Dorothy was from Kansas. Doesn’t everyone want to get there? Didn’t that “Kansas City” song from the musical, “Oklahoma,” make you even curious? November 2012. I arrived in Kansas City and spent a full morning at the wonderful Nelson-Atkins Art…

Pittsburgh.  The picture in my mind was gray and dismal and dull.  Fortunately, my mind’s picture was way out of focus. The neighborhood around Carnegie University does stay awake after 5pm while the Pittsburgh Penguins host evening hockey games. Unfortunately,…

I am sitting at home and looking out at a world of ice. It is ice not quite thick enough for ice crampons and I like to walk so I am feeling stuck. My mind is wandering to a weekend…

1991 Seattle. After being stuck up for money by a panhandler mob at an out of the way car park, I didn’t think anything else was going to register about that trip. But looking back, there were two standout activities.…

Arizona.  I so enjoy walking about Saguaro Cactus. They are the snowmen of the desert. Some stand in solemn splendor while others lean in to say hello to the world. With the variations on the number and the slants of…