‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘‘ ‘‘ ” ” ” ‘ November is ‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). On November 1, I embarked on a journey into my imagination. With a suitcase packed full of creativity, conviction, and plenty of clean socks, I set off […] (Read more)
The heat of the Bakersfield summer sun beat down on the faded red 1971 Volkswagen squareback as David and Bill drove south on Highway 99 through the dusty brown expanse of the Southern San Joaquin Valley toward Los Angeles. “God, I hate Bakersfield in the summer,” David said, squinting, unable to make out the Tehachapi […] (Read more)
I steered my car on to the circular gravel drive of the Buffalo Motor Lodge in Flagstaff, Arizona and stopped. A building, low and dark, split lodge pole pine siding. A long verandah stretching the length of its front was lined with Adirondack-type lounge chairs under the overhang of a cedar shingled roof Steps in […] (Read more)