“Look, let me get another one of these.” With an index finger, the man at the bar taps the empty Coors Light bottle, its silver label peeling at the edges.
“… dead trees standing dry and brittle like ghost armies.”
There’s a line.
Morgan’s all right. Wrote an excellent essay about a casino’s impact on its surroundings in County Highway last year. Maybe somewhere in western Virginia? Not sure. Thereafter I found the substack and wrote a note in the comment section about the casino piece. She never replied.
While reading the California piece one corner of my geezer cobwebbed head was thinking I should see if she posts at least twice each month thinking if she did I might subscribe?
Then I saw the Pledge button at the essay’s end.
I’ll sign up. What the hell. It’s good to feel something every now and then don’t you think?
Ah thank you for reading and subscribing and pledging! I remember seeing your comment about the Casino story, but my substack has been a little … limp for a while. Working on it. Getting back into it. Thanks again for being gracious and kind.
Lovely. Great read.
Thank you.
Thanks very much for reading! 🙏
“… dead trees standing dry and brittle like ghost armies.”
There’s a line.
Morgan’s all right. Wrote an excellent essay about a casino’s impact on its surroundings in County Highway last year. Maybe somewhere in western Virginia? Not sure. Thereafter I found the substack and wrote a note in the comment section about the casino piece. She never replied.
While reading the California piece one corner of my geezer cobwebbed head was thinking I should see if she posts at least twice each month thinking if she did I might subscribe?
Then I saw the Pledge button at the essay’s end.
I’ll sign up. What the hell. It’s good to feel something every now and then don’t you think?
Ah thank you for reading and subscribing and pledging! I remember seeing your comment about the Casino story, but my substack has been a little … limp for a while. Working on it. Getting back into it. Thanks again for being gracious and kind.
Stunning as usual. Excellent work 🙏 (And I am once again asking you to turn paid subs on!!)
You're back. Finally!
I’ve been writing more at County Highway!! I guess a should send something out about it … most of my recent stuff is there!
Wow! You put me in the moment.
That’s the kindest thing you could have said. 🖤