Iceland 2023: The Heart of the Matter
She pulled then twisted the lever of the aircraft’s main cabin door allowing it to seal with pneumatic finality. The three crew, faintly smiling, faced the plane’s passengers as the formalities rolled on. Each wore a navy-blue pencil skirt, a matching jacket, a pill box hat with gold trim, sensible black shoes, an unadorned white […]
An Angler’s Arc
Scud Scud 2 Salmon Steelhead Net Small Trout Atlantic Salmon At age twelve, I resolved to build my own tackle box. Not just any tackle box, but one that would contain all the gear that I would ever need. All of it, every single thing. In retrospect, little could have symbolized childhood’s Edenic naiveté better […]
Caduceus at the Crossroads: A Prescription for Medicine
In the weeks leading up to my seventieth birthday, the nights were fraught with recurring, anxiety infused dreams followed by periods of sleeplessness. For suddenly I was old, and the luxury of extended middle years could no longer provide shelter from age’s accumulating reminders. But, the great day passed, sleep improved and a new vista […]
Still Boys
Bozeman was small then. Its dusty main street held eight buildings, counting the farrier and the feed store. Recently, a vacant hardware store had been repurposed as a Patagonia outlet. Within, Peter saw signature fabrics in saffron or violet, and loose fitting but purposeful canvas clothing. So this, he thought, was the California where he […]