Caligula and the Cows

Caligula and the Cows

by Kathleen Dean Moore From southeast Arizona, a parable about the power of fake fear. Like the coo of the lonesome dove or the low bawling of the calf, brrruuup is a signature sound of the Old West. It’s the noise a pickup makes when it speeds over a cattle grate in...

What Does It Mean to Love a Place?

In early morning fog, all I can see is a skim of silver on the water – no trees, no island, no boats.  I climb down wet rocks to the edge of the bay and haul on the rope.  Pulleys squeak and boats thump on rocks.  In time, the bow of the little rowboat noses through...