He maintained relaxed body language and a sincere expression, leaning slightly forward in his chair and looking each vote-hungry vulture in the eye. Since the meteoric rise in uranium prices recently, McCreary Energy, among others, had filed hundreds of mining claims in th...
Even if it meant helping Roxy. Neither of us spoke for an hour and twenty minutes. I normally would have turned on the radio and listened to the midday livestock reports, but I didn’t want to diminish whatever discomfort Roxy might experience in the silence. I pulled into Hodgekiss. “Okay, Sherlo...
The meds his physician prescribed were becoming less effective. He sat upright and plastered an enthusiastic grin on his face. All he needed to do was pull himself together for an hour, then he could return to his house and collapse, alone. He had the strength for that. He...
Kachinas dancing on mountaintops made more sense than Charlie having an affair. “But he adores you.” “Apparently, he adores someone else more.” “You need to explain …” A soft tap at the front door made them both turn. Abbey l...
This was Wild Horse Hill, the tallest point around for several miles. The soft sand anchored sage, soap weeds, the tall red and gold grasses, and bunches of sunflowers all drying now. When they were children she and Lizabeth had spent many summer afternoons searching out sand cherries and buffalo...