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Posts published by “Gregg Stevens”

The Captain & Me [2000]

I have always loved a good sea story. It doesn't matter whether it's fighting a typhoon with Conrad, rounding the Horn with Chichester or kicking…

The Devil In The Hole

The devil introduced himself to me one fine spring day in the American River canyon just below the town of Auburn.  Back in the early…

The Last Fire Team

I was still about half drunk when my plane touched down in San Diego. It had been three weeks since I signed my enlistment papers,…

A Hole In California

I used to think there wasn’t much a hole in the ground could do. The hole could get bigger, or it could get smaller. And…

Cutting Line

Fighting wildland fires for a living is a real good way to get yourself hurt or killed, and make damn little money in the process.…

Working the Pit

There have been times in my life when I didn't have a job, a car, a house or much more than the clothes on my…

Deadbeat Daddy

Seventeen years ago I swore on my wife’s grave that I would keep our family together and watch our two baby boys graduate high school…

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