Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

"Bernice Bobs Her Hair," F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story published in the May 1, 1920, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. I...

Happy New Year. We are glad to say goodbye to 2020, the Year of the Pandemic. It also was the year that a majority of voters and Electoral C...

Met my friend (and my daughter's godfather) Dick a few weeks ago along with his wife Mary. Personal encounters have suffered during the ...

Gardening vs. Farming. Hobby vs. Growing Crops to Feed the Family and the Nation I'm a hobbyist gardener. I am not growing a garden beca...

Letter I sent to Wyoming U.S. Senators  Barrasso and Enzi: We are lucky here in Wyoming that we have easy access to voting and competent cou...

As I watched President Obama's speech Wednesday night, I thought back to that late-August night in 2008 when he made his acceptance spee...

Here are two GOP senators from Wyoming who don't have a clue about what people are facing out here. I sent them a plea to pass the HEROE...

I decided to cancel my Aug. 3 appearance at ARTCORE'S Music & Poetry Series in Casper. I was on a double bill with musician Lauren ...

I posted my first blog about the pandemic on March 15. In "The pandemic comes to Wyoming," I mused about the deadly virus and the ...

My sister-in-law, Ellen Berry, died last week in Florida after a three-year bout with lung cancer. She was 61. She was a wonderful perso...

A viral plague kills thousands and forces millions to hunker down at home and practice social distancing when out in public. Black America...

Between sunup and sundown on a May day, a robin built a nest on my solar system. When I say solar system, I mean to the control box that mon...

Our first public outing of the COVID-19 era was to a combination drive-in concert and movie. It was held in a pasture on the Terry Bison Ran...

Listening to "Dear Prudence" on WPR's Throwback Thursday. Song from the Beatles White Album. Not sure if I bought the White Al...

Note of paranoia from Wyoming Senator/Sawbones John Barrasso. Somehow I got on his email list. I haven’t yet unsubscribed because it is so...

Our legislature gathers for a short special session tomorrow to decide how to divvy up the federal pandemic stimulus funds. I’d vote to give...

My stepmother died at a Florida nursing home on April 9. She was 94 and suffering from an assortment of maladies. She had end-stage celebral...

On the one side, you have Trump and his narcissistic minions. On the other, you have nurses. I align myself with nurses. They are on the...

People are struggling. They are sick and dying; their businesses are shuttered or they are unemployed, either for the duration or for good. ...