So many places to see, so little time…. Initially, my outline had me staying in Davenport, IA overnight. I didn’t make it that far, so I still had to get through all […]
2021 Road Trip Day 4: Tinley Park, IL to Waterloo, IA – Geocaching, Star Trek, and Baseball
Movie Review: Brubaker – The Arkansas Prison System Exposed by One Man
Written by W.D. Richter, Arthur Ross, Thomas O. Murton, Joe Hyams, and Bob RafelsonDirected by Stuart Rosenberg Once upon a time in Arkansas, there was a prison ripe with corruption. Inmates were […]
Book Review: These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder – Laura and Almanzo’s Romance in Color!
When I was about nine, a friend of the family gave me my first Little House book. I was immediately captivated by the stories within and read them over and over through […]
2021 Road Trip Day 3: Macedonia, OH to Tinley Park, IL
Once again I set the alarm for 6AM to get on the road before many other people were. I drove towards the Starbucks down the road, only to find they didn’t open […]
Mark Twain – A Documentary by Ken Burns
He wrote as though there had been no literature before him… as though he had discovered the art of telling a story about these folks that inhabit this continent… And that there […]
2021 Road Trip Day Two: Utica, NY to Macedonia, OH
Today was one of the few days I had definitive plans for the day. I had a general outline of the whole trip, but a lot of that involved seeing how far […]
Book Review: The Talbot Odyssey by Nelson DeMille – A Thrilling Cold War Mystery
Sometimes you know what inspired a story. Having lived for 39 years on Long Island, I remember the days of hearing about the Soviet compound in Glen Cove, NY. For a long […]
2021 Road Trip: Day One – New Hampshire to Utica, NY
I’ve been geocaching for almost 11 years now, ad the oldest geocache in the world is located in Colby, Kansas. There aren’t many geocaches left from those early years of the hobby. […]
Musings for May 6, 2021: Where I’ve Been
I haven’t been around much for about two weeks now. For the bulk of it, I took a 10-day road trip across the country to the oldest geocache in the world. Along […]
Book Review – Invasion: China by Vaughn Heppner
Set in the not-too-distant future, Invasion: China wraps up this five-book series by Vaughn Heppner. The Earth has experienced a cooling off of its climate, rendering many growing areas for food inhospitable. […]
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