Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

When I moved from Florida to Denver in 1978, I wandered down to the local bookstore and bought “Centennial” by James Michener. It was publis...

For my first Oct. 8 post about the Literary Connection, go to  https://hummingbirdminds.blogspot.com/2017/10/we-ask-old-question-why-do-writ...

"Hell's bells, it's Wild West Days!" A line from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road." A character named Slim can...

This time last year, Rep. Sue Wallis (R-Recluse) was an ally in the cause to promote a domestic partnerships bill in the Wyoming House. I wa...

I'm not a Florida beach guy. Not anymore. Salt water once ran in my veins. The sun freckled my skin on a daily basis. All summer long,...

Remember Hopalong Cassidy on 1950s black-and-white TV? Remember Hopalong Cassidy's Creed? Hopalong was in the news this week, A pres...

A few months ago, my story "Cowboy Stories" came out in the anthology Manifest West: Even Cowboys Carry Cell Phones . If you like ...

Nifty staff editorial in this morning's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle . It argues that the city's Downtown Development Authority should fol...

This anthology debuts Sept. 15 with one of my short stories and work by Wyoming pals Echo Roy Klaproth of Shoshoni (our new poet laureate)...

In my childhood dreams, I was Roy riding Trigger while Dale Evans cheered us on. I had a serious crush on Trigger and Dale. My cowboyin...

Listen up, people! Joanne Kennedy , my friend and one-time colleague in the Cheyenne Area Writers Group, debuted her new novel today. It...

Tea Party Slim and I sip coffee and talk about progress. “I don't want to see Cheyenne get any bigger,” he says. “It will lose its ...

My writing pal Joanne Kennedy debuts her new novel from 6-8 p.m. tomorrow (June 9) at Barnes & Noble in Cheyenne. It's called ...

Great quote from a 2011 Wyofile article on Wyoming novelist Tim Sandlin: “When you think American master of absurdist humor with acute o...

From Denver's Westword : On Sunday, February 26, the  Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave  will open a new special exhibit titled  Buffalo B...

I was wondering when someone was going to make the link between Wyoming's official "Code of the West" and the rise of corporat...

This news comes from Gregory Hinton: “I would like you to be among the first to know the preliminary results of my recent research at the ...

Seems that I will always have material for weekend blogging as long as the local Radical Christian Right is on the job. Harlan Edmonds wro...

"Triangle" by Kirsten Kokkin in Loveland, Colo. Public art can become a very personal thing. I work in the arts, so know h...

Please join us on Saturday, April 2 nd , 6-8 p.m., at Barnes & Noble Cheyenne, 1851 Dell Range Blvd. , for a book launch party and ben...