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Mar 3, 20222 min read

The Hills are Alive with - Puppets

As a child, one of my family’s annual traditions was watching Sound of Music out at my grandparents’ farm. This was during the Dark Ages...

Feb 23, 20226 min read

The Day the Music Died

February 3, 1959 - Since Don McLean released the song, American Pie, that day has been known as The Day the Music Died. On that day a...

Feb 21, 20223 min read

Go Fly a Kite, On a Frozen Lake

Go fly a kite. It isn’t like I haven’t been told that a few times over the years. I once made my own kite when I was in grade school from...

Feb 17, 20224 min read

Closed Canyon and WASPS

I was at Prada Marfa for probably 15 minutes, wandering around, taking photos, peeking in the store windows, with no one else ever...

Feb 14, 20224 min read

Hearts or Skulls this Valentine’s Day? Find Both at Joshua Tree

Depending on your relationship status this Valentine's Day you may be seeing either hearts or skulls, or even some combination of both....

Feb 10, 20224 min read

Touching a Toe in the Rio Grande

I want to touch a toe in the Rio Grande, the river that serves as the dividing line between the United States and Mexico. That was my...

Feb 10, 20226 min read

In the Land of Nine-Foot Snow Sculptures

You can say I don’t like cold. You’d be right. I like it about as much as I like eating liver. I was 12 years old the last time I ate...

Feb 7, 20223 min read

Alice in the Church Pew

With traveling, attending to a variety of family matters and just dealing with things we all have to deal with in life, I haven’t had as...

Feb 2, 20227 min read

San Antonio, David Karesh and the Branch Davidians

I was in San Antonio, Texas, 29 years ago this March, as the Branch Dravidian standoff was entering its third week less than 10 miles...

Jan 28, 20223 min read

Putt Putt to Pizza Hut

There’s a Pizza Hut located right smack dab in the middle of the Wichita State University campus in Wichita, Kansas. You’ll find it...

Jan 24, 20223 min read

Wouldn’t You Like To Be a Pepper Too?

If you’re down Waco way in Texas, maybe visiting Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Market, and looking for somewhere different to go for a...

Jan 20, 20225 min read

Greenwood Rising - Story of a Massacre

The thing that struck me, that grabbed my attention, dropped my jaw and provided a glimpse of the devastation that occurred a century...

Jan 13, 20222 min read

Look! Up in the Sky! It's the TARS blimp!

(This is one of four stories about the unique sites to be seen along the 37-mile stretch of Highway 90 through the Chihuahuan Desert from...

Jan 3, 20222 min read

A Highway Sign and a Massacre

(This is one of four stories about the unique sites to be seen along the 37-mile stretch of Highway 90 through the Chihuahuan Desert from...

Dec 31, 20213 min read

Liz, James and Rock in the Texas Desert

(This is one of four stories about the unique sites to be seen along the 37-mile stretch of Highway 90 through the Chihuahuan Desert from...

Dec 27, 20214 min read

Prada's Desert Home

(This is one of four stories about the unique sites to be seen along the 37-mile stretch of Highway 90 through the Chihuahuan Desert from...

Dec 19, 20215 min read

Amana: A Holiday Tradition

It was a tradition. My birthday is early December and as Darling Daughter was growing up our family would take a day trip the first...

Nov 19, 20215 min read

Beam Me Up Scotty (Capt. Kirk's Conception)

If you’re willing to use a little imagination, make that a lot of imagination, you can beam yourself up in a transporter located at the...

Oct 31, 20217 min read

My Night in a Ghost Town Bus

A ghost town. An old chili cook-off bus converted to lodging. An historic cemetery. A beer drinking goat who serves as town mayor. A...

Oct 25, 20216 min read

The Best World Series Ever

Thirty years ago, the Minnesota Twins, a team that finished dead last the previous year, faced off against the Atlanta Braves, a team...