During my day of airport delays on the way home from Alabama, I got a chance to read a NY Times story datelined Lecco, Italy. It was about a new kind of bus called a Piedibus. That’s a fancy way of describing walking to and from school, with the assistance […]
As we set out on a cruise on Alabama’s Intracoastal waterway, captain Ritchie Russell began the patter that marks every voyage. He joked about his first-mate Alan, and how he’d have to don a dolphin suit if no dolphins showed up. He talked about how his wife says he eats […]
I love these houses down here in Mobile. Among the names for these beauties are Creole and Cajun cottages. Or bungalow and mini-mansion. These are in some of the city’s historic districts. I also couldn’t resist this little cutie in a park.
Random scenes from a day in the deep south. Above AJ’s Peanut shoppe, where they roast fresh peanuts in the shell in a 30-year old roaster. The shop was once owned by Planter’s Peanuts. Next the green scenery of Bellingrath Gardens, on the Fowl River. Deco ‘man’ symbol on the […]
We touched down in our needle-thin regional jet at Mobile’s airport, where drive Bill Hyde met me and the group. It’s all women, I noted, and as I sat up front, I kept my attention on Bill, peppering him with those questions I like to ask when I first arrive […]
I’ve written before about how little joys make life worth living. Today I got a chance to go back in time, spending five joyful hours with my grandson Nathan. It brought back the days when I was in my early twenties and raising my daughter Kate. My son Sam came […]
I’m a regular listener to talk radio, and sometimes I hear ads that make me wince. “Some doctors say that the inside of your colon has a layer of spackle or paste lining the inside. Colonclense removes this, and you’ll also lose weight the announcer screams. I’ve heard this ad […]
Last night I sat reading and reading every section of the WSJ. As we lay in bed, Cindy asked me what it was that was getting such rapt attention. I ticked off just a few of things that fascinated me more than even the Idols results show. *General Electric is […]
Mridula Dwivedi is a friend and photographer who writes for GoNOMAD and blogs regularly. Here is her Taj. She has a big following for her Travel Tales from India blog.
Last night my friends and I gathered at Mama Iguana’s, a Mexican joint in downtown Noho. Cindy was meeting us there. When she showed up, I felt a great burst of pride when I introduced her to Jim Neal a friend who had never met her. I had told her […]
This just in…wow sending a city’s symbol all the way to China! Shoul and I got a chance to view her a few years ago while we toured the harbor in a boat. She was surrounded by Asian tourists, and soon she will be seen by up to 70 million […]
I took some time out from my day to go up to Greenfield, where a meeting was starting at 10:30 am to promote Franklin County as an arts destination. The room was full of artists, the chamber rep, and other people who run museums and care about the topic…I was […]