Fruitful Detours
This is an occasional story series. To start the story at the beginning, click here. Washington and Austin feel like they are far apart, but politically they operate the same way. Money talks, and the elected representatives say the things they think their constituents want to hear. The cowboy and Ann were walking down the grand […]
This is an occasional story series. To start the story at the beginning, click here. Kenneth Jerome Kasey was as smart as they come. That didn’t always mean that he was the best lawyer. It was his extracurricular interests that made the cowboy his friend. “It’s the border stuff,” Kenny said. “If I had to […]
To start at the beginning, click here. They went to a small room. Several people had apparently seen the confrontation between the cowboy and the drunk aide.“You didn’t know the man?”“Never met him before tonight.”“Why were you arguing?”“We weren’t. He made some dumb comments, and we left. I don’t think I said anything.”“What kind of […]
If you would like to start at the beginning, click here. The young aide was clearly drunk.“Was there a Roy Rogers flea market?”“Didn’t anyone tell you this wasn’t a costume party?” Ann saw the look on the cowboy’s face, and stepped in quickly. This was not the place for a Senator’s aide to be thrown […]
The cowboy sat at the light in his pickup. He felt like a horse all gussied up for the State Fair. Black tuxedo, white shirt, even a new black Stetson on the seat next to him. His boots were old, but they were Luccheses, and freshly polished. His collar was uncomfortable, and he tugged at […]
A black Nissan pulls into the McDonalds parking lot. He cuts his turn a little too close, and rides up on the curb, crushing some wet grass. Macs doesn’t have any ice, so he skips his drive-thru order and goes next door to Panera Bread for an iced tea. A seventeen year old in his […]