I spent a week at Cocoa Beach, Florida and worked at the Kennedy Space Center back in March, 2000 — and recently returned. This article gives you a latest view of the area and what […]
Take me home, country roads, to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia — a charming, old Civil War town settled on the steep hill overlooking the spot where the Shenandoah River breaks off from the Potomac River […]
One of the most spectacular drives you can ever take, and quaintest place to visit — is the drive on old Highway 1 on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, through the Muir […]
In one week — from the last week of February to the first week of March, 2020 — the nation went from Coronavirus being a thing to ‘watch out for’ if you were in your […]
Amtrak — greatest ride in the US — has had a reliable train reservation system for years. Recently, however, it was redesigned and following the smart-to-stupid software development cycle, enhancements were put into the system […]
Smallwood, New York is a summer community in the Catskills — THE Catskills — physically located in the southeastern part of the Catskill Mountains and with mountains not as big or steep as those by […]
I flew out to Seattle for a long-time, good friend’s wedding the weekend after 4th of July. The wife and kids stayed home due to schedules, so it was a solo trip. Credit card points […]
St. Louis is bombed out. All the jobs went over seas, and as the top 1 millionth of 1 percent get richer and richer, the rest of the wealth and jobs gets spread globally, leaving […]
There is crime in San Antonio. Lots of petty crime. Minor muggings maybe. And yet it is considered one of the safest cities in the US. A world safer than Laredo — 2 hours’ drive […]
I knew Doug Schwartz briefly in college. We met on the cafeteria line once and chatted briefly. I was editor of the school newspaper; he was a poet. He wrote a poem about eggs and […]
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