notes from pittsburgh containing memories
Yukon Eric Bought My Meal
A mean professional wrestler befriends us and lets us in on the drama of his gig.
bean soup with chuck grassley
Capitol Hill Bean Soup with Chuck Grassley, then Representative from Iowa...remember, opinions of people can change over time...written in 2009
bianca takes her last walk
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us...written in 2007
dog of my dreams
About moving on, with approval...written in 2006
hey, baybee, where y'at?
Bathing in lagniappe with street people during visits to Dante's Second Circle of Hell (*aka* Bourbon Street) in steamy New Orleans...published in 2005.
first heat, then snow
Back in the day, when it really snowed, and no one worked on Sunday....written in 2005
7th grade dance
Days of innocence lost....written in 2004
a bit of hot air
Memories of my father...written in 2004
my career in a niche market of the romance novel genre
A novel précis in the line of D. H. Lawrence's short story, `the horse-dealer's daughter`...written in 2004
`requiescat in erica maris` at Brandon Point
A languid sort of travelogue from Ireland and, from there, to a intrepid funeral vacation of the mind....written in 2004
waiting for a rebirth of wonder in san francisco
Accounting for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing from San Francisco...written in 2004
simple generosity of spirit
Early lessons, sometimes learned, about doing good because it is good....written in 2004
the `Ba` of Niagara
The time & space of Niagara Falls....written in 2003
Niagara Falls? slowly I turned...inch by inch...step by step...
An essay about the freaky, carny noteriety earned by the sometimes "monkey maze" of Niagara Falls...written in 2003