I don't want to achieve immortality through my work.  I want to achieve immortality through not dying....

Woody Allen

This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the Strong shall thrive;

That surely the Weak shall perish, and only the Fit survive..."Robert Service

The kingdom of Heaven suffers vilence, and the violent take it by force...Jesus Christ

(also,apparantly, aplicable to the Yukon)

 Welcome ...

 The Humor of Tim Rawlins

 Biography –

I grew up fishing, hunting, camping and getting bucked off on the banks of the little Pudding River in rural Western Oregon, sometimes all in the same day. Occasionally I'd find myself removing my fingers from the jaws of the odd muskrat trap. Perceiving that my dream of becoming a mountain man was impractical I set my sights on something more sensible: The NBA.

After high school I realized that five foot four people rarely made the NBA draft. I gracefully bowed out, returning to my first love – Horses and mountains.  I decided to spend a little time (25 years) sampling the illustrious career opportunities horses and mountains had to offer such as: wandering cowboy, slow horseshoer, reckless feed teem driver,  lopsided mule packer, jumpy wild horse breaker, "turned around" (not lost) big game guide and horse trainer.  Finally, I’ believe I’ve come to recognize my ultimate, true calling: The NBA.

My writing career started in lonely spike camps in Alaska and Ranches in Montana.  I didn’t write stories, I wrote letters home.  Mom thought they were funny, probably because they were addressed to my girlfriends.

 I’ve slept in tents, cabins, bunkhouses, hunting camps, a commercial fishing boat, a tool shed and an alcohol treatment center. I've attempted most jobs listed on the biography of every Loui Lamour novel ever written, including upside-down cat skinner and ever-so-slightly-off-target timber faller, a profession that earned me a much coveted reputation for wiping out a very important, teency weency  stretch of power lines (14 miles) with one stroke of my Husqvarna.  Therefore I write stories about my adventures that sometimes cause people to chuckle but more often cause them to throw objects at me.

Some of my stuff has been published in a few magazines and newspapers including, ahem, Western Horseman and most famously the Trapper and Predator Caller magazine. (The year end special, I might add)

Please use site navigator to access examples of my writing.  Thanks for visiting my site.

Timm