Published in Invisible Pillar·PinnedMember-onlyA T-Bird. A Stoplight. A Dive Bar.From the Mountain - One Crazy Winter Day in 1971, Albany, NY So there we were, in his 1964 Ford T-Bird driving around Albany, NY in the winter of 1971. It was January or thereabouts, a blustery, cold day, gray skies and snow on the ground that crunched when you…City Living4 min readCity Living4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyThe Little Kid Who Could FlyA Story From the Mountain — Every little boy dreams of flying. Growing up, I remember there was this one kid I knew who thought about flying, dreamed about flying, every day and night. One time, way back when, he said to me that almost every night (after he fell asleep listening to ballgames on the…Dreams2 min readDreams2 min read
PinnedMember-onlyAs the Sun Breaks…From the Mountain Sunday morning and it’s 7 am. Romeo, Gidget, and I already have had our morning walk. As usual with winter in the mountains, the morning dew on the grass is frozen. The Yorkies don’t like it, I can tell. Smiling, I think to myself … “just wait…Freedom3 min readFreedom3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyFollowing The Road Less Traveled“Two roads diverged in a wood and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost “Life is not a given, it’s a gift.” Throughout life, we reach a fork in the road, a point where a decision must be made. …Confidence5 min readConfidence5 min read
Published in Invisible Pillar·PinnedMember-onlyThe New Speedway Boogie*Ever get a traffic ticket and it cost you a week's pay? Driving in Paradise Valley, AZ the other day, I was tooling along at the speed limit. Why? Because I know from experience that every road in that town is a speed trap. …Storytelling3 min readStorytelling3 min read
Published in Dancing Elephants Press·Mar 10Member-onlyFive Wishes — Things We Old People Ignore Made EasyAging With Dignity — This is the story of a stroke … a stroke of luck. Strokes kill old dudes like me, but I’m still here. That’s a stroke of luck. Waking up Saturday morning I was so tired I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I didn’t get it. …Death5 min readDeath5 min read
Published in Dancing Elephants Press·Feb 26Member-onlyAs The Leaves of TimeKeep Falling from The Tree of Life — Years ago, about 17 years to be precise, I was visiting my mom in the evening. We had just had dinner at her little cottage and she was depressed and in tears, having learned one of her best childhood friends had passed away. …Death3 min readDeath3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 22Member-onlyYou Look Suspicious …I’m Confiscating Your Car, Money… Yeah, That too! — Here in the Home of the Free and Land of the Brave, courts of “justice” and your local police departments have worked together to confiscate anything and everything you own for simply existing. This is called “Civil Forfeiture,” the police version of your dad getting pissed off about your practicing…Law4 min readLaw4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 20Member-onlyHitchhiking TalesHenry Keep Your Brakes on for This Corner If You Please (Part 5) — Bikers and truckers call it “white line fever”. To both that means freedom. Hitchhikers called it … freedom of the road. Waiting on the side of Interstate 80 West out of Reno for San Francisco, these thoughts passed through my head. What is freedom? Standing alone on the side of…Writing8 min readWriting8 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 15Member-onlyYou Met Who?How I Met Everyone Except Your Mother — Let me ask this first … have you ever met anyone famous somehow? I've found myself in places not expecting anything, and suddenly I'm asking, "Hey, aren't you Johnny Cash?" Now it really helps to know positively who a person you think you recognize is vs. …Music4 min readMusic4 min read
