Texas RidesHorsehead Crossing, Pecos River, TX - Oct '24Sometimes you must ride through the bones of the past to see the pure sparkling brilliance of the future. It seems such a simple thing,...
Texas RidesBook excerpt: Lake Arrowhead State Park, Texas - Dec 2020I dreamt of a coyote last night - trotting along beside me. As oblivious to my presence as I am enamored with hers. A big, scruffy,...
Texas RidesOh Mesa de Anguila, you slippery, slidey thing youI swing the saddle up, lean into the horse and gaze toward Mesa de Anguila - one of the least visited areas of Big Bend National Park -...
Texas RidesThis ride's for youBig Bend National Park, Texas The first thing that changed was my hands. Short but clean nails are now dirty and ragged. Rings no longer...
Texas RidesLake Amistad, TexasWe drive through the valles and arroyos of west Texas, the flatlands and mesas, the ridges and mountains climbing tall into clear blue...
Texas RidesChristmas Mountains & The Bad Rabbit of Terlingua Ranch(as published in the Winter 2024 Cenizo Journal) This is the country they call life. A place where you can be yourself - unencumbered by...
Texas RidesEl Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains Nat'l ParkSometimes I drive until I find myself anew. Casing the southwest as if the dirt will scrub me clean. To the desert and mountains of New...
Texas RidesBook Excerpt: Shaffer Bend Recreation Area – LCRA Park, Marble Falls, TXWe follow the dusty, white caliche toward water downshifting along the way, driving slowly through the bends and curves of the road. The...
Texas RidesLost and Found in Monahans(as published in the Fall 2023 Cenizo Journal) This is a story of a horse and the girl who loves him. I lie back on the picnic bench and...
Texas RidesFort Richardson State Park, TexasAt night the ghosts come out. They roam the corridors of my mind and wander the graveyard of my soul - the parts I thought I’d put to bed...
Texas RidesLake Meredith National Recreation AreaI saw a shooting star last night against the canvas of the night sky. One brief flash among a backdrop of many as it was trying hard to...
Texas RidesSea Rim State Park, TexasThe beach lies perpetually in motion. A stretch wide and long as a striped asphalt runway. Sun glistens off the wet sand and with each...