I just bought some underwear, and let’s just say I’m excited about them. Here’s why. 99% of underwear sold in this country—indeed most of the clothing we buy—is made in places like China, Indonesia, or [...]
David's latest story, "All the Wrong Moves," appears in the current issue of Saranac Review. Learn More: Saranac Review
1. My son’s feet don’t smell anywhere near as bad as they did on our last cross-country drive, when we had to tie his sneakers to the ski rack. 2. The best way to see [...]
Let me begin by saying I didn’t lose the bag. I left it. There’s a difference. A few years ago, Cynthia and I bought Caitlin a cute suitcase, with her name and a salamander, her [...]
Cynthia and I just got a dog, named Rosie Kangaroo. (Long story. Let’s just say the girl has hops.) When I was young, I always wanted a puppy, but my parents were not inclined to [...]
David just spent two weeks at the Brush Creek Foundation in Saratoga, Wyoming, eating for free, writing a lot, searching in vain for the moose that lurked in the woods, abducting a jackalope, taking long meandering [...]
When my wife Cynthia and I first met, I had just found a place to live in a hemlock pine forest of northeast Pennsylvania. The owner, a great guy named Ron Benjamin, had called it [...]
Wyoming is big. So big you could hike for three hours, as I did today, and not see a single house. Or car. Or paved road. Or person. So big that it has the lowest [...]
When I was little, my older cousin Cheryl called me the Professor. As in, “How ’ya doin’, professuh?” Always with a smile, and always with love. Why “Professor”? I was a very good student, and [...]
David was recently interviewed by Heather Clitheroe for Trachodon's "cheek teeth" blog about his story, "In Love with Louise." TRACHODON 4 contributor David Hicks discusses his short story, "In Love With Louise." It is a story [...]
