Michael P. Cohen, Granite and Grace: Seeking the Heart of Yosemite (Reno: University of Nevada, 2019), 220 pages. A few hand drawn maps and line drawings at the top of each chapter by Valerie Cohen. When most people think of … Continue reading
The other day I was telling someone about going to Austin in early March. He told me of all the places he lived, that he liked Austin the best, that it was a blueberry in a bowl of tomato soup … Continue reading
A high bluff along the western bank of the Lumber River just south of US 74, Pea Ridge is a lovely spot. We arrive early enough to enjoy it. For a wilderness site that is only accessible to the public … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I had a post on my activities, so I decided I’d do a full moon to full moon post. The August full moon occured on the 15th, and I was at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky. It … Continue reading
This is another “recycled blog post” from an old blog from my journey from Indonesia to Europe taken during a sabbatical in 2011. I am concentrating on my travel blogs (mostly by train) instead of the others where I was … Continue reading
This post is from an older blog of mine from when I was on a Sabbatical and traveled overland trip from Southeast Asia to Europe. As much as possible, I traveled by trains. We pull out of Singapore’s Tangong … Continue reading
This is my third and final post about a 5 day, 4 night paddle in the Okefenokee Swamp. The map shows our route as we started at Kingfisher … Continue reading
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series on a recent trip through the Okefenokee Swamp. Click here for part 1. It is amazing how tired one can be after a day of paddling. Last night, we both were … Continue reading
We leave our vehicles at Okefenokee Adventures where we have arranged for a shuttle to our put-in site some twenty-five miles to the north. In five days (four for Gary, who will leave a day before me), I’ll come out … Continue reading
This was originally posted in my other blog and written in January 2012, shortly after making this trip. The air is crisp and Orion has dropped into the western sky as we make our way into the Flagstaff train … Continue reading
Needing some “me” time, I took off Sunday afternoon and paddled over to Little Tybee Island, where I camped, returning on Monday. The weather was marginal, as it had rained in the morning and was still gray at 3:30 PM, … Continue reading
A version of this article of mine appeared in the Presbyterian Outlook, volume 181, #42 (December 20, 1999. The elevator inside the over-sized Coca-Cola bottle whisks us up to the fourth floor. As we step out and back into the 1930’s, … Continue reading
I was scheduled to preach at an anniversary service for a church in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Sunday, September 23. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it as all the roads had flooded thanks to hurricane Florence. Furthermore, the … Continue reading
I haven’t written anything about my travels West in late September and early October. We flew into Las Vegas and drove up for a few days in Cedar City, Utah, where we saw many friends and spent time with … Continue reading
I will be away for the next two weeks, so I thought I’d leave you with a blog post that I wrote in June 2011, when I was on Sabbatical and traveling mostly by train across Indonesia and then from … Continue reading
I looked at Weather Bug or maybe it was Weather Underground Friday morning before setting off on a solo paddle to Wassaw Island. According to what I saw, there was a 30 percent chance of rain, which would diminish after … Continue reading
Most of us camping on Garden Key stand together on the beach watching the light fade from the western sky. The skies are mostly clear and the water surrounding the Key and Fort Jefferson ripples in from the southerly wind. … Continue reading
When I first look up at the sun through those funky glasses, it appears as if someone had taken just a nibble out of a cookie. Donna and I are in Springfield, South Carolina, a small town south … Continue reading
Last March, I took a week vacation primarily to officiate at my niece’s wedding in North Carolina. But before heading to the Old North State, I (along with 8 other men) headed to the Okefenokee for a two-night, three-day adventure. … Continue reading
We were in New York last Sunday morning, I decided to check out Madison Avenue Baptist Church. The pastor is Susan Sparks and I’d read her book, Laughing Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor. Anyone who … Continue reading
