Gorge Life The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West: Episode 193: Folksy Hyperbole By Jim Tindall Aug 3, 2022 Sheila Black Petrovich sat at the picnic table in the backyard, listening to neighbors chatting. She had heard the story now being told a week…
Gorge Life The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West Episode 165: Sheila’s Decision By Jim Tindall Jul 7, 2021 If you are not guarded, politics worms into your soul, something to which the hermit or monk may be oblivious. Regardless of one’s compass poi…
Gorge Life The city council: A Serial Narrative of Rural Life in the American West Episode 147: ‘Hoping, always hoping’: Orin Ponders By Jim Tindall Oct 27, 2020 Mayor Orin Holman sits in the back booth of Brown’s Lunch Counter, back to the door, hoping for invisibility. He stirs his lemon balm tea. His…