I am now in my apartment in Houston. I have been here about ten days. Beginning to settle in and overcome the mechanics — getting electricity, turning on the gas (requires a pressure test from the plumber then a permit from the city, each with a cost) finding where I am. Where are the essentials […]
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EJI – 2nd Amendment (Updated)
I have great respect for Bryan Stevenson and the EJI. Their achievements have been staggering, but — you expected that, didn’t you? After the rhetorical flourish of praise (or is it a marketing move), there will come the comment or the question with a little bit of an edge. Let’s try again. I have great […]
Montgomery – Legacy Museum
The Legacy Museum is extraordinary. I think of it as the second museum in the EJI collection, but it was the first, smaller and less comprehensive, then expanded and relocated to the warehouse district on a site previously used for slave trading and incarceration. We walk on its history and breathe in its legacy. The […]
Key West – Surprises
Key West. The Conch Republic. Cayo Hueso (Bone Key). Mile 0. Southernmost Point. How many more names are there for a place so small? Each resonant of a different spirit to say nothing of the lost local names for areas, some remaining as tourist destinations, Bahama Town, many just lost, Sears Town. I had visited […]
Life… there’s just life
There’s the sense that you can hit the road and leave it all behind. It’s free, free, freedom — no appointments, no payments, no obligations. Get bored. Move on. Another sunset. Another dawn. Maybe just a day in traffic, but tomorrow there are sweeping curves down a mountain pass and long to the horizon fields […]
Off the Road/Out of Office
I need to apologize to those who had been following me closely. I stepped off the road and have not updated the blog in sometime. Rhythms change when I am settled in camp for more than a few days. I will be getting back to posting after Christmas. Lots to catch up on.
Tranquility
A year ago today my wife died. Early, I woke. I am in Key West, with Wilson, 100 feet from the ocean at a site in a camping area where I am the only one. We walked down to the beach in the soft, warm air, little humidity and a clear, clear sky. Turning to […]
Stumbling and back tracking…
I had not wanted to be overtly political in these posts. I worried if I started, there would be no stopping and all posts would be colored by outrage. I also did not want to offend friends whose politics may differ from mine — I like to think that I have both Democratic and Republican friends, […]
RV World
In the RV World, I am a newbie, or whatever precedes a newbie. Zygote? (I have always wanted to use that word since learning it in 9th grade biology — have I used it correctly? – who cares — even outside Scrabble it is a great word). In short, I am really new to this […]
Gator Land – First Visit…
I am in Florida. I wish I could put aside my biases, prejudices, and false superiority. I might, however, have read too much Dave Barry or paid too much attention to Florida weird on the standup circuit. I feel itchy, uncomfortable under my skin. I have had three experiences in Florida, each unique, and those […]
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