I first met Doris Daley at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV, 2007. For me, she sets the gold standard for entertainers: poised, beautifully spoken, gracious, professional, funny and highly entertaining. To see Doris perform is to know that she embodies...

15th Annual Cowboy Poetry Week April 17-23, 2016   Cowboy Poetry Week, a celebration within National Poetry Month, starts this Sunday!   To celebrate, I’m posting interviews with four cowboy poets, each with a different tale to tell. Last week’s featured...

In honor of Poetry Month, some poet friends have kindly consented to be interviewed for my weekly blog. Today’s featured guest is Lynn Kopelke of Washington State. I first saw Lynn in the 1980s, performing with an improv troupe at a club in Seattle’s Belltown...

Cat hi-jinks, characters in crisis and hay fever deluxe! Read on for April foolishness details.

You never know what you’ll find in a catchall- -perhaps a way to win yourself some chocolate? Read on for details.

Where does it end? Read on for the final installment of "The Seventh Day" and when the opportunity comes, don't forget to vote! The Seventh Day by S. D. Matley © 2016 Part III Marge didn’t speak Thursday morning, and Joe had never been one for starting conversations,...