Month: January 2014

My Walkabout January 30, 2014

Just west of downtown Marfa is where the signs were pointing me to, yet I wondered if perhaps it was a...

My Walkabout January 28, 2014

National Public Radio had Mavis Staples on, promoting her newest collaboration with Jeff Tweedy. I'm intrigued as Wilco is one...

My Walkabout January 27, 2014

The radio crackles and fades the deeper I venture into west Texas. Distant sounds of Mexican mariachi or repeat versions...

My Walkabout January 17, 2014

The sounds of a million hooves rumbling in the tall prairie grasses. The great American Bison. The clack of wooden...

My Walkabout January 15, 2014

"The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas. A lonesome area that other Kansans call...

My Walkabout January 12, 2014

Justus is BCK's in-country Kenyan Director, and is a vital part of our new NGO. He is very involved in his community,...

My Walkabout January 11, 2014

As BCK was cutting wood boards for the library shelves at St. Winners school, inevitably their were scraps leftover. As I...

My Walkabout January 8, 2014

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I'm terribly afraid of sharks. Deathly afraid. Fear paralyzes my body and I...

My Walkabout January 5, 2014

Cruising slowly up Belize's Monkey river is a nice and relaxing way to see some indigenous creatures of Central America,...

My Walkabout January 4, 2014

There are several theories about the history of the famed city by the sea, Dubrovnik. Some believe it was founded...

My Walkabout January 3, 2014

It was a twenty minute short hike to our destination, the top of Bocawina Falls. The group was in good...

My Walkabout January 1, 2014

I've always wanted to try a zip line somewhere, but haven't had the opportunity. Finding myself in the Bocawina Falls...