[“Drafting” is updated from an earlier post, from February 2015. While in residence at the [...]

(This post, “Sopa,” was first published June 14, 2013, at spoonwiz.com, edited by novelist [...]

Monday morning, Martin Luther King Day 2020. The moon is still up, a quarter full and hazy behind clouds. [...]

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Up in the Fremont National Forest, a breeze wisps through the pines. There is the cool feel of autumn. The [...]

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We tire of looking out our windows. There are wild sights beyond the glass, but we long for high-desert [...]