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Irian Jaya

“Well, that’s four of the seven”, Russell shouted into the wind, his climbing partner Scott reaching up to...

Angry Trees

I think that I shall never see, A poem as lovely as a tree. What a crock. Joyce Kilmer must have never had to...

Aunt Maud

One night I was watching the newest mind numbing reality program on TV – Garbagemen Heroes –it reminded my...

Hudson

Jeremy “Jarhead” Jones and his buddies were tooling down interstate 10 headed for Sturgis, South Dakota –...

Perfect

I was minding my own business, dozing away in church, pretty much incoherent to the speaker’s voice. I kept my...

Archangel

So what comes to your mind when the word Archangel is spoken? We probably think of an angel with great power and...

Under the Covers

Ah Ha, you saw the title and was sure that I had finally stepped across the line into the Dark Side. Writing about...

Picking Cherries

At the tender age of eleven, the future looked very bright. The Fifth Grade had just let out, and my friends and...

39,525 Steps

Saturday October 6th, 2012 will be the 36th running of the St. George Marathon. You may have seen red-faced...

Potter’s Field

I’ve always loved Cemeteries – especially at night – especially if the Cemetery is a...

Brotherhood of the Rope

Say What – Brotherhood of the Rope? What is that? Could it be an association of hangmen, or even a...

Riding The Red Rooster

What! Me a communist! A waver of the red flag with hammer and sickle. Marching in the May Day Military Parade past...

Never Should Have Been Born

What the hell was going on? As I pulled in the driveway I could hear ungodly screams coming from the...

Crash Corrigan & the Evil Oil Change

Ever watch one of those National Geographic presentations where animals do amazing things – especially to...

Secrets

As I opened my eyes the first thing that struck was the whiteness of a robe. Where can you buy a robe that...

Joe For President

Really, Joe For President, Really? Well, sort of, although if I really think about it seriously, General William...

Love Story

Do you know how hard it is to write a love story? There are already about eight million written. Every...

Pick & Roll

Pick and Roll is a basketball term. Here’s how it works. A guard with the basketball chased by another...

Festivus for the Rest of Us

I considered faking my own death this year, just to avoid the Christmas Season – seriously. I hate...

Redingus and the Golf Ball Factory

What, they had canceled the Dean Martin Tucson Open? “Well not exactly, but they did change the name to the...

Goats From Hell

Remember in grade school. The story of Billy Goat Gruff? Or singing the old song: “Bill Grogan’s goat was...

The Honor Code Backslider

Now that I look back, I see that I slid backwards almost from my first day at BYU. I had good intentions, and my...

The Coop

Kaboom! My head bounced off the bedroom floor. It was ten minutes to midnight. Eyes popped open as the rest...

Electrocution

“I had a farm in Idaho”. Doesn’t exactly have the same ring of the opening lines from “Out of...

Serfing

Serfing Drawn and Quartered. Ever wonder about that term – D and Q? Somewhere along the line I’m sure you...

Cellars

Remember Psycho – Norman Bates – those final scenes – door bursting open, light swinging? Is that the...

Buzzing

Do you remember the times when you felt you were really alive? I mean really, really alive. Sometimes a first in...

Five Buckle Overshoes

“Make sure you fasten every buckle” my mom called as I headed out the door. “And don’t cut your finger...

Thirty-Eight Miles Down A Volcano

The Sandwich Islands. Captain Cook, comely raven-haired maidens. Soft, offshore breezes fluttering the coconut...

Class Memories

Fifty years ago 104 of us walked across the stage and graduated from High School in the small town of Pleasant...

Another Stupid Trick

The first time that phrase rang in my ears was in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. My family had a small farm and I was...

The Devil’s Own

Most of us plug through our Work-A-Day lives at roughly (very roughly) 8 hours a day – 50 weeks a year –...

So You Want To Be A Used Car Dealer

Life was good. I had a contented grin on my face and calm in my heart – tooling along about 75 just north of...

Neighbors

neigh·bor (nbr) 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located...

Water Skiing In The Murdock Canal

The Murdock Canal is a century old water conveyance facility running along the foothills of Utah County. Farmers...

Tales Of The Sewer Trench

My dad would be ten feet below bending over a sewer pipe at the bottom of the trench. At the top I would very...

SKIN

Human Skin is the body’s largest organ. It’s soft, pliable, strong, waterproof, self-repairing...

Rock Rolling

This short article involves the revelation and confession of activities that are, as a minimum, in violation of...

Tale of Two Toilets

I had flown in from LA on Tuesday to pick up my mother from the convalescent center to take her home – and then...

Joe and the Toe

As I approached Home Depot I glanced down at my legs and feet, scratched and scarred from various projects over...

Frutas Del Diablo

I must tell you of an unfortunate incident that happened a while ago. I was in Costco – where all good...

WELL, WELL NEW YORK CITY

DAMN! Black as the inside of a CoaI Mine. I was headed home from my corporate job in Midtown Manhattan – just...

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