Deserts exert influence on the riverbed, distressing the fauna. Salmon born early, their birthplace a sauna. Reluctant fishermen catch and release. Release and catch and release again. The whole time the cast was their only plan. For bombshells and clamshells, honeycombs and honeybells, we take it easy and take it well. A lifetime in solitude …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Contradictory Living
There are those who get to middle school who cry in their sleeves about how badly they miss recess. Sure they do. So why is it when they get to gym class they won’t do anything? They just sit in the bleachers and whine. Contradictory living. There’s plenty of that going around. Some will tell …
If You’re A Man
When you’re a man and you get slapped, your first response is to apologize. Sometimes it sounds like this, “I’m sorry. Did I hurt your hand…with my face?” To be a true man means you don’t retaliate. The first thing a child does is start swinging, try to get in a couple of shots, try …
Park Yourself
…out where few can find you. Where survival has the greatest appeal. Where your car can’t go. Park yourself, not your car. Find yourself in desolate places with beautiful vistas on every hand. Out where influencers have no influence. Where it’s more evident how nature rules. Sit still and let the beauty surround you. Let …
Harpoons and Doubloons
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but we really did ride the torpedoes. It was inevitable for sure. You can’t invent something that rides the waves that fast and expect a man to stay off of it. No sir, you cannot. Whenever you talk about servicemen (and women) of any kind, you have …
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