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CORNY COWBOY JOKES, PONDERS, and OTHER BS: BATHROOM READER EDITION

November 18, 2021November 26, 2021 Kurt James 431 Views 5 Comments Colorado Storyteller, Corny, Cowboy Jokes, kurt james, Pondering, Western Humor

CORNY COWBOY JOKES, PONDERS, and OTHER BS: BATHROOM READER EDITION – From the lighter sider of the Kurt James reader

Halloween Short Story

A Broken Planchette

October 12, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 298 Views 4 Comments ghosts, halloween, hauntings, Ouija, possession, Virginia City

A Broken Planchette A Eric knew his father would be absorbed in Football and his mother would not arrive from

Books Short Story

PATTON – BOUNTY HUNTER Short Story Collection #1

October 8, 2021October 29, 2021 Kurt James 505 Views 6 Comments bounty hunter, dead or alive, gunfighter, kurt james, outlaw, western

This is Kurt James the Colorado Storyteller’s short story collection of “Patton – Bounty Hunter” first 7 adventures. A mountain

Books Folklore Travelogue

WYOMING GHOST TOWNS, HAUNTINGS, TREASURE TALES, AND OTHER BS

September 28, 2021 Kurt James 647 Views 2 Comments ghost towns, hauntings, kurt james, old west, Treasure Tales, Wyoming

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Wyoming is the—wind! The wind, day in and day

Halloween Short Story

High Heels Clicking Halloween Night

September 22, 2021October 27, 2021 Phyllis Doyle Burns 332 Views 8 Comments dark park, Halloween night, high heels, lady, murder, Phyllis Doyle

High Heels Clicking … I will never forget the sound of her high heels clicking on the sidewalk that Halloween

Creative Writing Short Story

Space Debris

June 27, 2021August 9, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 497 Views 2 Comments aliens, Off World, Science Fiction, Space Debris, wormholes

Space Debris A 1 Is this recording device on? Currently I am floating through a Galactic Gregarine waste field.

Humor Poetry

The War Inside My Teenager’s Room

January 9, 2021January 24, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 800 Views 3 Comments Cleanliness, Mess, Teenager, Teenager's Room, war

The War Inside My Teenager’s Room A Demanding comfort uncomfortably messy a pocket size tornado of Memory Foam torn into

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Lake Tahoe California: Tahoma

November 29, 2020January 25, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 977 Views 0 Comments California, Hiking, Incredible Views, Lake Tahoe, Skiing, Tahoma

Explore Lake Tahoe California: Tahoma Chambers Landing Tahoma Lake Tahoe California The West Shore is The Best Shore I

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Nevada: The Black Rock Desert

October 3, 2020January 6, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 1077 Views 0 Comments Bruno's Country Club, Burning Man, Empire Nevada, Gerlach Nevada, The Black Rock Desert

Explore Nevada: The Black Rock Desert “The scenery on the larger playas are peculiar, and usually desolate in the

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Nevada: The Trails of Thomas Creek

September 19, 2020December 26, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 854 Views 0 Comments Hiking, Mount Rose, Reno Nevada, Skiing, Thomas Creek

Explore Nevada: The Trails of Thomas Creek Galena Foothills – Thomas Creek I There is a time in every families

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Nevada: Bowers Mansion Regional State Park

September 5, 2020December 26, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1224 Views 0 Comments Bluegrass Festival, Bowers Mansion, history, Swimming Pool

Explore Nevada: Bowers Mansion Regional State Park

Books Folklore

COLORADO GHOST TOWNS, HAUNTINGS, TREASURE TALES, and other BS

August 24, 2020October 6, 2020 Kurt James 1640 Views 4 Comments Colorado, Colorado Storyteller, hauntings, kurt james, Rocky Mountains, Treasure Tales

When I stand on the eastern plains of Colorado and look west towards the Rocky Mountains, I see something

Travelogue

Explore Genoa: Nevada’s Oldest Settlement

August 22, 2020December 26, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1474 Views 3 Comments Candy Dance, Cowboy Poetry, Genoa, Nevada

Explore Genoa: Nevada’s Oldest Settlement Genoa Nevada I Gardnerville, a small town located in Douglas County Nevada, sleeps quietly under

Humor Poetry

Sunburn Limerick

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1453 Views 3 Comments discomfort, Limerick, much sun, Sunblock, Sunburn

SUNBURN LIMERICK I As swimmers our clothing is smaller even worse for those standing taller more skin surface in sun

Humor Poetry

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to…

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 John Hansen 1299 Views 9 Comments comedy, Funny Limericks, funny thing, humour, Rhyming verse

A Funny Thing Happened … A funny thing happened on the way to the Creative Exiles. I tried to sign

Creative Writing Short Story

Bigfoot, Popelick Monster, and Dead Lover: From Spinner’s Tales

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1162 Views 8 Comments Bigfoot, corpse, dead lover, Goatman, Phyllis Doyle, Popelick Monster

Bigfoot, Popelick Monster, and Dead Lover … It seems that Bigfoot is not particular about the locales he inhabits.

Free Verse Humor Poetry

A DIY Lament

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1438 Views 6 Comments Carpentry, DIY, tools, Tutorial, Youtube

A DIY Lament 1 To learn carpentry from a 1950’s text picked up at a garage sale still need more

Books Folklore

Old West Lingo, Wisdom, and other BS

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020 Kurt James 1111 Views 6 Comments Colorado Storyteller, cowboy wisdom, kurt james, lingo, old west, wisdom

Old West Lingo, Wisdom, and other BS Growing up, I loved to hear my grandpa Dale (Pappy) Patton and other

Creative Writing Memoir

Simple Man

May 19, 2020May 25, 2020 Kurt James 1837 Views 7 Comments Being at peace, Colorado Storyteller, cross, crow, kurt james, Simple man

I am a simple man and it is the simple things in life that make it worth living. Where is

Humor Poetry Rhyming Verse

An Ode to My Never Ending Rambling

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1514 Views 5 Comments Companionship, conversation, rambling, Talking, thoughtless

ODE TO MY NEVER ENDING RAMBLING 1.) We met and talked and talked for many hours, at times we felt

Creative Writing Essay

Character Development Challenge with The Canterbury Tales

February 23, 2020February 24, 2020 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1979 Views 6 Comments Canterbury Tales, challenge, character development, Geoffrey Chaucer, Phyllis Doyle, pilgrims

Character Development Challenge with The Canterbury Tales … It is a good idea for a writer to once in a

Essay

Memories From Under the Mimosa Tree

January 26, 2020January 29, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 985 Views 3 Comments Lousiana, Natchitoches, Small Towns, The South

Memories From Under the Mimosa Tree 1.) Under the Mimosa Tree Louisiana is a state full of secret swamps, lying

Books Short Story

PATTON – BOUNTY HUNTER: The Beginning

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 Kurt James 1493 Views 4 Comments bounty hunter, Colorado, Colorado Storyteller, kurt james, PATTON - BOUNTY HUNTER, Rocky Mountains

“After completing my novel “Rocky Mountain Ghost”(Book 3 of my Rocky Mountain series) I had no idea at the time

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