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There are dirt paths you can walk or dirt roads you can drive (or walk). I like ’em both, but what I really like is driving down a dusty, bumpy, dirt road. I fear that I may have shortened [...]

[This is a copy of a letter I wrote yesterday to my local congresswoman, asking for help for a dear friend. If his plight moves you too, please share on social media and even write or call Rep. [...]

I set myself a "stupid small" goal of writing just ten words. That's all. If I could do that, I would consider the day a success.

I am heartbroken at the news of Robin Williams's tragic passing. As a tribute, I am rerunning this post from several years ago. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Have you ever seen a Midwestern tourist on winter vacation in a sunny clime? Bermuda shorts and legs the color of Xerox paper? That was me, year-round, only I had the good sense to avoid wearing [...]

So, I quit. After sleeping on it, I woke up early, packed up LaVanne, and left Minaret Falls campground for the last time. I left the sound of water falling and the smell of sun-warmed pine [...]

My prime directive was so ingrained that I didn't even realize it until I tried to change it.

Motivation, I've discovered, is the key to getting sh*t done.

This is heaven, I tell you. Heaven!

what are people thinking about me as I walk by? Look at that fat ass? What an unattractive hat? How dare she show her face in this affluent neighborhood? She doesn't belong here? She doesn't [...]