The St. Louis Gateway Arch – New Year’s Eve 2014
I’m in the heart of the city and this is a dynamic place – too bad it is so damn cold – and little has changed from the heat of…
Hotel View – Morgantown, West Virginia – On the Road Again
I had a non-holiday this holiday. I was home, it was wonderful and it’s over. I was poked and probed by my doctor (all is well) and had both vehicles…
Surf & Turf to Overcome a SAD Day
So glad eating meat is "in" again, and for the Alaskan King Crab Season A long hard week is over and one more remains. I just got through the 2nd…
A Peaceful and Productive Week in Piney Point
A sunset never gets old from ones own beach! It’s hard to believe that I haven’t been home since June – not particularly a good way to live, but it…
It Has Arrived
I can't believe it - it has arrived. I'm thinking over the decades all the times that I have heard: "Oh, I like the change of the seasons." I slap…
The Big Chill Cometh
Here we are – the last day of autumn. I’m dreading winter, but I have the option to escape it. I’ll give it a shot. I’m switching from the summer…
Harvest Time for King Corn
The power of corn is incomprehensible. It’s everywhere in the Midwest. Little of it feeds people. Mostly it is stuffed down cattle and processed into gasoline. The new calves, with…
The Great Platte River
The historic Great Platte River Road brought emigrants from the east to California and Oregon in the mid-1850's - well before the railroads. The Pony Express passed by here as…