Cowboy Poets
A Saturday in Bastrop – Cowboy Poetry There aren’t many events left where the main attractions are folding chairs, acoustic guitars, and people who know how to coil a rope properly. So naturally, I drove to Bastrop. It was the first year of the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Bastrop, scheduled back-to-back with a […]
No, The Horse. A Short Story
In November 2025, before either novel was fully underway, I wrote this scene based on a story told to me years earlier. The names Mary Ellen and Chester (Chet) Rawlins were already forming, though I did not yet understand how large their lives on the page would become. This short piece became the foundation for […]