Steve's Writing

I got a surprise ---well, surprises--- this week. I looked out the front door and saw a small box snugged up against the brick wall. That ...

We know what that means. We do. Different parts of a journey are approached differently. Different phases of a process require different a...

"The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. T...

We were miles out, and no matter which direction I turned, there was no land to be seen. I recall thinking, this shouldn't bother me . ...

Robert Redford plays Johnny Hooker and Paul Newman plays Henry Gondorf in the film, The Sting. In brief, for those you have yet to see it: t...

What was I doing in a remedial English class? The full answers are complicated and must be saved for another time. The short version: my p...

Winters in our little river city could be harsh. When the cold temps combined with the wind off the river, the result was bone-chilling. And...