I went to a “Drop In’s Welcome” salon in Reno and the gal doing hair had some kind of figure. She was built like a goddess, the Venus of Willendorf. Go to Wiki. You’ll get the picture. This Silver State earth mother had some kind of attitude, told all of us sitting there getting our hair done about going to the Bank of America the other day with a handgun in the pocket of her jacket. “I f’n’ forgot!” she yelled over the blow dryer. She named the caliber, cocked her finger at the mirror, and said, “Smaller than a squirt gun!” When I went to pay, I said, “Pardon me for asking but why a conceal ‘n carry?” She squinted at me, “There's a lotta crazies out there and I know who they are.” I squinted back and said, “So do I.” And she said, “Maybe you should be packin’.” |
AuthorNancy Harris McLelland taught creative writing, composition, and literature for over twenty years and Conducted writing workshops for the Western Folklife Center, Great Basin College , and the Great Basin Writing Project . An Elko County native with a background in ranching. McLelland has presented her "Poems from Tuscarora" Both at daytime and evening events at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko. Her essay, "Border Lands: Cowboy Poetry and the Literary Canon" is in the anthology Cowboy Poetry Matters . Categories |