West Texas Wind

This is a small portion of a much longer piece that I have been working on for years . . .           Chicago has nothing on west Texas for wind.  In west Texas the wind never stops; each day it is only a matter of how hard it is...

Ben’s Last Rodeo

Ben’s Last Rodeo – from a much longer work. . . Ben sat in the dark on the top rail on one of the holding pens. The pen held calves that would be used in the calf-roping contest that would begin shortly. The calves huddled in one dark corner, jumping at...

Steady Jack

Steady Jack – from a much longer work. . . A few months earlier Jack had been living in Dallas. One night he had trouble sleeping and was awake, staring at the ceiling, long before the alarm went off. Carrol lay sleeping in the center of the king-sized bed. She...