Actually it was East Elfinwild Road, Glenshaw, Hampton Township, Pennsylvania, and it was a hell of a place to drive–or learn to drive–a stick shift. A windy two-laner east up the ravine from the river bottom, East Elfinwild Road was lined with trees, so a sunny day threw quick, blinding shafts across a driver’s eyes: [...]
The red-haired giant from Tennessee was showing me his gowns, trailing his fingers in a reverie along the satin and feathers that hung in his closet. “This is my favorite,” he gushed, pulling out the hem of a silky blue number. A photo of him wearing that dress and ten pounds of wig and makeup [...]
This bluegrass a capella betrayal waltz came to me like a lightning bolt as I was driving south through cold, dry flatness out of Glenn’s Ferry, Idaho, listening to car parts commercials on a Boise radio station. I was going to add a murder verse, but I like having it just implied. When singing this, [...]
