Heartland Memories from David Lewis

Can You Canoe? http://heartlandmemories.com/bits/FloatYourBoat.mp3

Mammoth Spring, Arkansas is a small community near the Missouri state line. Ozark-outbackian in nature, it has two claims to fame. Number one, it is rumored to have been approached, many years ago, by entrepreneurs looking for a country site on which to launch a new venture in the music industry […]

Love’s Illusions I recall http://heartlandmemories.com/bits/Unrequited.mp3

She was a vision. Petite, with dark brown hair in a pageboy cut, her gentle rippling laugh flitted on the wind like a butterfly, its fragile wings caressing all who heard it with tender purpose. Arching brows highlighted dark eyes that could delight or accuse in the same glance; eyes […]

Double Indemnity http://heartlandmemories.com/bits/MyTwoWives.mp3

As it happens sometimes in my narrow life, a friend started me to think. It was when she spoke of her wedding, her husband in his rented tux and she in her linen suit with dyed-to-match heels setting off on their road of life together many years ago – and some of […]

http://heartlandmemories.com/bits/TheWhiteRat.mp3

His name was Tim Koss, a Lieutenant of detectives when I was a rookie police officer. Koss was a tall, distinguished-looking man in the mode of Cary Grant or Stewart Granger, prone to monogrammed cardigan sweaters, subtle jewelry, and expensive footwear. There was a reserved elegance about him that women were drawn to and […]