I’m giving Kindle Vella a try to publish Tiger by the Tail. Episode one is finally live as of this morning, and I’ll drop a new one every Tuesday. I like to go back and change things right up until five minutes before I hit publish. This is going to be a big adjustment. Episodes […]
100% True Story: One time my cat, Fry, caught a lizard and somehow got it stuck in his collar. He just accepted it and snuggled up to take a nap, which allowed me to snap this infamous photo: I shit you not, when I got that poor little lizard free, the sucker was still alive. […]
WARNING: Sentimental Nonsense Ahead. Those with weak stomachs are advised against proceeding. Some Texas neighborhoods have alleys behind rows of houses, and in some the yard behind you butts right up against a shared back fence. In the house where I grew up, a deep, wide concrete ditch – which I now know is called […]
I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day at Mesa Verde. It was the middle of the work week, and the park was all but deserted as I set off alone on the Prater Loop trail. The summer day was mild, a slight breeze stirring air that felt unusually cool and wet for southwestern […]
I followed a complete stranger, a boy a little older than my 13 years, into the woods. I didn’t even know his name. I like to think I wouldn’t have gone along unless my big brother were there. I don’t like to think about how the day would have turned out if my brother hadn’t […]
If you miss your connecting flight, does your checked bag miss it, too? Surely not. It wouldn’t make any sense to take the time to find the checked bag deep in the underbelly of the plane and drag it out after a passenger failed to get to the gate before they locked The Door. Still, […]
