This morning we rode our bikes up to watch the UM homecoming parade. It was the second one I’ve witnessed in my lifetime. The first was in 1968 when I accompanied my then-girlfriend and her mom – a UM alumna – on the drive from Eureka down to Missoula for just that occasion. I […]
Disease du jour
Last week I felt the tiniest scratch of an imminent sore throat, a few unfamiliar aches, a bit of leakage around the nostrils. I thought, here we go. My wife had caught Covid for a second time not even three weeks earlier, and pretty much everybody else I know has had it at least […]
On the road
with Charles Frazier
This is the Fiction Warehouse, so I suppose I should occasionally discuss works of fiction. Last night I finished Charles Frazier’s latest book, “The Trackers.” I liked it quite a bit. Let’s say four stars out of five. Five is an amount I reserve for works I find profoundly moving or revelatory or funny, […]
One more time in print
Just when I thought my desultory writing career was nearly done, I sold another short story. It’s called “Five Hat Minimum” and it appears in the current issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (which we literary lions refer to as EQMM). You should buy several copies and hand them out as gifts. Or, use […]
The last, good-enough place
For the first time in 13 years, I was watching Florida hurricane reports at a far remove. Just the way I used to watch the reports of Montana wildfires: Tough luck, I’d think, but what are you gonna do? No matter where you live, it’s always something. I’m a Montana resident again, once more […]
Profiles in courage
RIP, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin. As Omar from “The Wire” liked to say: “You come at the king, you best not miss.” Or, in Prigozhin’s case, you roll tanks toward the Kremlin, you’d best not dither and strut and generally fuck around while the boss arranges a suitable reward. Everyone knew Prigozhin was toast the […]
Their watery graves
Five very rich people die during a recreational outing to see the Titanic. The world wrings its hands. Hundreds die in the Mediterranean while trying to escape crushing poverty. The world shrugs. Both happened in the same week, maybe on the same day. But only the billionaires merited sustained news coverage and endless analysis. […]
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