The last time I was back home, I (along with her husband) was encouraging my friend Erin to blog her cultured, sophisticated point of view on food, travel and other enjoyments. I warned it would have to be its own reward; feedback is very, very hard to come by. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok – I’ve long been promising my choices for this nation’s great small cities. There are many, but the below is my short list of favorites:

Charlottesville, Virginia
Durham / Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Portland, Maine

So, get to it and check them out.

Start date: October 18, 2006
Terminus: April 1, 2007

Miles (total): ~19,750
Miles (air): ~11,600
Miles (train): ~2,378
Miles (auto): ~5,772
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Settling in slowly but surely in the new place; I love it. I’m also playing a little photography catch-up; here are a few sets from the past few weeks: a more-complete Grand Canyon set, the Mexico set, and Tucscon.

I’m here. This marks the terminus of my six month world tour of homelessness and unemployment. Now, to settle in and get the next chapter started. Step one: find a place.

Well, thanks to a very slutty slot machine at the Sky City Casino in New Mexico, I’m a few grand heavier than I was a week ago. Lucky? Neh – hear what I did tonight: I oriented myself to the Cosmos, then sat at the edge of the Grand Canyon as the sun set .. the stage for the moon and a trillion stars to dance and sing above me. Now that’s lucky… beyond words.

[Edit: A few images are now up - a lot more when I have a better 'net connection.]

Hey folks – am here in Santa Fe for a weekend retreat / conference – with cold weather and extremely unreliable internet access. Once I had settled into my room, I was very pleased to see that the ethernet jack had been literally ripped out of the wall with just wires sticking out. No wi-fi at the hotel, either – but if I rest my laptop up against the wall near the window and the moonlight is just right, I can get a sip or two of wi-fi, when I’m lucky. Sorry, more will just have to follow.

Hey folks – a quick dispatch from Tucson, AZ. My photos from the journey through West Texas are up. The road up from Terlingua (170 and 67) toward El Paso easily qualifies as the best driving ever packed into one day.
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Howdy from the tiny old mining town of Terlingua, Texas. The place is as dusty as it is funky. I found a small cabin to stay in for a couple of days – as a base for exploring Big Bend National Park.
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I was nearly arrested tonight by a belligerent lieutenant from the Bexar County Sheriff’s office. I’ll put up a more complete piece when I’m up to it (and I’m sure I have his name right and all that jazz.) The charge was apparently “taking pictures” and having an IQ higher than 70. He was a law-man unlike any I’ve encountered in a long, long time.

Oh well, at least I’m not Lisa Marie Nowak. Diapers? Nice touch.