Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

You will forget things. As you age, that’s the mantra you hear from people who think they know better. Nobody tells you this: you forget how...

We cruise through the Cheyenne grocery store like angels on the wing. We ride MyAmigo scooters, tidy charged-up EVs that transports you thro...

Denver When you’re gone you’re gone. That first house you bought on South Grant Street, some kids you don’t know slide down the driveway o...

Time to take stock of the year that was. I wrote 67 posts this year. Published posts, that is. I wrote 10 or more that I didn't post. Th...

We've spent a decade hearing about the "creative class" and "creatives" and "creative placemaking" at one...

Laramie County Community College writing professor Leif Swanson invites us to a presentation by Nebraska writer Poe Ballantine on Monday, ...

One of my essays, "The Great Third Grade AIDS Scare," is in this anthology. The overall message of the book and the blog and all...

I’m happy to report that one of my personal essays, “We Are Distracted,” is included in a new anthology from MIT Press. “Companions in Wo...

Received my copies of this new book today. It features one of my essays, "The Great Third Grade AIDS Scare." Thanks for Kay and ...

I was talking to a part-time coworker a few days before Christmas. Her full-time job is as a waitress at a restaurant that we shall call App...

“Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana. And you, my friend, are a blue-ribbon, bull-goose freak.” That’s a line from Tho...

Odd week in publishing. Two anthologies that I sent work to four years ago now have found publishers. One focuses on working class writing a...

The Literary Connection was held Friday and Saturday at LCCC in Cheyenne. Too lazy to do an actual story about the event so will delve into ...

Fascinating piece Friday on NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday about new research on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ...