Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

My father, 21, standing out in a field in France, February 1945. He writes a caption to the photo: “I hadn’t had a haircut in three months. ...

Daytona Bike Week goes for ten days each March. It’s an extravaganza for motorcycle buffs from all over North America and even all over the ...

They are tiny figures on the outside sandbar, straddling their surfboards, heads bobbing up with each oncoming wave, and then obscured again...

Some have died. Too many. A High School Friend, knocked back by alcohol, claimed by Covid, I hadn’t seen in decades. No funeral due to the p...

I’m having a hard time deciding which books to keep and which ones to give away. Why this comprehensive shelf-cleaning now? Is it time for t...

We young orderlies, CNAs, techs, nurses fresh from graduation. Voices blared from loudspeakers: code blue ortho, code red ER, code pink nurs...

Antiwar protests on college campuses are in the news and it’s no longer 1970. In the spring of 2024, young people are objecting to Israel’s ...

Chris and I are looking forward to our April trip to Florida. Both of us did some of our growing-up on Florida's east coast, Daytona Bea...

Chris, Annie, and I took in “Dune 2” at the Capitol City Digital Cinemas LUXX Studio Theater. It’s new. Not quite as fancy as the ARQ Theate...

Jerry Lewis played a hospital orderly in “The Disorderly Orderly.” In it, he’s a bumbling idiot with a heart of gold, a type he’s played bef...

When I moved away from Daytona Beach, Florida, the beachside still had sand dunes and you could drive the entire World's Most Famous Bea...

Just when I think I’ve read every World War Two-era novel…. “Clark and Division” by Naomi Hirahara brings us into the life of Aki Ito. She...

I was thinking about this today as I went through some tests at the local hospital. I like the idea of a National Service Program for 18-21-...

My daughter Annie invited me to go on the Friday ArtWalk. I used to go every month when I worked at the Wyoming Arts Council. Then I retired...

Can you call someone a friend if you haven’t seen him in 40 years? On Monday, I heard the news of the death of my old friend David. He suf...

Annie Shay, happy graduate (LCCC photo) Daughter Annie graduates from Laramie County Community College on Saturday. We are so proud of her. ...

The Colorado Sun reposted this piece by Jason Blevins in the Outsider newsletter: The Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes  plans to return t...

Watched the last episode of "The Chair" this week. I laughed, I cried. Various faculty and administrators and students pissed me o...

An April issue of UK’s Autocar featured the Renault Dauphine in its list of "22 Totally Charming Cars."  It showed a still life p...

Fast-forward to the 32-minute mark for True Troupe's staged reading for Annie Shay's script "Sing, Maria" based one one of...