It has to be said we had a deeply cultured and civilized weekend. Saturday afternoon I went to the world premiere of a locally-made low-budget Western called The Righteous and the Wicked.  (This was not the civilized part.)  It featured a number of local actors, some of whom I know, and was made for a […]

Damme,  ma’am!   I so love a good milling-match, especially when a peg to the snot-locker taps the claret!

We went to the movies this afternoon, and the theater was packed. But as I looked around I realized that no one in the theater seemed to be under fifty. Okay, so the cheap Sunday matinees are attractive to people living on a pension. But why this movie, rather than the others in the multiplex? […]

I’ll be signing in Albuquerque this weekend, on Saturday the 24th, from 3-4:30pm. The signing will be at Page One, Albuquerque’s biggest independent bookstore. I will be signing The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories, along with whatever else they have in the store (which should be everything in print, and some other stuff besides.) […]