STORIES
If our lives are a book, the cars we drive define the chapters.
These are stories featuring cars, trucks, and even RVs that played a role in the lives of the people who owned or drove them. Many are set in Fort Stockton, Texas and involve a cast of characters in and around the dusty southwest Texas town. A lot of the stories are shared around the table at The Grounds for Divorce, where the ‘regulars’ meet.
Pull up a chair and let Lucinda pour you a hot cuppa joe and enjoy.
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JOCELYN AND JUNIOR
THE FINAL IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. It took him a while to decide what to get her for their anniversary. The 25th was a big one. Silver. A milestone. But then when he saw it, it was the clear choice. The perfect compromise. The best way possible to combine their automotive tastes. After all, she had always preferred big…
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EUNICE AND TYRONE
THE FIFTH IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. Travis Freestone was born to be a private detective. He blended into the background like his nondescript 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Town Coupe. If there wasn’t photographic evidence that he’d been somewhere, nobody could ever prove that he had been. The man was stealthy. Freestone had ordered the Ford…
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DANBURY AND FREESTONE
THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. “Arabella Edwards is on Line One,” his secretary shouted from her desk outside Franklin Danbury’s office. Danbury had been working on getting Mrs. Edward’s late husband’s will through probate since he’d been killed in the automobile accident. While he wasn’t expecting her phone call, he wasn’t surprised by…
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JAMES AND MAGGIE MAY
THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. James T. Upchurch was called to the Lord’s work at an early age and found himself conducting church services in the city jail in Waco or on the streets around town if there weren’t enough criminals willing to hear the sermons he needed to preach. Born on October…
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ESTHER AND FRANCIS
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. Esther Kimble was a lovely young woman. In fact, she could have been a model if there were more than just a handful of women’s magazines available to work for in 1934, and any of them were close to Fort Worth, Texas. “That girl has skin as smooth…
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ARABELLA AND VINCE
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. Arabella Edwards was a southern lady of immeasurable charm. She wasn’t raised in Fort Stockton but came to embrace it as though it were her own when she married Vince Edwards and they returned to his hometown after their wedding. They’d met at Howard Payne University in Brownwood…
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FROM THE BACK OF THE BERMUDA, 10/27/2024
There comes a time in every man’s life when he has to do what he has to do. When he swallows his pride. Bites the bullet. Pays the piper. Admits defeat. Throws in the towel. I was lucky enough to discover an auto restoration shop three miles from Chez Capitán. Been in town (yet under my radar) for 40 years. The owner…
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DEER HUNTIN’ RAM
Good lord, this brings back memories. Didn’t think I’d ever see this rig again, but that just shows to go ya. Seems like just yesterday @bosshoss3406pack came down to Fort Stockton for a deer huntin’ weekend and I’m pretty sure this is what he was drivin’, but then we were so tanked up over at…
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FAREWELL ROBERT
Losing a parent is always difficult, no matter whether the loss was expected or not. A son losing his dad cuts deep. How that loss is dealt with can ease the pain. In Clarendon, Texas on October 6th of this year Robert Boehm heard the Mormon Tabernacle Choir tuning up and, before he knew it, was feeling…
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CHRYSLER WAGONS AND CHICKEN SPAGHETTI
There are certain thresholds in life that, once crossed, do not allow you to cross back over again. Things seen can not be forgotten. The mind’s eye cannot be gouged out. There’s no going back. Granted, some of them are bigger than others. The first time you swore in front of your father and got away with to is…