BETWEEN BUSINESS CARDS™ – Short stories, small truths, quiet ahas

Where the Rio Grande Roams

It lay coiled on the pavement, soaking in the morning heat after surviving a chilly desert night. The western diamondback knew the land. It wouldn’t lie there long before it…

Bob Dylan Slept Here

Is there something that transforms one from ordinary person to celebrity? Something that separates them from the rest of us? And allows a legacy to grab hold. It was not…

Johnny Ringo’s Last Ride

Rusted barbed wire sagged between crooked weathered posts. Dust clouds spewed from our back tires like a roiling prairie storm, covering the mesquite-lined ditch banks and blanketing the tufts of…

Luckie Street

A back hallway led us to an elevator door tucked behind the restaurant. Richard and I had weaved through the dining tables of Ted’s Montana Grill, inhaling the mouth-watering smell…

Empty Nester

A scream bounced off the side of the house, disturbing a green heron roosting in the dune vegetation. It was mine. When I’m startled, I yelp — a short high-pitched…

Between Business Cards

This is Between Business Cards

Between Business Cards is a collection of short stories. Small ones, mostly — about ordinary moments that turn out to be bigger than they look. The name is the place a lot of us land: after one role ends and…

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Travel & Reflection

Where the Rio Grande Roams

It lay coiled on the pavement, soaking in the morning heat after surviving a chilly desert night. The western diamondback knew the land. It wouldn’t lie there long before it slithered to find shade under a gnarled mesquite tree or…

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