Confessions of a Chronic Enabler: Watching the Needle Go In
When she took the needle out she was perfectly lucid, maybe more than before. You’d never know she had just shot heroin.
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Go Gonzo Journal
Fake news with a spin of Truth
Short Stories
Gonzo Short Stories
On a Booze Cruise with the Barbie in the Gold Bikini
The barbie in the gold bikini, and other observations from the pool, bars, casino, and balcony on a booze cruise.
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Wildland Fire, Packrats, and the Dipshits Among Us: The Dipshit Part
It was the easiest wildland fire packout ever, until the dipshit of the crew arrived with gear he couldn’t pack out himself.
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Strip Club Sadness: Midnight Ramblings from the Rust Belt
Show me a nice girl, and I’ll head for the hinterlands. Show me a stripper, and I’ll fall in love forever. That’s strip club sadness.
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Wildland Fire, Packrats, and the Dipshits Among Us: Part Two
After rappelling from a helicopter to fight wildland fire all day and into the night, the last thing you need is a packrat in your hooch.
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For a Good Life and Good Art, Appreciate the Little Things
The best art best imitates life, and the best life is lived by those who appreciate the little things as the best things.
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Wildland Fire, Packrats, and the Dipshits Among Us: Part One
A trip back into the defining and foundational summers spent fighting wildland fire in Central Idaho…part one of three.
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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Family?
We all lose sight of who we are at times. Your childhood friends are legends on maps for finding yourself.
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Covid for Christmas
It’s a call you never want to get. I was into my second Chivas at my virtual birthday party with
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To the One I Loved Who Never Loved Me
I had a nervous breakdown on a stranger’s porch swing, figured out what I’d do with my future, including what I’d do for a living, wiped my eyes, and limped my way to the home of a true friend on a bandaged, bloody leg nearly lost.
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Day 1: Three Balls for Three Days of All-Star Baseball
When my attorney and I met Bud Selig at Target Field the day he announced Minneapolis would host the 2014
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