by Barbara Clarke | June 15, 2023
In late October of 1990, the owner and publisher of the Salem News asked me to come to his office. I was living on the farm with Jack and Holly, and working as the paper’s feature writer. “You’re from California, right?” Davidson pointed to an article in the St. Louis... 
by Barbara Clarke | June 1, 2023
The last time I gambled in a casino was with my mother in Winnemucca, Nevada, at least thirty years ago. We were on a road trip and had stopped to use the bathroom. On the way out, Mom said, “Hey, let’s play a slot machine. I never have. Here, honey, go buy us some...