Gin & Tonic

GIN & TONIC   The holy man is an equation: reverence plus self-control equals what? purity? heaven? It equals something, surely.   As he sits on the barstool to my right, I happen to be on an inhalation – His robe smells like celery. And a bit like my...
A Journey of No Distance

A Journey of No Distance

A JOURNEY OF NO DISTANCE   A vacuum of chatter A detachment of friends A tavern of echoes A grocery store of disappointment   A temperature of fate A fever of connection Streets of abandon A round globe of loneliness   A pneumonia of worry A panic of...
Author Jim Potter

Author Jim Potter

Hello, writing and reading friends – I thought it would be fun to interview someone totally unfamiliar to me, so I picked Jim Potter who lives near Hutchinson. To get to know Jim a bit, I read his debut novel, Taking Back the Bullet. Jim Potter had a long career...

Morning Walk in the Neighborhood

Morning Walk in the Neighborhood   From a half-block away I noticed a young woman sitting on a cement stoop in front of a house converted into apartments.   Beside her, two suitcases, and a large black trash bag likely full of belongings.   She was...

Midnight in the Pasture

  Midnight in the Pasture   An albino moon grazes the pasture tonight, foraging its way through little bluestem, through Indian grass, casting clear light upon a small herd of bison sleeping on the range, each beast tucked inside its heavy and matted hide....

Like the Prairie’s Open Hand

I am honored to have a review of Walking on Water from the fabulous and well-published Tyler Sheldon. His review was published in The Tin Lunchbox Review,  a literary journal founded by Shawna Caro. Emporia, Kansas writer Cheryl Unruh is known throughout the Midwest...