When I was young, my nuclear family left Arkansas to follow my father’s law enforcement career across Texas and California. I gleaned much of what I knew about our extended family from the stories my parents told of growing up near the Great Bend of Red River. Over years of …
The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree takes place in the country around the Great Bend of Red River in southwestern Arkansas. All locations in the book are real, one way or the other. Cypress Lake is a false name for what was my father’s favorite duck hunting area back …
Rattlesnakes have fascinated me since one scared me halfway to Jesus when I was about five. We lived in Kingsville, Texas at the time. The snake lay on the path between me and home. I saw it before it saw me and promptly hauled my little bottom back to the …
You know the quintessential cowboy who says “yep” and “nope” and who despite a broken leg climbs back on his horse to go after the bad guys who stole his cattle, dented his hat, and insulted his sister? That’s my kid. Quinn is a lifelong outdoorsman, hunter, packer, and horse …