I have have always enjoyed this story, a soft little ditty… about The man in the Fog by my English friend Jonathon Dunn. – Doc t the harbour Marcus crouched in the upturned shell of a disused tender, the familiar iron ship towering high above him, gentle ripples caressing her sweeping lines. Lost in her […]
Coyote Holds a Singing Lesson
Doc and the Bear
Not exciting prose, Doc and the Bear was written simply to have a quick memory of the event. It was, indeed, a FUN one…! riday evening; just before the first Ghost Walk of the season. The afternoon rains have stopped, although still somewhat threatening. We are undaunted! We have played in the rain before. Moreover, […]
Paperwork
Paperwork, everywhere, all the time… ey Harris, was it still worth it?” That’s Fat Henry in the next cell, hollering at me as I take my last walk with Warden Jones and the preacher. Henry gets his in June so he’s probably thinking about the same stuff that I am. “Yeah, Henry,” I say, “I […]
Good Pal
There are different ways you can receive favors from a Good Pal. Sometimes it takes a while to know you’ve had one… We was pals, me and Jimi Hogg Two young boys and a one-eyed dog. Stuck together through thick and thin We had some fun and a little sin. Swore to always be friends […]
Evil Twin
Evil Twin? Might explain some things… I’ve always been a good boy. not much into sin. But I seem to have a problem, everywhere I’ve been, everywhere I go, people pointing at me like there’s something I don’t know. Talking behind the hand, or nodding with a grin, my life’s a twisted strand, because I […]
Latigo Lines
Latigo Lines are what I call “saddle poems” Short, about all I can remember from a work day… Chuckwallas Chuckwallas do not sing. Their voices across the desert do not ring. They whisper little, they cannot shout, in a sound bite world, Chuckwalla’s are left out. Gophers Gophers look up from their holes and don’t […]
Sour Bunnies
Sour Bunnies? Rank… is the word for it… Critters have their good years Some years they have it bad. The deer sometimes run everywhere, some years, one cannot be had. This year, it’s a billion bunnys boundin’ thru the grass. A zillion coyotes couldn’t eat the blooming, bunny biomass. The county side can’t feed ‘em. […]
The Legend of Borax Charlie
It all looked a lot like this… With thanks to Nick Eggenhoffer The Legend of Borax Charlie The air turned blue, the sky turned black, buzzards staggered as they flew, Borax Charlie cussed his mules to hell, it was the only way they knew. Take the traces up, strain the chains, roll the wagons straight […]
Wild Horses
This is just a cowboy fantasy… or mebbe it’s real, I don’t really remember. See if any of it feels right to you. Could be you’re a cowboy too… Once a year we round ‘em up, to give the Remuda some new blood. We’ll catch some mares and a few to geld, we might get […]
Ecocrime
Too many people? Maybe Ecocrime could be strictly defined. They might, you never know… EcoCourt Reporter for June 1 Non-technical review: People v Fred P. Malworth Background: ollowing the so-called World Reso Wars accompanying the dramatic population displacements due to the catastrophic sea level rise of the last century; among the growing set of problems […]
Water in the Glass
Water in the Glass, a railroad poem in memoriam for Engineer Harry C. Podas (d. 01/20/1930) … isten to me fireman You who would be engineers There are things you best had learn That will save your wife some tears Locomotive straining on the grade Climbing hills up to the pass Fireman, while you’re heaving […]