Character Study of a Plastic Bag   I often wonder what those who come here looking for freedom believe they will find and if they find it. I recently wrote a story I called *The Life and Times of Wally B*. I wrote the story while thinking of those who leave their homes and families for life in the U.S. I wanted to show how it might feel to leave everything you know and come here where you have only your hope of a better day that keeps you going. Read more…

A Brief Story   If home school had been a thing, there was a day I would have wished for it. Out of a whole drawer of undies in perfect condition, I had picked the oldest, saddest pair; a pair with elastic that held its stretch by a single string. Read more…

Last Words   Purple-blue night into/ blue-white day/ on the glacier/ there he la Read more…

What About Those Chiefs?   It seems there's a kerfluffle beginning about the name of the Kansas City Chiefs. Maybe we could take out the "i" and call them the Chefs... or would that offend the nation's chefs? Read more…