Today, I received a link via email about a former (as of August) co-worker of mine named Murray Arviso. Murray is in the Maintenance Division at Chaco Culture National Historic Park, where he has worked for around twenty years. Murray is in a bad health situation and will not be able to walk for a while. His family needs financial help to build a ramp for his wheelchair. Ironically, under normal circumstances, Murray is quite capable of building a ramp. Now that he needs one himself, he is not physically capable of doing it. A ramp is inexpensive compared to a lot of medical needs, so anything you can give will go a long way.
If you would like to help out, follow this link to Murray Arviso’s GoFundMe page, which explains the situation. This condition started a few months ago and has been worsening. Donating even a little bit will help. Here is the note that came with the link:
Even a small donation could help Colleen Arviso reach their fundraising goal. And if you can’t make a donation, it would be great if you could share the fundraiser to help spread the word.
Thanks for taking a look!
If you can’t help out financially, at least spread this word to as many people as you can.
In the dead tree, the nail-less finger that points at the sky, high as the tallest poplar, a woodpecker roosts. Each evening it calls from the neighbouring trees, calls a short, one-note cry as it flies to the dead tree, listens as it climbs to the top, but the call receives no answer. The old nest is empty now that the fledglings have flown, mate gone until next season perhaps. Autumn sun setting still strikes the bare tip, the dark hole, woodpecker sized, and fills it with warmth.
P.S. When I downloaded this photo, Wikipedia was down all over the world except here. Occasionally, living in the land time forgot has it’s advantages.
As summer begins to come to a close, I am surprised by how busy I still am. In fact, I’ll admit I feel a bit overwhelmed. Now, you may be asking, why? The weather is going to get cooler. You won’t be doing outside events. Why would you feel so overwhelmed? Well, let’s just summarize […]
This is the first book I’ve read, by Collings, and if it’s any indication of his talent and skill as a storyteller, I’m definitely coming back for more. Predators grabbed my attention from the opening scene and kept me hooked until the climax. Collings’ story is peopled with an incredible cast of well-rounded and believable […]
Plotline: After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for 3 years, a mother returns home to pick up her children. Who would like it: People who like movies about demonic possession, fans of the undead, secret societies and cults High Points: I like that its an Islamic based-faith movie that doesn’t deal […]
Today, I received a link via email about a former (as of August) co-worker of mine named Murray Arviso. Murray is in the Maintenance Division at Chaco Culture National Historic Park, where he has worked for around twenty years. Murray is in a bad health situation and will not be able to walk for a while. His family needs financial help to build a ramp for his wheelchair. Ironically, under normal circumstances, Murray is quite capable of building a ramp. Now that he needs one himself, he is not physically capable of doing it. A ramp is inexpensive compared to a lot of medical needs, so anything you can give will go a long way.
If you would like to help out, follow this link to Murray Arviso’s GoFundMe page, which explains the situation. This condition started a few months ago and has been worsening. Donating even a little bit will help. Here is the note that came with the link:
Even a small donation could help Colleen Arviso reach their fundraising goal. And if you can’t make a donation, it would be great if you could share the fundraiser to help spread the word.
Thanks for taking a look!
If you can’t help out financially, at least spread this word to as many people as you can.
“Damn!” by Charles Portis If Sanford T.’s daddy hadn’t got killed that night I guess we’d still be with the carnival. What we was doing was hauling old man McClerkin around the country claiming he was Jesse James and charging fifty cents a head to come in and see him. We had to pay Mr […]
Drenched in the evidence of our crime, we became defiled. Your palms no more dark than mine. Crusting scabs ran along in a watered-down attempt to clean what was wrought. I remember that of which I am guilty. I cannot help but wonder if you even remember me. But I have learned not to trust any […]
Today, I received a link via email about a former (as of August) co-worker of mine named Murray Arviso. Murray is in the Maintenance Division at Chaco Culture National Historic Park, where he has worked for around twenty years. Murray is in a bad health situation and will not be able to walk for a while. His family needs financial help to build a ramp for his wheelchair. Ironically, under normal circumstances, Murray is quite capable of building a ramp. Now that he needs one himself, he is not physically capable of doing it. A ramp is inexpensive compared to a lot of medical needs, so anything you can give will go a long way.
If you would like to help out, follow this link to Murray Arviso’s GoFundMe page, which explains the situation. This condition started a few months ago and has been worsening. Donating even a little bit will help. Here is the note that came with the link:
Even a small donation could help Colleen Arviso reach their fundraising goal. And if you can’t make a donation, it would be great if you could share the fundraiser to help spread the word.
Thanks for taking a look!
If you can’t help out financially, at least spread this word to as many people as you can.
