Artists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art.

The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a construction worker; we probably looked like the Village People.

Artists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art.

He mulled that over. "Sheriff Connally woulda let us shoot 'em." I reached over and took his coffee away from him. "Yep. Lucian probably would have done the job himself, but we're living in more enlightened times." I drained his cup and handed it back with a smile. "Ain't it grand?

We've never done a coordinated music effort. Everything else we've done has been around a holiday - Halloween, Mardi Gras, half way to Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day.

It was the second time that day that I stood looking at a space where a large thing wasn't where it was supposed to be.

A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.