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Featured Archive
Train Songs
Posted on October 11, 2010 | No Comments“There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind who were crucified for what they tried to show. And their voices have been scattered by the swirling...
A Letter from Iraq
Posted on October 7, 2010 | 6 Comments(Editor’s note: Dog Canyon writer and Austin resident, U.S. Army Captain Shaw Locke is winding down his second tour of duty in Iraq with a psychological operations unit in Baghdad....
Dinosaurs Among Us
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsStanding over the makings of a new compost pile, hose in hand, I was surprised to see a little head pop up. Tiny nose, whiskers, beady eyes emerged surprised by...
Haiku Friday: Boll Weevil
Posted on September 3, 2010 | 12 CommentsTexas boll weevil bringer of devastation arrives with the spring Now, dear DogCanyon readers, it’s your turn. You know the rules of haiku: Three lines. First line five syllables. Second...
My Morning Light: a short story about Paris & Revenge. Part 4.
Posted on September 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsAfter almost fifty years of marriage, I didn’t even leave a casserole for Sterling in the freezer, just a note, that’s all. I took family photos with me, but none...
Rotten Wingnuts in an Age of Miracles
Posted on September 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe current Geller-Palin-Gingrich-Beck-Fox-Tea Party syndicate, funded by the third richest family in the U.S., takes wingnuttery to a whole new level. They believe ordinary Muslim Americans (5 million of them) do not exist, because 19 terrorists from Al-Qaeda (maybe 10,000 of them) attacked us in the name of a fundamentalist form of Islam.
Possible Arson and the Right’s Houston Voter Suppression Effort
Posted on August 30, 2010 | 11 CommentsA mysterious fire last Friday destroys all of the voting machines in Harris County (Houston), Texas. Arson investigators have not yet issued an opinion. Meanwhile, a well-funded right-wing group emerges...
Adventures of a Young Man: That Time in Cuba
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain Our delegation was supposed to be about culture and history but nobody ever went to Cuba without a political...
Desperados Waiting for a Train
Posted on August 10, 2010 | 6 CommentsOh my mama told me ‘Cause she say she learned the hard way She say she wanna spare the children She say don’t give or sell your soul away ‘Cause...