Author: Brad Willis

At ease, soldier

I had a number of things I wanted to write about today, but nothing seems more important than this. My buddy Daly is now officially at ease. That’s him today with his discharge papers....

Friday in Mt. Pleasant

For the first time in many years, I am back in a courtroom. At one time I covered killers and other scoundrals. Today, I am watching the trial of five men accused of violating...

Don’t buy it. Make it.

A few of Christmas Eve’s past, I was at my folks’ house in Missouri. Mom and the aunts had prepared a giant spread for the appropriately giant family. My mom had spent the day...

Deja true

I have a hard time believing in the supernatural. I’m a literalist turned existentialist turned fatalist turned optimist. I find it easier to be part of the -mist than a -list. You understand, I’m...

Prelude to a post

I am not crazy, or at least that kind of crazy. A post is on the way, though maybe not for a day or two. Maybe not at all if I decide you all...

Gualter’s grip

The Hollywood Pub sits less than a city block from the Pacific Ocean in Vina del Mar, Chile. It’s a cramped, shotgun building with orange highlights and iconic Tinsel Town photos on the wall....