Tales from the Rez: Halloween
When I was in elementary school, the town of Parker hosted a Halloween drawing contest for schools on the reservation and in town. Students in each…
THE ROAD HOME
Continuing with my Asian films blogs The Road Home has nothing to do with martial arts but tradition. It stars the…
Asian Martial Arts Fantasy and Supernatural Films
I love Asian Martial Arts movies, especially those that fall into the fantasy and supernatural genre. They are rich with ideas and just plain fun to watch. Two…
IMAGINATION and the Sun-Fried Five-Toe Shoe
So four days ago I went to the dentist for a routine teeth cleaning and ended up in the chair of an endodontist, a root canal specialist.…
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WATERMELON
The 40 acres to the left of our house belonged to my aunt and her crew and the field to the right belonged to my dad. Across the…
ANGELS
Do you believe in angels? My father and mother were in their late seventies when they traveled to Barstow, California, to spend a…
THE YARD SALE
Okay…this is just sad. I had two bedrooms remodeled in late June and the early days of July. My son did all…
SKELETON FLOWER
We lived among the people with flesh. We loved. We reproduced. We journeyed far and wide with the People. We were one of them. The land was…
WRITING. Children’s Writing
I’ve always loved to write and make up stories. During my years in the classroom, I tried to pass that “passion” on to my students. We wrote poetry,…
WRITING
So …I was asked why I write about the supernatural and where do I get my ideas, especially those that relate to Native Americans. The conversation took place about a…