it stands stoic in the field politely (in the way all southern chimneys are raised) requesting a match, the heat of a flame to crackle the kindling it still cradles. only smoke chugging into the sky will return the stories told, the meals cooked over … [Read more...] about Standing Alone
Archives for December 2009
3 Best Kept Travel Secrets
For me, since there's no travel more rewarding, relaxing, or stimulating (the last two are not mutually exclusive) as road trips, the following travel tips are worthy of this abbreviated list, as hackneyed as they may be. And really, I hold little … [Read more...] about 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets
South Dakota’s Chocolate Mine
Just after exiting Highway 385 towards Deadwood, South Dakota on my meandering ten day SRT, a sign "Chocolates & Ice Cream" grabs my attention. An old gas-station-turned-grocery-store-turned-whatever over the years, there's a large, whimsical … [Read more...] about South Dakota’s Chocolate Mine
Yellowstone’s East Entrance, the 50 most beautiful miles in America
"It charmed me, intrigued me, seduced me so completely and in such a way that memories of it result in the kind of longing normally reserved for the best fruit pie of your life." This journal entry was made after my first encounter with … [Read more...] about Yellowstone’s East Entrance, the 50 most beautiful miles in America
The Cozy Motel
Moorcroft, Wyoming emerged out of the black just as my desperate quest to find a place to sleep birthed the recollection of Peter Fonda's movie Race With The Devil. My adamancy to never own an RV is derived solely from the impact this movie … [Read more...] about The Cozy Motel