Bill BurkettChapter 9: Coming in from the coldThe long cold winter spilled over the Cascades with a vengeance the week before Christmas. The blonde and I rendezvoused at a waterfront…1d ago1d ago
Bill BurkettAddictionWarm June evening on the Boulevard; every café has its street side opened up to the sidewalk and the outside tables are full. The…6d ago6d ago
Bill BurkettChapter 8: Long cold winterIt was shaping up to be a long, cold winter. They come along once in a while, even in the Pacific Northwest. It’s always a cold winter East…Aug 26Aug 26
Bill BurkettPoint of ViewI wrote this sixty years ago in a dingy newsroom after a day of firsts in my fledgling cub reporter career. First time phoning in a story…Aug 26Aug 26
Bill BurkettChapter 7: Blonde Luck“In for a dime, in for a dollar”…is the American version of an older English proverb “In for a penny, in for a pound”… first recorded in…Aug 22Aug 22
Bill BurkettDeux RochellesWorkings of memory are always a mystery. This is a story I wrote years ago that I don’t think ever made it into one of my published…Aug 22Aug 22
Bill BurkettAn Eighty-Year Old PondersEighty going on 81, besieged by chronic pain and chronic fatigue. I have been housebound eight months, after a painful fall on the front…Aug 5Aug 5
Bill BurkettShe ain’t ashamed to be a woman or afraid to be a friendI don’t know the answer to the easy way she opened every door in my mind… But…lovin’ her was easier than anything I’ll ever do againAug 3Aug 3
Bill BurkettEphemera: Ancient Writing NotesIn 1971, I had published no fiction in seven years. My famous literary agency refused to show my novel begun in Nassau and finished in…Jul 31Jul 31