ArtPrize: Wear Your Comfy Shoes
There’s a lot to wrap your arms around when talking about ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan, so I’m just going to do an FAQ: Wear Your...
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Sep 24, 20226 min read
Dark Skies, Milky Ways, Music + Love
It was a year ago. I’d made my way to Marfa, Texas, for the Trans-Pecos Festival of Music + Love. It was my first big trip after retiring...
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Be a Part of Art at Pappajohn Sculpture Park
There’s a wonderful four-and-a-half acre park right in the middle of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. It’s filled with more than two dozen...
Sep 7, 20224 min read
Rural Iowa's Awe Inspiring Church
My jaw dropped walking through the main doors. I don’t know my mouth ever fully closed while I was there. I would not argue with...
Sep 5, 20223 min read
From a Simple Home - Elvis
I confessed in a previous post - Elvis, and a Woman Named Marion - to not being the biggest Elvis fan. Just to be clear, I do like Elvis,...
Jul 19, 20224 min read
Elvis, and a Woman Named Marion
Marion Keisker MacInnes lived a great life. She went to college in the 1930s when attending college was very much male-dominated and...
May 27, 20224 min read
All Good Dogs, the Coon Dog Cemetery
There’s a dog cemetery in the hills of northern Alabama, less than 10 miles from the Mississippi state line. More specifically, it’s a...
May 18, 20223 min read
Mittie Manning's Sarcophagus, Kind of Creepy, Kind of Sad
As I slowly slid back the small hinged cover on Mittie Manning’s sarcophagus, part of me felt disturbed, that somehow I was violating the...
May 11, 20223 min read
You Get Sand in Your Car
You might have seen them. National Park Yelp reviews that are, well, stupid: “There are bugs and they will bite you on your face.” –...
May 5, 20223 min read
Vietnam, PTSD and the Carousel of Happiness
There’s a very special story in a small Colorado mountain town outside Boulder about a Vietnam Veteran, PTSD and a Carousel of Happiness....
May 2, 20223 min read
There Are Giant Trolls Amongst Us
Let me introduce you to my buddy, Isak Heartstone. Don’t let his size intimidate you. Even though he’s a good 15 feet tall, sitting down,...
Apr 29, 20226 min read
It’s Pronounced You-Ray: Ouray, Colorado
I posted earlier about my harrowing mountain drive along the Million Dollar Highway, just south of Ouray, Colorado, but I didn’t say much...
Apr 22, 20226 min read
2,744 Steps - One Step at a Time
2,744 steps. Twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. 1,168 more steps than the Empire State Building. Six times the height of the Statue of...
Apr 18, 20225 min read
An Insane Drive On One of the World's Most Dangerous Roads
Watching the video below gives me some pretty serious flashbacks, seriously. Not pleasant ones. I drove this stretch of highway a couple...
Apr 10, 20223 min read
Forgotten Towns, Dearfield, Colorado
Dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of once thriving communities are gone. They are abandoned, ghost towns. Some might still have a...
Mar 21, 20225 min read
The Magnolia Experience
I like Chip and Joanna. I’m not a huge fan but I like them just fine. I watched many episodes of their show back when they first hit the...
Mar 18, 20225 min read
Serendipity and the Caverns of Sonora
My idea of a road trip is having a general idea of a destination but leaving a fair amount to serendipity. That’s worked well for me over...
Mar 15, 20223 min read
If You're Having Beauty Trouble, Come to the Beauty Bubble
Sometimes, a terrible thing, like having your business shut down due to Covid, can turn into something pretty good. I remember, as a...
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...
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