This is a story I wrote in 2017 -- sort a true, sort a fiction -- about a tree I once knew, one alight with vultures. Enjoy & Happy Halloween!
Jack in the Monkey Puzzle
Checking Out
When I took my 85-year-old dad to Walmart, we noticed one thing that didn't please him.
A Very COVID Fourth
Davenport will conduct a real life social distancing experiment on the Fourth of July.
CoronaVirus: What It’s Taught Us (So Far)
“Oh, if I drink all these bottles of Nyquil (which were also flying off the shelves) I’ll have explosive diarrhea for sure.”
A Vernacular Story
Paint on the floor and deep scratches, no doubt from the spurs on some local yokels’ cowboy boots; then the burns. (Who burns their floor?)
Vets Voice First Show
Game Breaker was a true psychological trauma story cut in a massively comedic light.
Yoga Much?
To the posers who discordantly hum that downtown will never come back, remember this: Yoga, because punching naysayers is frowned upon.
The Legend is in the “Lake”
My hunch is that Lake Play is a stuffed up sinkhole.
Will Davenport Go Extinct?
As the thief of dead people's handicap decals once said during her pre-felony days, "The case to maintain the City of Davenport is at an all time high."
DACA Plans for Artful Future
Back in May I attended my first meeting of the Davenport Arts & Cultural Alliance (DACA) and was not disappointed.
Tortoise on the Run
With temperatures reaching into the low 90's in our Oven State and the heir apparent of creatures extraordinaire, I was brought a gopher tortoise by a bunch of my neighbors who had no idea why a one-to-five-pound tortoise would be running at lighting speed (for a turtle) through our streets and alley ways. We allowed... Continue Reading →
