Why we need to travel to other countries.
I have just returned from my first trip out of the United States in four years.
The challenges of traveling internationally in the COVID-19...
Poem: Aubade Paean
Aubade Paean
Fanfare for the Uncommon Man
—after Aaron Copland
A soft spot
in the cloud rips
Streamers of light
spill and
glister the buttes
until...
Short Prayer for a Fragile Life
Boots
Wind
Water
Sky
I wrote this, my shortest poem ever, some years ago, and Black Rock Press, a Reno arts press associated with the University of Nevada,...
On the Trail of the Jackalope – As Real as You...
As Real as You Want Them to Be
My next appointment is with Bruce Jones, Mayor of Douglas. After walking back to the LaBonte I...
How to Hunt a Jackalope
It’s well-known that the North American Jackalope only mates during lightning storms, can be lured out from its native sagebrush by a stiff glass...
Tarantulas On Parade
A version of this story appeared in David Toll’s legendary Gold Hill News, which he published regularly between 1974 - 1978. This story is...
Poem: Nostalgia… Eureka, Nevada
Nostalgia... Eureka, Nevada
A hollow-husk girl with streaky makeup
slips into Raine’s Market, pauses to glare
at mounted bear, deer, bobcat heads
not too high above motor oil...
The End of the Trail
The End of the Trail
Cemeteries are supposed to be scary places, doubtless because of all the dead people there, but clear your mind of...