April 12. Mile 1140. Montgomery, Alabama
Another nice day breaks. We are preparing to leave. I fumble a leash attachment. Sawyer looks at me. I look at him. At that moment he sees it in…
April 10. Mile 756. Lake Hartwell.
Today we traveled west-southwest from Lake Jordan (Pittsboro, NC) down I-85 through horrendous, mind-numbing, bumper-to-bumper traffic around Charlotte, North Carolina, passed Gastonia. We toiled in more mind-numbing traffic around…
April 9. Mile 448. Pittsboro, North Carolina. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area. Popular Point Camp Ground.
Today we traveled from the Coan River Marina back to Richmond then southwest on I-85 to Pittsboro, North Carolina negotiating horrendous traffic around Raleigh. Luckily, we discovered the 4,560-acre…
Road Trip 2019 Day 1. Monday, April 8. Mile 178. Lottsburg, Virginia.
Hello friends, neighbors, and colleagues. The Talleys are on the road. We left Staunton this morning bright and early, as bright and early as it gets for us. Away…
Go West Young Man. Chapter 2. The Sundance Ceremony
This part of the story combines memories of this long-ago experience (forty-seven years ago) with help from Google, Wikipedia and friends. My aim is to describe this grand Native…
Go West Young Man. Chapter 1. Ethete, a Good Place
Our lives are a series of unfolding stories. Some chapters happen to us whether we like it or not. Others we write ourselves. Our narratives seem routine at the…
Redemption
February 23,2019 Accusations A few weeks ago, reporters discovered a disturbing picture on Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School annual yearbook profile page. The picture was…
Back In The Saddle
Hello world. Welcome to my blog. After a rather long hiatus from writing, I'm back in the saddle. My lovely wife, Emily and our little jack russell terrier, Tom Sawyer,…