I had an interesting weekend - went to my first-ever book signing on Saturday at the local bookstore. It wasn’t just me though, there were a bunch of local authors there, real ones, that is, and one of them, Don Coldsmith, is rather well known in Western circles. Sat next to a young and loquacious mystery writer named Evan McNamara who barely ( Read more... )

Rich as Croesus, Matt is a cognoscenti of fine guns, good whisky, and dresses better than most of the healing profession, although that’s not saying much. Most doctors dress little better than bums. He’s an oral surgeon, by the way, and, over-achiever that he is, it follows that he is a board-certified oral surgeon, as well. He’s also a capital ( Read more... )

It’s opening week here and I was almost the quarry on Saturday: literally. Ute took off and blazed down an old forest road with a long ridge on the left and hardwoods on the right, making the road nearly a tunnel. I’d never hunted this ground before - some land that just went public, but it looked promising, so we got in at first light. My ( Read more... )

I have tried to refrain from posting other's thoughts, particulary political thoughts, in my space. This article, however, is well done ( Read more... )

Word that a cruise ship off the horn of Africa was attacked by pirates this weekend ( Read more... )

One of my stories is included in this recent release by Willow Creek Press. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572239832/102-7321463-3985718?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

I'm tickled pink.

There must have been a sale on Browning A5’s. I stepped out of the truck with my AyA No. 4/53 and everyone else, to a man, had a hump-back, loading them click, click, click, like a slot machine junkies on a double espresso. Belgian guns, most of them, a few Japanese, but all Light Twelve’s with the exception of a very nice Sweet Sixteen. Finally ( Read more... )

In August of 1785, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his nephew, Peter Carr. Jefferson was in Paris at the time, serving as ambassador, and Carr was a young student back home in Virginia ( Read more... )

My daughter dances everywhere, and frankly it's exhausting ( Read more... )

I finally vanquished my writer's block which has been plaguing me for months, and this is the product. I'm fortunate in that my editor has already committed to buying it ( Read more... )