A Lightening Storm for Elroy


It was a hot West Texas night, and the first thunder storm for Elroy… A dry heat, distant rumblings, a slowly moving something-  heads towards our direction with a light show.  Elroy, the newest pup at 6 months and 60 plus pounds of extension and growing up, is kinda hanging with me through it all.…

Skipping Stones to Lovejoy


The process of using surface tension to skip a stone across a tensionless  mirror requires the length, and elasticity of a poet,  the muscle memory of a baseball pitcher, and a hint of  rocket scientist laced with the confidence of a fool. All put together, it is a composite of choice, a missile selected and…