Stories

Safety Rules     by Bill Gadbow   …. an excerpt from “The Balderson Drive Conspiracy One” by Bill Gadbow, available on paperback or as an e-book on Amazon Books … When I got back from New Mexico, a few things happened at home that I had to take care of. Once I got through Read more »

  Lichen    — by Bill Gadbow — — an excerpt from “Neanderthal: Paradise Lost” by Bill Gadbow – available in paperback or as an e-book from Amazon books —   The rain had caused the steppe to bloom. Within hours of the end of the storm, the dry wasteland had turned green. For miles Read more »

Don’t Cry Over Spilt Pineapple   … by Rachel Wood  …  As the youngest, I was always expected to keep up with my old brother and sister. Both were successful, dynamic, high achievers; I wanted to be just like them, if not a little bit better. At the age of seven my sister declared herself Read more »

The Biology of Hate   …  by Bill Gadbow  …   Cowboy Pesto liked to hit the sauce. He didn’t drink. He used empty salsa bottles for target practice. Sheriff Jalapeno Ortega stared at Cowboy Pesto, who was standing in front of the post office attempting to read a letter. “I hate Pesto,” Ortega growled. Read more »

by Bill Gadbow   No one is more annoying than the recently converted. That would be me. Before starting this online venue, I was pretty ambivalent about the native vs. non-native plant issue. If you took the time to watch my back yard video (thank you, if you did), then you would have heard me Read more »

I’m not sure why I am in such a hurry to write all this stuff down. After all, these memories have sat inside my brain for decades. A few weeks or months more should not matter much. It might be because I’ve finally realized that every story is both completely true and completely false. Even Read more »