Improbable

Improbable

This is the most improbable anniversary since this time last year. My darlin’ wife has put up with me for nineteen years! I always love you, Amy, even when it seems like I am thinking only of myself. I am looking forward to the next couple of decades.  ...

Missed

His glossy flanks glisten in the morning sun. Sleek and shiny, well fed on corn, he runs along the fence line, moving faster than my finger on the trigger. I will see you again after work, Mr....
Sidecar Traveller Nbr.43

Sidecar Traveller Nbr.43

  Did you get your copy of the latest issue of Sidecar Traveller yet? We have another article published. My words and Andy’s photos. A picture Andy took of me and Walter in front of the tipi graces the full page of the back cover....
TMI

TMI

If you don’t want to read a slightly vulgar complaint about the discomfiting realization that I am becoming an old man, stop right now. You are under no obligation.   They don’t tell you this stuff when you are younger. Oh sure, you hear the jokes, but they don’t...
Harbinger

Harbinger

  Swarms of beetles emerge from the receding snow banks on the first truly warm day. Sunbathing on the south wall, a mass of black bugs lined with red, their excrement stains the window trim. Some find their way inside the house where they crawl into my teacup or...