Eye to Eye [Excerpt]

Eye to Eye [Excerpt]

Jan 22, 2023 | 0 comments

It was in the Great Desert of the Southwest, out in the Mojave, where Gizmo and I accidentally intruded upon an unusual conversation. I was walking, Gizmo’s reins looped over my arm as we made our way slowly along the south side of a long, narrow gully. Lately I had...
Prologue: The Dust From The Trail [Excerpt]

Prologue: The Dust From The Trail [Excerpt]

Dec 4, 2022 | 0 comments

The young horse stands in the pale light of a gibbous moon, his hindquarters positioned so they block the cold northwest wind. Spring has remained cool and dry here in the high desert of the southwest, and the nightly winds have steadily robbed the place of its water....
Start of Day [Excerpt]

Start of Day [Excerpt]

Jun 16, 2020 | 0 comments

I come awake after a restless night’s sleep in the foothills of the mountains of northern Arizona. Out of habit, I reach to find my single action Colt that lies next to me inside my sleeping bag. My thumb instinctively checks to see that the hammer hasn’t...
Music City Refuge [Excerpt]

Music City Refuge [Excerpt]

Jan 31, 2019 | 2 comments

There weren’t many places to put a horse up for the night in the city of Nashville, at least, none that we passed as we inched our way across the southern part of town. I would be staying with my friends Bob and Sarah while we were there for a few days, but I...
Another Summer Storm [Excerpt]

Another Summer Storm [Excerpt]

Nov 18, 2018 | 1 comment

As we left Las Vegas, New Mexico, we turned straight eastward and climbed up onto a high plain. For the first time I began to feel our passage through the southwestern desert. The Rocky Mountains were receding behind us, though we would see them for many days and...
1974 [Excerpt]

1974 [Excerpt]

Nov 6, 2018 | 0 comments

It was such a long time ago. I’m old now, road weary and weather beaten. Rode hard and put away wet, as the cowboys say. The years have left their marks. This body of mine seems like it belongs to someone else. It sags where it once was drawn taut; joints that moved...