Today, I received a link via email about a former (as of August) co-worker of mine named Murray Arviso. Murray is in the Maintenance Division at Chaco Culture National Historic Park, where he has worked for around twenty years. Murray is in a bad health situation and will not be able to walk for a while. His family needs financial help to build a ramp for his wheelchair. Ironically, under normal circumstances, Murray is quite capable of building a ramp. Now that he needs one himself, he is not physically capable of doing it. A ramp is inexpensive compared to a lot of medical needs, so anything you can give will go a long way.
If you would like to help out, follow this link to Murray Arviso’s GoFundMe page, which explains the situation. This condition started a few months ago and has been worsening. Donating even a little bit will help. Here is the note that came with the link:
Even a small donation could help Colleen Arviso reach their fundraising goal. And if you can’t make a donation, it would be great if you could share the fundraiser to help spread the word.
Thanks for taking a look!
If you can’t help out financially, at least spread this word to as many people as you can.
This is a big change from the high desert of New Mexico.
I picked up this souvenir at the Apache Nugget Casino and Filling Station near Cuba, New Mexico on my way out of the Four Corners. Probably August 10, 2019.
Lotus near the Moore Bayou, Arkansas Post, AR.Scenery around Arkansas Post, AR. September 4, 2019Scenery near Arkansas Post, September 4, 2019Selfie with Lotus in background near Arkansas Post, September 4, 2019Alligator Slough, Arkansas Post, AR.I found this in a closet when I moved into my new house. Of course, the first thing I thought of was Lemarchand’s Box of the Lament Configuration. I think it’s some kind of mouse trap or insect pesticide or repellent. I’ll know if I see a mouse being ripped apart by chains with hooks (EEWWW! What an image!)The Armadillo who apparently lives under my house. I refer to him/her as Armie. Late August, 2019Armie out for a stroll. My dog, Sara, doesn’t know what to make of armadillos. She never saw one until she moved here.
Scenery near Arkansas Post. Probably August 12, 2019.I found this in the market section of Little Rock.This was probably taken on August 9, 2019, my last night in Farmington, NM. I miss it already.
Even though I haven’t posted much lately, I have been planning the plot for Shadows and Stars. I am filling in gaps and looking for inconsistencies as well as seeking ways to make my major characters more complex. I haven’t actually added many words though. The count is now at 77,000+. My goal is to have between 80,000-100,000. I hope to have it completed this year. I will probably end up with around 90,000. The tough part is disciplining myself to sit down and write. Jotting down notes on the spur of the moment is easy.
Developing the characters is interesting. I need to find some bad in the good guy and some good in the bad guy and maybe have them share a few traits.
I hope the work isn’t too complex overall. Many of the great works I know don’t have a very complex plot: The Great Gatsby, A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea, etc.
I have been on the road a lot lately. I moved to Arkansas on August 10-11. Over Labor Day weekend I went to visit my wife in Dallas-Fort Worth. She lives in Midland (she has a teaching contract there) and DFW is about half-way. This is better than it was when she was in Midland and I was in Aztec, NM. There was no halfway point where we could meet. The two largest cities between Midland and Aztec were Roswell (yes, the Roswell of UFO fame-a really neat little town) and Albuquerque. Albuquerque was three hours from me and Roswell was three hours from her. The distance between us was ten hours. The halfway mark was out in the plains somewhere near Encino, NM, which is close to becoming a ghost town.
I have mentioned that on my way down from New Mexico, I listened to the audio versions of The Gunslinger (volume 1 of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series), some of the Just So Stories, and four of Edith Wharton’s stories. On my recent trip to DFW, I started listening to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. I am only up to chapter 5 (maybe 6). It is slow going. However, Sinclair’s description of the operations of meat-packing plants would be great in any horror novel. Note that Sinclair wrote this not so much as a novel as an expose of the meat industry in novel form. Therefore, there is not much in the way of interesting character interactions, at least in the first five chapters. Sinclair talks about a lot of characters, and they are interesting in their way, but because Sinclair was more interested in telling the story of the meat-packing industry, most of what comes to light about the characters is their background stories (primarily of the main character Jurgis). He describes in great detail how they came up with the idea of coming to America, how they traveled here, the conditions they found upon arrival, and how they were constantly swindled by everyone they met.
I will continue reading it, because it is interesting, but it won’t be among my favorites.
Graveyard Radio airs Wednesday nights 8-9PM PST on 92.5FM CFBX in Kamloops BC and you can listen online on thex.ca. Our show is preceded by a super cool Ska show hosted by Dean from 7-8PM PST, and right after us is Kamloops local Louis with Radio Schizo playing hardcore / punk, and you can settle […]
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