Tag: Colorado River

• Unfortunate Souls

  One afternoon, in the late 19th Century, the fifteen year old brother of Maria Moreno complained about the way she was dancing.  She got angry.  His response was to say: “So, shoot me.”  Maria, who was sixteen went into her house and brought her father’s rifle.  She shot and killed her brother.  He should have…

  patrickjegan

  February 14, 2016

  Blogging, Childhood, Creativity, Deserts, Fables & Folklore, Family, History, Melancholy Thoughts, non-fiction, parents, Religion, The RV Life, Time, Travels

  Arizonia, Colorado River, Frank Leslie, Pearl Hart, prison cemeteries, prisons, Yuma Territorial Prison

• The Big Empty: Where Nothing Is Everything

  If you have a mind to go someplace where you can think without distraction, pray without a preacher, sin without a society to judge, see the night sky in its true black star-filled glory, see a snake, an ant, a spider or a bird…then come to The Big Empty.  One thing you may not see,…

  patrickjegan

  February 10, 2016

  Blogging, Deserts, Fables & Folklore, Ghosts, History, Myth and Mythology, Nature, Real Personal History, The RV Life, Travels, Uncategorized

  barry Goldwater Air Force Reserve, chocolate mountains, Colorado River, desert, I-8, southwest Arizona, The Big Empty, Yuma

• I Heard The Secrets Of The Grackle’s Song

  [Image: Google search] A short time ago, perhaps a week, maybe more, I spent a few days in Austin, Texas.  We were visiting with a gentleman, William, that I had met during a writers workshop in Westport, New York in October, 2012.  He has been a good friend and faithful follower of my blogs since…

  patrickjegan

  January 28, 2016

  Blogging, Childhood, Creativity, daughter, Fables & Folklore, Family, Fictional Personal History, grandparents, History, Holding onto the Past, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Myth and Mythology, Nature, Public Parks, son, Texas, The RV Life, The South, Travels, Uncategorized

  antes, Austin TX, Bob Wills, Colorado River, cowboys, Grackles, myths, nature, sea turtle, song of seven passions, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas 2-step, Willie Nelson