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Thanksgiving Message 2019
As a nation, we are severed. We are no longer defined or justified by a perseverance toward a dignified united nation where the best...
Locked Up: How the Modern Prison-Industrial Complex Puts So Many Americans in Jail
There’s no two ways about it: The United States of America and its 50 state governments love putting people in prison.
The U.S. has both...
Revisiting the God Conundrum
~~ This was written as the foundation for a performance art monologue. Readers will benefit by imagining themselves as a member of an audience....
In the Nick of Time
I am sixty-one years old. Throughout my life there have been isolated moments wherein an invention or a movement stopped me cold in my...
The Myth Disappears When You Drop Your Bike
From the west, Texas’s portion of Interstate 10 begins near El Paso and ends a tad east of Beaumont. I cannot count the number...
It’s Never Too Late, Sweetie
After I pulled out of Fort Apache and began a northerly ascent, a strong sense of regret descended upon me. The melancholy I was...
You Are Welcome Here Anytime
On August 24, 2011, I pulled out of Winslow, Arizona, on my motorbike. As I was headed down Interstate 40’s eastbound on-ramp, I rapidly...
Oh, Mama, Can This Really Be the End?
I have always been rather nomadic. Like a rolling stone, I have collected little moss. Most of my life has been lived unencumbered by...
Standing on a Corner
Idioms, folktales, parables, fables, allegories, and metaphors, ad infinitum, have been passed down for generations. And each subsequent generation has created its own anecdotes...
Boomtown Left Town Shell-Shocked
In 2016 I found myself on the bust side of North Dakota’s oil boom. That was the beginning of the down-and-out years for the...
Why Some Ride
Gary Paulsen, in Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride: A Memoir about Men and Motorcycles, wrote: “It’s very strange what saves a man.” He was...
“The Chosen One” Was an Expected Revelation
The powers that be, the gods, have a morbid sense of humor. We need look no further than President Donald J. Trump for proof....
Momentarily Waylaid on I-15
Interstate 15 and I have a history. Like any historical tale, some of it’s good, some of it’s bad, and some of it is...
Rip Van WTF: I Just Awoke From a Coma
Before I awoke, the last thing I remember is that on January 20, 2009, I was standing on the National Mall with approximately 1.8...
Uber Is Lyfting Getting Screwed to New Heights
In the early eighties, long before the thought of becoming a rideshare driver in Las Vegas crossed my mind, I failed at replacing Doug...
WORDS OF WISDOM. . . .
"Down through the ages, there has always been the spiritual path. It's been passed on—it always will be—and if anybody ever wants it in any age, it's always there." — George Harrison
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