

Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
You Can't Go Home Again, Part 3
John Lewis gave us more than his body. He gave his soul. As a late teen, around 1960, from the small town of Troy, Alabama, Lewis decided...


J.R. Helton, with Introduction by Michael Taylor
- Jul 20, 2020
- 45 min
BOOKS / Below the Line (excerpt)
Every now and then I run across a book that reverberates from start to finish with the unflinchingly brutal honesty that can only come...


Michael Taylor
- Jul 17, 2020
- 10 min
A Little Magic on the Boulevard
We were exhausted as darkness fell on Hollywood Boulevard, our third location of a long day that started out on a helipad atop a building...


Clay Coppedge
- Jun 10, 2020
- 9 min
A Bolillo’s Short History of Roy’s Taxi
My sometimes exciting career as an Austin cab driver began in 1977 when, looking for something better from a base of zero, I walked to 90...


H.H. Howze
- Apr 7, 2020
- 11 min
Honduras Otra Vez
Honduras, 1997 “All those Olancho Rivers have gold in them,” Salem explained as we peered into the dinner plate full of river sand...


James BigBoy Medlin / Art by Dan Hubig
- Mar 23, 2020
- 8 min
The Florida Years / Chapter III & Virus Vexation
When I lived in Texas, no one ever cut my throat — although I was twice threatened with such action. My throat was completely off-limits...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Feb 26, 2020
- 9 min
Flickers
— or A Salute to Character Actors — or How Hollywood Screwed Up My Life Before I Even Got There On November 20, 1944, the whole world...


Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
- Jan 20, 2020
- 1 min
On Martin Luther King Day, 2020
Martin Luther King day. The news clips I see show portions of his prophetic 'I have a Dream' speech, and make him out to be a saint. I...


H.H. Howze
- Nov 21, 2019
- 5 min
A December Night on the River: A Cautionary Tale
Be prepared. – Boy Scout motto I didn’t intend spending one of the last Saturday nights before I turned 70 trying to stay warm on a...


Stanley Crawford
- Oct 9, 2019
- 6 min
THE GARLIC PAPERS — A SMALL GARLIC FARM IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL VAMPIRES
Every tenderfoot city-bred person like myself would benefit by reading my friend Stanley Crawford’s new work, The Garlic Papers — A Small...


Michael Ventura
- Aug 13, 2019
- 22 min
BACK TO THE GARDEN: WOODSTOCK Across 50 Years
This beautiful world is a garden of flowers . . . This beautiful world is a city of pain . . . This beautiful evening it’s time to rock...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Aug 9, 2019
- 14 min
Vietnam: Getting In / Getting Out
A Three-Part Account of My Experience Part III: A Grenade, A Chicken, and The Bird Home On June 7, 1969, I woke up at 5 AM and made sure...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Aug 2, 2019
- 13 min
VIETNAM: GETTING IN/GETTING OUT
A Three-Part Account of My Experience PART II: Hello Vietnam, I Really Must Be Going At the completion of Advanced Infantry Training,...