The Tracks

The Tracks

by | Aug 6, 2026

As long as live, I’ll never forget two simple numbers and one letter, 26-B. That was the federal housing number of the home my mom, dad and I lived in during the tumultuous, worldwide war years of the 1940s. The small, country town we and several thousand other...
The Thing About Doves

The Thing About Doves

by | Jul 9, 2026

The long pull uphill meant standing on both the bicycle pedals pumping for all I was worth. Sweat rolled down my face to top out as our small town faded away behind me. At the top stood an old abandoned almond orchard, or what was left of one. Scraggily trees with...
Blacktails Don’t Come Easy

Blacktails Don’t Come Easy

by | Feb 24, 2026

I sat in the pre-dawn darkness in the soft glow of the instrument panel of Roy’s 1947 Plymouth coupe, heading out on my very first buck hunt. A 12-year-old boy yearning to be a buck hunter never forgets moments like that. As the old Plymouth began its first climb up...
Putah Creek

Putah Creek

by | Jan 15, 2026

The secluded waterway became the perfect setting for a lifetime of treasured memories.

Idaho Odyssey

Idaho Odyssey

by | Sep 27, 2024

One of the great wonders of young boys is never realizing how a chain of everyday events can so forcefully change and redirect your own life in years ahead, even into adulthood. For me, raised up in a 1940s small town in the foothills of northern California’s lovely...