Living On The Edge of Eternity

 October 18, 2026

   At noon yesterday at the Beale Street Theater I introduced this classic Kingman time capsule film: The Edge of Eternity.

   And, I must say, the title has a little more gravitas than it once had. Or, put another way, my life is closer to the title than it has ever been!

Living Proof I Am On The Edge of Eternity

   Josh Noble from the Powerhouse Museum gave me a table at the Centennial of Route 66 festival to sell my books and True West magazines and on Saturday a biker guy walked by, looked over at me, did a double take and blurted out, "You're still alive?" It was pretty funny, but it ain't new. I ask myself that question almost every morning when I look in the bathroom mirror.

Kingman Always Keeps Me Humble

   I was one of the featured speakers at the festival on Friday. They had a great big stage set up and when I was supposed to speak, I took this picture from the back of the audience area and counted how many people were there before I had to go up on the stage and introduce myself and talk for 45 minutes to a crowd of 17 people. That is a very humbling thing right there, but if it counts as a character builder, I think I can prove I am one.

Empty Seats On 66

Two-lane Blacktop In The Rearview

Dennis is gone, so is Laurie, although James

is still with us.

   Yes, I had such mixed emotions about being home where so many things have changed, but everything else is still the same. The 66 festival coincided with an all class reunion for the Kingman High crew. It was great to see so many of my old—and I mean old—MCUHS classmates at the Wine Bar in the old Central Commercial building on Friday night.

A few of my MUCOUS classmates, wise acres all

"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."

—Old Vaquero Saying

   The irony is, Kingman is where I grew up but when I finally drove home to Cave Creek yesterday, I saw it with new eyes.

 This Morning's View of The Edge of Eternity

Ratcliff Ridge all lit up again

"Success is wanting to be where you are."

—James Clear