions, yellowing newspaper clippings, ink-less pens, business cards and old photographs locked in his side-dresser. Since I knew where he hid the key, I’d go in and rummage around…

If my math’s correct, something like two million Nevada acres have burned during 2017. So far, the state’s seen nearly 660 wildfires this season – if one can truly say there’s actually a ‘wildfire season’ anymore. Early on, Nevada led the nation in most fires because of the Bureau of Land Management complex of wildfires…

Yesterday’s post went over like a fart in the wind — like so many of my posts. Only 17 views and one comment. But I’m so very thankful for that single comment. There’s always been a part of me that’s been yelling, “Hey, over here! Look at me.” When I was younger, it didn’t matter…

It’s possible that I ought not say these things, but I gotta get it off my chest… As a one of the fastest kids in the county, I could never understand why I could dash from one end-zone to the other in a football game, outrunning opponents and remaining open the entire time and the…

Once, when I was a youngster, about 16 or so, I bragged to a neighbor-man that I could fix his chainsaw. I came to this conclusion after I couldn’t get it to start while bucking up some small logs to be used for that coming winters’ fire. I mean, it’s a small engine, so how…

As I sat in my truck waiting for my son to finish his business, I quietly observed a young husband and his pregnant wife seated on a nearby parking lot bench. She was far enough along that she could barely see over her baby bump, he was so exhausted that he could not keep his…

Joe stood against the wall, right where the boss-lady wanted him. Usually, the retired Jarhead worked in the other room, but since the boss-man wasn’t around, the boss-lady commandeered his services. Anyone that knew Joe, knew what he was about, that security was his thing and that there was no one tougher than he was…

I took two more photographs before realizing it happened. Everyone had gone quiet, no more drum beats, no sing-song. An Eagle feather is dislodged – has fallen to earth. It lay at the feet of a Cherokee elder as he danced the circle. Grandfather tries once, twice, three, four, a fifth time. His old bones…

had too much to dream last night composite people, day, night couldn’t run, feet stuck, playa mud running scissors, matches light saw screwdriver hammered spelling from alphabet soup busy, confused, understand fell from boat, water all ‘round dry-docked and swimming in sand no life jacket, but Mae West boobs reading the alphabet cereal oh yeah,…