Ramblings of an ex-cop...
Ramblings of an ex-cop…
I Blame My Selfie
Damn people and their selfies.…
Confessions of a wackadoodle
More than you ever wanted to know about me.…
In Search of Alex Fuentes
Date my daughters. I dare you.…
Detective Alvarez and the Olympians
A very short story about a very short police chase.…
Why write?
An answer to the question "why write?"…
The Flavor of Us
How old were you when you figured out the world was not really what it seemed?…
Strange Times
My one and only attempt at fiction. And for some ungodly reason I am still in it. I am going to have to get over that. It's about me about 30 years later meeting up with an old friend and the state of police relations. I think I wrote it about 5 years ago but it's pretty timely with what is going on now out there. Let me know what you think.…
Things I Wish I Could Forget.
A few things I learned as a cop that I wish I could forget.…
My On Again Off Again Relationship With Facebook
I have an on again off again relationship with Facebook. Some days I love it and some days I can't stand it and disappear for months at a time. I have had thousands of friends on it and at times chiseled it down to under a thousand. I have broken up with it more times than I can count.…
Inspiration Road
My dad once told me that the person with all the money, friends, and power in the world is worthless if he cannot be kind to others.…
A Tale of Two Sisters
This is the story of my two daughters and my wish for them to have a good life. I think if you are a parent (and especially a father) you will relate to this. As they grow I will continue to update their story.…
The Convict Chronicles
These are the stories of the people I have met during my over 20 year career in law-enforcement. They are all true. Some of them are ugly, others sad, but some are hopeful. Some of these people are on paths you can predict, others will surprise you. Whatever the case you will see that we all are a bit closer to each other than you think. We are all human and fall. Some of us get up. Some of us don't. There is something to learn from all of it.…
My Poems
Not all stories have a beginning, middle, or end. Sometimes words just find you that are not going to fit into prose. Sometimes these words have a rhythm and flow to them. When that happens I will put these words down here. I am not a poet and poems are always far down on my list of things to read and they are never on my list of things to write. But they happen, and when they do I will put them here.…
The Absence of Me
Things I think about when I think I am not myself.…
Coffee With Dad
This is a story about my Dad. He was a good man who tried real hard to do the best for his children.…
A Journey
Everyone has their own journey to make. Have a good one.…
Don Pedrito and the Devil Wind
This is a short story about a man that lived in my neighborhood when I was young. Though I saw him almost every day I had only a few encounters with him. This is one of them.…
The Hippie and the Whale
This is childhood story about a chance meeting with someone. The meeting was innocent and pure and has followed me all of my life. I still don't know who that was, or why it has affected me the way it did. I sometimes even wonder if it really happened.…