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Weekly Contest #113
Changing Track The water was surprisingly cold, and the current more swift than expected. But it was only a small river, running a little high because of the summer rains. It carried him downstream maybe a hundred yards, before he hit a backwater. From there it was an easy swim to shore. Over some large boulders, up a small cliff, and he was on the mesa top, walking north. After the first mile or so, his feet began to feel a little tender in the wet shoes. He sat down in the dirt to put on dry socks, getting his stll damp Wranglers muddy....
Weekly Contest #112
It’s Just Dirt Dust boiled up. I always wondered who first started using that descriptor. It’s a good one. I squatted in the shade of a mesquite tree, and watched that proverbial dust boil up as the cattle, my cattle, stirred about in the shipping pens. Twenty-six head, on their way to the feed lot, and eventually to American dinner tables. In the distance, I could hear the rumble of a big diesel engine and metallic rattles of the truck, coming to take my life’s blood away. I was almost used to the pain. I had been selling off the herd in ...
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