Where have all the flowers gone?
Dad taught my sisters and me to sing the Marine Corps hymn as soon as we were old enough to carry a tune. From the halls of Montezuma to the [...]
A question of Time
A question of Time I’m struggling with the grammar of it all Those verbs pester me Worry me (Sometimes terrify me) To be, will be, has been Will live, has [...]
Lawrence Gregory “At the speed of love…”
Phenomena by Lawrence Gregory. Shanti Arts Publishing; 2023 ISBN: 978-1-956056-80-8 I first met the poet at a Steamboat Springs Writers Group workshop, maybe 10 years ago? I don't remember the [...]
Graffiti
April 22; a snowy day in Steamboat Springs. Found moose scat by the house... A single magpie in the tree. Graffiti Signs of our Being Alive and astonished Left [...]
Stormy Wether trumps all in Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club
"Hell's bells, it's Stormy Wether," said Tonto, sucking in his breath. "You know her? I said, then blew into the pocket mask. Her chest rose and fell compliantly. He shot [...]
Apertures; a memoir in essays by Mary B. Kurtz
Memoir -- what is it? While autobiography is concerned with the names, dates, and milestones -- generally of celebrities, politicians, and other "historically significant" people -- it is through memoir [...]
Coming of age, darkly: Fiction about deeply troubled teens
Best coming-of-age fiction about deeply troubled teens Coming of age is a threshold - but where does it lead? And what are we becoming? And while we grow out of [...]
My Guadalcanal Diary – 2
Unspoken Word by lscollison Field Notes: Before you send in the troops you've got to know where you've got to know what lies ahead, the lay of the land [...]
My Guadalcanal Diary
Unspoken Word -- L.S. Collison This work-in-progress is inspired by the personal wartime service album of Harry M. Collison, Jr. - my father -- [...]
Beyond Bleeding and Blistering
Until the twentieth century, with a few notable exceptions, there was little science involved in the practice of medicine. Yet there were some attempts made to save the lives of [...]