Jovial
I first visited Jovial school and headmaster George last year while witnessing some of the worst slum living conditions in...
Travel
it happened….Build.Create.Kenya 2013!
I've been home for two weeks now, and in between jet lag, mounds of work, and a general re-customization to...
Keep Austin weird
"Keep Austin Weird" From the moment I stepped off the plane, I saw this phrase everywhere :signs, t-shirts, mugs, etc....I...
passing the hours at Lady Bird lake
After my first night in Austin, Texas, I pulled back the curtains to gray skies and big raindrops cascading down...
Portland ( East Coast)
The puffiest of clouds race over the mountaintops as I speed by, molding and forming bizarre shapes before being...
into the Underworld
In the 1960's, a Texas farmer found a massive sinkhole on his property. He called the authorities, who in turned...
Soundgarden
I'm sure that I am repeating myself, but the Seattle grunge scene impacted me musically, shaping the way I felt...
The Flume
I didn't know that the poet Robert Frost had one of his homes in New Hampshire, or that most of...
Two Lights
One must navigate the seaside towns and winding streets of New England to find your way to the coast, as...
The Flint Hills of Kansas
Beauty is all about your perception, what you choose to see, and how it will affect you. The Flint Hills...
more Iron & Wine please….
I'm so enamored with the band Iron and Wine that I flew to Toronto to see them live in 2011....
the magnetism of Jim James
Sometimes one's lack of the details can lead to unexpected rewards. A case in point was the random buying of...