A Long Way from Anarchy

A Long Way from Anarchy

Utah Phillips described anarchy the way I see it: anarchy is not needing a cop to tell you what to do. One of my exes used to tell me to “be nice” when I stood up for myself or for someone else. It took me awhile to realize that “nice” meant...

Flight Delay

The neat thing about a flight delay is that you get to know the community that exists on any commercial plane. The grandma from Kansas, traveling with her grandboys to see her son, their father. The woman up all night gambling in Vegas. The businessman who had a beer...

June on the San Pedro River

The San Pedro River and San Pedro House are a short drive from my mom’s home in Sierra Vista. On the early morning I visited, a couple dozen birders were also roaming about. High Country News recently reported on the San Pedro, saying this last free river of the...