While working at John Asquaga’s Nugget in Sparks, one of my keno writing supervisors was an ancient and long-time cowboy named Kenny, bowed legs and a big rodeo belt buckle. I cannot remember his last name. He had grown up… Continue reading

Right before he committed suicide, he said, “They are not telling the truth about what is going on down there.” One year after the Oklahoma City bombings, the officer who saved eight lives was found dead under strange circumstances. On… Continue reading

Thank goodness for my note-taking skills as I share a tale that seems straight out of a Spaghetti Western comedy as we go back to the 70s when the Comstock became an unlikely battleground for the Silver City Guard’s wild… Continue reading

1989, I think, is when I first met Silver City’s David Toll. Initial impressions were scarce, but as time wove its divine course, his tales proved a rare solace in a world bereft of narrative grace. Toll, I discovered, was… Continue reading

Seeing a poster for the 1988 Super Bowl XXII in a room of Carol Ann in the movie Poltergeist is unusual, considering the film’s release in 1982. Furthermore, on the headboard, above the bed, is a Los Angeles Ram football… Continue reading

The Las Cruces bowling alley massacre occurred in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on February 10, 1990. Seven people were shot, four fatally, by two unidentified robbers at the Las Cruces Bowling Alley. I write about this because I just saw… Continue reading

His anger boils over in rage. How can she do this at this stage? She gets the house, the car, He’s left wishing on his lonely star. He works two, three, four jobs To pay Peter, who robs Paul. She… Continue reading

He carries her picture in his wallet Lest her face, he should forget From time to time, he’ll pull it out Recall what love was all about. What was there, is suddenly gone Like sunshine, dusk to dawn And he… Continue reading

Those around him have said again, “Well, if you had not screwed around.” He thinks, “Screwed around? But when?” That they think this brings him down. No wonder his wife thinks the same way! If his coworkers have concluded this… Continue reading

The last thing he wants to be angry The woman, his wife, whom he loves But with every twist, turn, and emotions betray Realizing the destructive outcome. Why will she not talk about her feeling? It leaves him lost, alone… Continue reading