The Light Towards the End

Here we are, several months later … Don’t wish to be labeled as the loquacious, verbose type given to sesquipedalia, so it’s the bullets. (pun not intended!) Much better yet still convalescing from what is apparently Long Covid. Bad second round of it during the holidays, including trip to ER, several days in ICU and…… Continue reading The Light Towards the End

Merry Christmas from Alex Taylor’s Outdoors

The Lonesome Bloodhound’s Trail — A Christmas Story A couple of years after the final Alex Taylor’s Crime Stories ran, he found himself still a frequent contributor to the Gainesville Times, although writing about a topic he holds a bit more deer … er … dear than crime. Dad has always been an avid outdoorsman,…… Continue reading Merry Christmas from Alex Taylor’s Outdoors

The Big Men

And now the last couple Alex Taylor Crime Stories, starting with America’s most powerful: The Big Men That’s John Jacob Astor’s portrait up there. You’ll read about him and other derided magnates shortly. Will it feel as jealousy when a wildly successful person comes to greater power and influence? Haves vs. the Have-Nots? I never…… Continue reading The Big Men