A Sense of Human selections

"At an Acapulco dinner party, an international figure of renown referred, in his thank-you speech, to the resplendent host and setting in an irreverent amusing way. Victor commented to his dinner partner, 'What a sense of human he has!' 'Sense of humor,' she corrected. In his informal absorption of the English language, the expression, 'sense of human,' stayed with him and has become a valid summation of Victor Salmones' art."

"Great Haste, No Blessing" from THEMA

"We were now rock climbing, ropeless, connected only by the glow from our headlights which danced on the heels of the boots in front of us. A misplaced foot or a loose rock could send you straight down to death."

"All Soul's Day"

"The house had absorbed its share of heartache, hangovers, birth and death. It was ample. The house just took everyone in, as long as they were family."

"Blacktopped Shadows"

"Taking out a piece of shortbread, a pocket habit from childhood rambles, I let the butter and sugar dissolve on my tongue as I climb. The wind has run off with the rain. Only the bird chatter grows with the approaching night. I love the long summer nights of the Northern Kingdom. No wonder the cows and sheep, even the horses lie down by day with so little darkness for dozing."

"Deer, oh dear"

"She bent and unbent the wire, working it around his memory. Down the river, the prolific white of the blackthornes made her tired. Then she heard blackie sing. Hope, like death, jumps on you of a sudden."