Its jus’ a fragment of memory, that’s all. So I have had to rely on what my parents told me after I brought it up to them one evening years ago. Both say I wasn’t even two-years old yet, so they were astonished that I could recall even the smallest of detail. They had to…

After several months of working in Eureka, I was reassigned by corporated to KHIT, the Reno station I had worked at prior to my Northern California transfer.  The move came a good time too as my son’s first birthday was jus’ a few days away and I would be there for it, or so I thought. Along…

1996 Now with a steer breakin’ from the group, I’ll build up fast and large at my loop, And ride hard as I know I must. Chokin’ on the cloudy dust Kicked up from a steer trailin’ poop. Chasin’ it hard, back and around, Coverin’ sage blanketed ground, Hopin’ my hoss don’t right now. Flankin’…

1971 Grandma’s hands used to help mama work. Grandma’s hands ached, sometimes swelled. Grandma’s hands, they never did shirk. Grandma’s hands lifted her child’s face, Told mama, “Baby I give all the help I Can, jus’ put yourself in Jesus’ place.” Grandma’s hands prayed in church Sunday Morn. Grandma’s hands, clapped so well. Grandma’s hands…

As strange as it sounds, I have at least four connections to the convicted killer, Charles Manson. First, I attended high school with a couple of cousin’s of Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme. She is a member of the Manson family and is in prison for attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975. The second connection…

It started a couple of months before my discharge date of 27 June. I had turned my entire office in to the U.S. Air Force Inspector General because I believed I was putting live at jeopardy by not following regulations. We had a new commanding officer in the Environmental Health Office. He had yet to…

My path took me by the U.S. Post Office, where there seemed to be a commotion occurring.  I could see a man laying on his back, people standing around him, and everyone in a seeming endless panic. My reaction as a trained emergency medical technician was to go and help as best I could. What…

It had been a tough year. The bride and I were separated, I had lost my job , Mom passed away and I jus’ couldn’t handle anything else, so I literally ran away. It was around 9 p.m. when I finally decided to pull off the road for the night and get some sleep. I…

In 1862, Congress authorized the Treasury to print $150 million worth of bills of credit and put them into circulation as money to pay government expenses. They were printed with green ink and became known as “greenbacks.” By 1865, $432 million in greenbacks were in circulation. The impetus for the creation of fiat money (greenbacks)…

The four of us loaded up into the car for the final drive to the vet clinic. It was the first time the old dog actually laid his head in Kyle’s lap and I recall thinking perhaps he knows this is the last time he’ll get to go “bye-bye.” Inside the vet clinic, we were…