Essays | Brinn Colenda Author

Deep-sea fishing, Mexican style

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 kevin

During the last Semana Santa, the Spanish description of Holy Week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, I decided to give myself a present. Instead of hunting Easter eggs with my neighbors’ kids, ... Read More

Bird Strike!

June 22, 2022 kevin

The cluster of birds appeared out of nowhere, grew huge in the Plexiglas and smashed through the windscreen at 200 knots like feathered cannonballs. The pain in Lieutenant John Wright Royal’s body w... Read More

My Boys

January 1, 2021December 4, 2020 kevin

My sons almost died yesterday. At midnight control was lost. As I stared into the darkness, my over-active imagination kicked in. I buried my sons over and over, just as I had my own father two months... Read More

Mongolia

December 18, 2020November 29, 2021 kevin

Mongolia Not your run-of-the-mill country. I have long been fascinated by Mongolia and actually routed my characters in my latest thriller, Chita Quest, through Mongolia in order to justify all the re... Read More

Desi

December 4, 2020 kevin

There’s a new Alpha dog in our house! Desi is a five year old golden retriever/German shepherd mix, weighing in at just over 60 pounds. He joined our family as a “foster to adopt” project last W... Read More

Married

November 29, 2020November 29, 2021 kevin

Mary stood on the city sidewalk with a Sporting News she had just bought to surprise her husband when she spotted him leaving a restaurant. With a woman! A fancy restaurant with an attractive woman! T... Read More

Market Day

November 29, 2020January 26, 2021 kevin

She woke at her usual early morning hour. The warm tropical air pouring into her bedroom smelled of bougainvillea tinged with the faint aroma of night blooming jasmine. Something was different. It was... Read More

Spring Break at USAFA

October 30, 2020June 22, 2022 kevin

For our Third Class Spring Break, Porter Nelson and I caught an early Saturday morning hop from Pete Field destined for Wright-Patterson AFB. The plan was to meet some girls that Porter had met the pr... Read More

Finca Dos Jefes and the Panamanian coffee industry

October 29, 2020June 22, 2022 kevin

Finca Dos Jefes covers about seven acres located in El Salto above the town of Boquete. The mission of the staff–-owners Rich Lipner and Dee Harris (the Dos Jefes in the name), production m... Read More