This is what you should know about me: I own a gun. It’s a honey-colored 20-gauge shotgun. The metal barrel smells like cold fire, and the gun has a heft to it that I’ve never grown into. It was a gift to me from my mother when I turned 18. The stock was too long for me then because I was expected to lengthen out. Whenever I shot my gun I’d have to do a...
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About Margaret Erhart
Margaret Erhart is a writer, teacher, traveler and landlady. Some of her favorite work has been as an artist-in-the-schools in Tuba City, as a firefighter and as a Grand Canyon hiking guide. She is the author of five novels and has published essays in a variety of magazines. To find out more about her work, take a look at www.margareterhart.com.
Thank you
Many thanks to Raechel Running for the use of her photograph (above) of the ranch house at the Grand Canyon Trust's Kane Ranch on the Arizona Strip, where some of us have spent time writing.
See more of Raechel's work at raechelrunning.com.
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