Time and time again…
All those “I heart NY” shirts, Halal carts, pervasive taxi’s, sky scrapers, and Times Square. Wall Street. All things New York. But after you’ve been here a few times, you…
The center of the known world…
And despite everything, New York will always be there. In all of its extraordinary glory. Travel to London, Paris, Dubai… still… all the others seem to pale in comparison to…
From one street lamp to another…
Tomorrow, I will be in New York City. This is not New York City. This is just downtown in the small town… again. But tomorrow… …I leave for a little…
The things you’ll see…
…from a bike around town. A few years ago while I was still in Guntersville, my home town, I would wear out the roads on my bike. The same bike…
Out to lunch…
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” ~Luciano Pavarotti It…
Grounded places…
To truly know a place you must spend time on the ground. Now, I have been back in my hometown for a few weeks now. The year’s insanities have yet…
What happened to this year… in review.
If 2010 was a cookie being baked to the exact right moment, I might have already taken it out of the oven to simmer on its own just a little…
How now, coffee bean…?
The labor of 6 months is done. My “coffee table book” is done. Back in the summer, you followed me through my travels of Ethiopia, Oman, Turkey and other such…
Hitchhikers alive and well…
I didn’t even know people still did this in the States… …especially in Arkansas. On I-30 south of Little Rock. I have hitchhiked overseas before. Its not uncommon to see.…
Where the wind comes sweeping…
NOTE: If viewed on Facebook, please click here for original. Oklahoma City… …I watched this sunset… and evidently half the western hemisphere did, too: for the rest of the evening,…
A little reading material…
And… at long last, the book has arrived. From the time I spent in Ethiopia, Oman, and Turkey back in May, my book “The Strength of Coffee” has now seen…
All dimensions of me…
Are those 3D glasses? Yes. What you can’t see is… I’m actually driving. Hey, polarized is polarized, right? Pardon the silly-ness, but we can’t be all serious all the time…