Dispatch 06192024: Absent Friend

Two years later and Jim Christina's passing still aches

Its hard to believe its been two years now. Two years since my phone rang even as the sun had just risen over the mountains east of here.

I’ve reach the age where early phone calls never bring good news. This one certainly didn’t.

Two years ago today, Jim Christina, a talented western author, my friend – and my co-publisher at Tuscany Bay Books – passed a…