Gone in a Flash

Gone in a Flash

Midnight is a lonely time in a dark parking lot and I was thinking only of a warm bed as I reached for my car keys. Something hit me hard from the side and I fell against my car. I saw the guy swinging again and moved to block the tire iron. I could see another guy...
Guns That Keep You Alive

Guns That Keep You Alive

I don’t know why, but I have a bad habit of finding a hunting company on its last legs and throwing money at them for lousy hunts. I just did that again in Zimbabwe. You know that old adage, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me?” Well this was my...
Now Is the Time to Start

Now Is the Time to Start

I was worn out from travel and trying to recover from some minor surgery, so I spent the day riding the couch. It was my misfortune to turn on a cable show about preppers. If you didn’t know any better you would think they are all complete fools that are a little...
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

  He was just a boy but he was accepting a man’s job. As soon as the light was better he would take us to the buffalo that had been raiding the tiny patch of corn his family grew on this desiccated and crusted ground. As we waited for the sun, I noticed that he...