2021 Great Race: San Antonio, TX to Greenville, SC The green flag dropped on the 2021 Great Race in San Antonio, Texas on June 19, 2021. The checkered flag dropped nine days and 2300 miles later in Greenville, South Carolina. The 35th Great Race, a grueling endurance competition of both men and vintage machines, is […]
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Stonehenge: Inside The Circle Ever since I first heard about Stonehenge as a child, I have wanted to see it in person. It took about 60 years, but I finally made it in 2018. I was somewhat surprised to learn that there is much more to Stonehenge than just a circle of rocks. The area
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Going To The Farm When I Was Little Years ago, when I was little (today it seems so long ago) my annual trip to grandpa’s farm would set me all aglow I’d always get a new straw hatand a pair of leather work bootsbecause you know, life on the farmis clearly no place for suits
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Stonehenge Summer Solstice Sunset We enter the Stonehenge grounds by walking up “the Avenue” in the same manner of the ancients, as they partook in the Summer Solstice events. A long, adventurous, and filling day is behind us, while the best is yet to come. Up from “the Bottoms” we walked, following “the Avenue” through
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Cabin In The Woods endless rainstorm won’t let me out, won’t let me roam endless rainstorm relentless barrage lacking form safe within the place I call home my cabin in the woods alone endless rainstorm —— Linked to Linda Kruschke’s Paint Chip Rondelet Challenge. The challenge is to write a rondelet using one of the
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Faded Chevrolet Chrome still shining luster long gone hood clamp operational its necessity vanished blue paint visible originality shows through attempted rust removal abandoned without cause resting at peace in a sunlit field proud of its heritage faded Chevrolet truck —— Photo credit: Glenn A Buttkus from his SOUTH SOUND MINIMALIST PHOTOS group, posted on
To Our Loving Parents The air is filled with love today it helps us hide our sorrow We only wish we had the chance to spend the day with you tomorrow We never got to say goodbye what we’d give for one more day Many words we didn’t get to say to you before you
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Low Risk Predictions I predict an abundant harvest from the rich soilthe kind that rewards us for our immense toil I predict the children will create a snow angelhigh in the alpine mountains where the snow fell I predict a night as black as an obsidian pantherto be followed by a glorious day filled with
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Let’s Put An End To This It starts faintly, barely a whisperquietly expressing our displeasurewhy can’t we put an end to this? Self interested power playsgoing on for years not daysmaybe there’s an end to this Conversations occurring dailybad actions without repercussionswaiting for an end to this The guilty show no remorsestill goes on and
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White Peaches Driving to a Kansas orchard three times a weekMy grandpa’s annual quest for perfect white peachesMaking sure to arrive when their ripeness did peakDirectly picked from trees, as far as his arm reaches Ignoring the yellow ones, only whites for his platterI said those aren’t white, they look kinda red to meHe said
