Peek behind the curtain: Sometimes the contrast between being stuck at home in Monterey California where the pandemic is raging and the idea of writing an imaginary travelogue is just too much. I want to really travel, to really take … Continue reading Wovoka’s Birthplace and a Ghost Dance
Jenny’s Report: Long drive this morning back to Reno. We hate to leave the Black Rock Desert behind. It seems to have lifted Lisa’s depression and cleared our minds a bit. But my brother needs his truck back and Lisa … Continue reading Reno Heartbreak
We’ve been stuck at home for months now. I’m getting a bit stir crazy. Missing Nevada, the state that mostly made me what I am today: A lover of the wide-open spaces, the big sky, the cloud-shadows as valleys and … Continue reading An Imaginary Road-trip in the Age of Pandemic
An excerpt from the novel I’m writing set in Reno in 1975. It will be a while before I finish it because I don’t really know where it will end up. I’ll post occasional excerpts as I go. Hope you … Continue reading At the Buffet – Reno Fiction by Suzanne Stormon
A Poem by Ken Adams and a Reflection by Suzanne Stormon. I don’t know anyone else like Ken, the way he brings the past of his family into his art and his writing. The absolute way he is a carrier … Continue reading I Had a Brother
For you Nevada History Buffs I got this announcement from Chet Hayes, one of our Nevada Narratives readers. It sounds like a great opportunity to discover more about the history of the Free and Accepted Masons in Nevada and tour … Continue reading Nevada Masons Rededicate Grand Lodge Cornerstone in Carson City
David Kotzebue-Gandia, this week’s Nevada Narratives’ poet, tells the story of a semi-long distance relationship. Luckily, Bonnie is only a three-hour drive from her love. And what a beautiful three-hour drive it is. A 3-HOUR DRIVE by David Kotzebue-Gandia When … Continue reading A Three-Hour Drive Brings Love
Time to get your poetry in for the first Nevada Narrative’s poetry contest. It’s closing soon. Contribute a poem about how Nevada has affected your life and helped to make you who you are. What? You’re Not a Poet? Give … Continue reading First Nevada Narratives Poetry Contest Closes February 26th
by Jeanne Marie Olin As I walked down the aisle of Saint Mary’s in the Mountains on August 19, 1972, I carried a white bible with a single white orchid. I felt a mixture of anticipation and nervousness. My dad was proudly walking next to me. I felt we were a unit as Nevada, the local organ player Jim and I had hired for $50, was playing the wedding music. Pat, my maid of honor, was walking in front of me. Her hands were really shaking. I saw Jim standing in front of the beautiful altar with his best man, … Continue reading A Virginia City Wedding
by Suzanne Stormon A Paiute legend tells of Pyramid Lake’s origin. The father and mother of all the Indians had children who fought constantly. The father finally decided to separate the children. He sent a boy and a girl west and another pair to the east. The other children stayed with their mother near the place that would become known as Pyramid Lake. The mother was overcome with grief and loneliness for her missing children. She sat down in the desert and began to cry. She cried enough to fill the lake and sat there until she turned to stone. … Continue reading Adventures at Pyramid Lake