There Was A Sky Somewhere Above the Tops Of the Buildings
“There was a sky somewhere above the tops of the buildings, with stars and a moon and all the things there are in a sky, but they were content to think of the distant street lights as planets and...
View ArticleOn Horseback Goin Through the Mountains Of A Night
But the second one it was like we was both back in older times and I was on horseback goin through the mountains of a night. Goin through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on...
View ArticleThe Soft Wind Carried the Moment Away
Over the hill and across the ford and down by the meadow gate May her days be many, her days be few, The dream of the maiden will never come true. For the soft wind carried the moment away, And the...
View ArticleThere Is Another City
“Irene is a name for a city in the distance, and if you approach, it changes. For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never...
View ArticleWhat I learned this week, June 04, 2017
BIKE COMMUTING’S WORST ENEMY ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK Many think the ultimate enemy of the bicycle is the car, but the reason cars are so dangerous is simply the false perception that our streets and roads...
View ArticleAnd It Was So Beautiful
I used to live on one candy bar a day – it cost a nickel. I always remember the candy bar was called Payday. That was my payday. And that candy bar tasted so good, at night I would take one bite, and...
View ArticleSeven in Seven
Where are we going? Life, the timeless, mysterious gift, is still evolving. What wonders, or terrors, does evolution hold in store for us in the next ten thousand years? In a million? In six million?...
View ArticleNot Cleveland
“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.” ― Tennessee Williams New Orleans, Louisiana View out of my son’s apartment window, New Orleans.
View ArticleWe Ran As If To Meet the Moon
“We ran as if to meet the moon.” ― Robert Frost Moon rising over the skyline of Downtown Dallas. The Full Moon rising over downtown Dallas. The white streaks at the bottom are the other riders in the...
View ArticleIron And Coke, And Chromium Steel
“Well we’re waiting here in Allentown, For the Pennsylvania we never found, For the promises our teachers gave, If we worked hard, If we behaved… So the graduations hang on the wall, But they never...
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