The Re-Con
The death of a pig
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Even when money is tight, markets are unreliable, and government is incompetent, ranchers and farmers can feed themselves
Santa Maria Journal
Weather can hold us rapt to the natural world in extremes of fury and restoration
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A gust of wind sent my hat sailing down the road like a tumbleweed. So much depended on that hat.
Past Perfect
Decameron Tale VIII – The dying cowboy’s tale: he wasn’t shot; he was dying of an untreated STD
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Don’t expect an appreciative smile when you start singing “As I walked down the streets of Laredo”
The Re-Con
Drawing out the long rope of history that swings from the black limbs
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“The powers that be are not just…”
The Re-Con
The Coronavirus: fear, faith, and reminders from home
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God helps those who know themselves for what we are
Past Perfect
Decameron Tale VII – Uncle Billy’s Tale: the road map to an ill-gained bounty of buried treasure under Lake Falcon
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Dr. Norman Baker’s border radio station racked up profits in bogus weight loss and cancer cures
Decameron Tale VI – Chief Seattle and Ted Perry’s Tale
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It’s the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. How’s the planet done in the last half century?
The Border Wall question used to be: “Will it solve immigration and drug issues?” That’s not the question any more. It’s: “How do I get re-elected?”
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Steve LaMantia on signing conditional Right of Entry
Past Perfect
Decameron Tale IV – The Timothy Leary trial put Laredo on the map in 1966: the world had come to town
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The trial took five days, the verdict 15 minutes