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Oct 8, 20234 min read

Big Jack and Nederland

“I was just 19 when I came here the first time. I walked in and there was this mountain of a man with a long beard and big, bushy, hair...

Oct 3, 20235 min read

The Arches Won't Last Forever

Decades, centuries, millenia, no one knows when. What they do know is that it will happen. The famous formations and arches of Arches...

Sep 29, 20235 min read

Oregon's Beautiful Haystack, Sisters and the Devils

Twenty-two years ago, October, 2001, to be specific, entirely by chance, I happened upon what I thought then, and still do, is one of the...

Jul 22, 20235 min read

Pack Up & Go to Places Unknown

It’s 3:05 p.m. Sunday and I’m sitting in the airport waiting my return flight home. Three days ago, Thursday morning, I’d just arrived at...

Jul 5, 20239 min read

Christmas in June - Hallmark ChristmasCon

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” It’s Christmas in July! If you’re questioning that, just turn on your Hallmark Channel...

Jul 1, 20235 min read

Mood of Project Runway

When you travel to a big city for the first time, like New York City for example, you naturally have a list of things you just have to...

Jun 28, 20234 min read

Stonewall Pride

When you get to be of a certain age, the age at which I find myself, you see discussed all sorts of historical events, events that...

Apr 24, 20235 min read

Pella, If You Ain't Dutch...

The first weekend in May is just around the corner and that means it won’t be long before a small Iowa town will more than double in...

Mar 29, 20234 min read

Pacific Northwest - Where Suspension Bridge Crosses Rainforest

There’s a rainforest in Vancouver, Canada. Surprised the heck out of me. Some of you, who are much smarter than I, are saying of course...

Mar 7, 20239 min read

Emmett Till: Tragedy in Mississippi

You’re a 14-year-old boy growing up in Chicago. It’s summer and you ask your mother if you can go spend some time with your cousins a...

Mar 1, 20234 min read

Howland Hill Road, Redwoods and America’s Cathedral

I’m pretty sure it’s not something you’ve thought of ever doing, but imagine for a moment driving down an old stage coach trail with...

Feb 6, 20235 min read

Of Geysirs and Secret Lagoons

Confession time. I’m not a hot tub person. There, I’ve said it. My late wife, Connie, on the other hand, loved them. When we found...

Feb 3, 20234 min read

Sigridur Tómasdóttir, the Woman Who Saved Gullfoss

I’ve long been fascinated by people who willingly submit themselves to extreme measures for a cause in which they believe. Regardless of...

Feb 1, 20232 min read

Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat

You won’t see too many military statues when wandering around Reykjavik, or any other part of Iceland for that matter. Maybe one of Leif...

Jan 31, 20235 min read

It Started Small – The Icelandic Phallological Museum

(Note: This article discusses an Icelandic museum devoted to a certain, uhumm, specific part of the male anatomy. So there’s your...

Jan 26, 20235 min read

It's Easy to Reach Hallgrimskirkja

It’s easy reaching the top of Hallgrimskirkja Church tower, almost easy as it is to find the church in the first place. Its exterior...

Jan 17, 20234 min read

Of California Storms and Elephant Seals

Many parts of the highway I traveled on my December trip along the West Coast have been closed due to the recent rains, flooding and rock...

Jan 16, 20233 min read

Chihuly and the Art of Glass

I don’t know when Dale Chihuly became my favorite artist. It was a long time ago. I do know exactly when glass blowing became my favorite...

Jan 14, 20234 min read

A Hope for Moments

I hope you have moments in life that take you into your past. Unexpected moments that suddenly appear and transport you back to your...

Jan 12, 20238 min read

Confessions of a Hallmark Christmas Movie Fanatic

Hello. My name is Alan. I’m a Hallmark Christmas Movie fanatic. It’s true, I admit it, as winter approaches I wait anxiously for the...