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Campaigning for Obama in Ohio.

15-Dec-12

http://vbrisket.com/groups/can-sometimes-knowingness-form-theyre-insiders-subsequently-youre-finished-michael-kors-handbags-outlet/members/ For a long time I was not sure if I would campaign for Obama this year. I was fairly complacent about the election; Romney was, I thought, a terrible candidate, and the Republicans had no ideas beyond giving further government assistance to an utterly unworthy investor class, which I felt could hardly be a winner […]

America, Obama, and D.W. Griffiths.

15-Dec-12

where to buy Pregabalin in canada Driving back from campaigning in Ohio, I passed by an intriguing sign. It said, “America or Obama: You Can’t Have Both.” Now it seemed to me we have had both for four years now; and that America was about the same it was when he took office. Having both had proven easy enough, in fact. […]

Mark Twain’s Grave on All Souls Day.

14-Nov-12

I wrote on this blog about a trip of mine to Hannibal, Missouri, the adorable little river-town where Mark Twain spent his boyhood. In our imaginations the writer is so associated with the Mississippi River that I believe it it something of a crime that he is not buried along its course. It is of […]

Heavenly Touch.

11-Nov-12

Pastor Jones Fashions, Elmira, New York.  Shuttered.

First Day in Hawaii, and Visit to the Tomb of Joseph Campbell.

06-Aug-12

I took a trip to Hawaii a few years ago, and while there I visited the tomb of Joseph Campbell.  A friend was asking me about it, and while I don’t have pictures – my camera vanished from my checked baggage – I did have a typically thorough journal.  So this is my journal entry […]

Ugly But Honest.

05-Aug-12

A shot of me at what should be a Tucson landmark.

The Appian Way, by Bob Kaster.

28-Jun-12

Robert Kaster’s The Appian Way, Ghost Road, Queen of Roads was my companion for a day here in the woods, in between spurts of gardening and writing. The book is short – 120 pages – and generally delightful.  It consists of some scattered historical anecdotes and observations coupled with a few bursts of travel writing. […]

Civilization in the Wilderness.

06-Jun-12

“Like as the hart desireth the water-flows.”  The soda pop was as good as any.  No comment on the pizza.

Odd Names on the American Map.

06-Jun-12

Mexican Water, Arizona.  Home of this Hannibal, who was lying on a dust-heap n the shade, the very Argos of dogs:  

Vague Discontent in Northeast Arizona.

06-Jun-12

Driving out of Arizona I couldn’t shake a pursuing unhappiness, as I watched mile after mile of desert vanish behind me.  I kept the radio off all day and drove in silence.  I got out often to take pictures – more than 200 on that one day – but otherwise I kept moving continually, from […]