Gathered Along the Way

 

Personal memoirs, travels, and stories gathered along the way

(returning visitors should consider a refresh after opening a story)


The Grass of Mt Diablo - seasons of possibility - 11/09

The Ocean House - passages and eras - 09/09

Joan Osborne - Revisited - an appreciation wrapped in a memory or two - 08/09

Suit - strange day on Mount Diablo - 05/09

Death Valley Wind - the first trip to Death Valley - 04/09

Induced Enlistee - the Army years - 03/09

Salters Pond, Beau Geste, and the Return of the Vikings - a celebration of life - 03/09

Snow Day at the Dugout - freedom and hard work - 03/09

Dog Day Afternoon in the Laguna Mountains - a hot dog story - 11/08

Off the Shoulder of Orion - a personal lament -11/08

In the Mind of the Artist - new images appear - 11/08

La Grange - a story for the season - 11/08

Baseball and Coffee - another story from baseball - 10/08

Sto Lat - 100 years - 9/08

Desert Holly Espresso - (with images) I find a special oasis in Trona, California - 9/08

Dreams - ruminations over a long-ago dream - 9/08

Saint - thoughts about a special friend and artist - 8/08

I'm Seeing Keith Richards in the Morning - passages - 7/08

Empty Bottle - remembering past moves and relocations - 6/08

Burial Detail - remembering military funerals and Fort Bragg - 5/08

Blood Mountain - discovering the mountains of North Georgia - 5/08

Sentinel Snow - an October blizzard in Yosemite (with images) - 03/08

Norman - the neighbor's dog - 3/08

Remembering the Dugout and Larry Lisciotti - remembering one of the greats - 3/08

Manchester Redux - the home town - 3/08

Paper and Fire - stirring old embers that still burn - 3/08

On a Beach on Nantucket - youth and love on Nantucket - 2/08

Beginnings -  revisiting my motorcycle roots - 2/08

Snow Day  -  free enterprise in Manchester - 1/08

Mt San Gorgonio  -  two summit attempts on the highest peak in Southern California - 01/08

Shoehorn  -  story of a California Weekend - 01/08

Cheers and Slainte  -  celebrating the Scots and Brits in my life - 01/08

Pasadena Lunch  -  a family moment at the dentist - 11/07

October 5, 1980  -  a motorcycle accident and its aftermath - 10/07

September, 1959  -  a moment of early angst  - 9/07

Scouting, and the Tattoo Merit Badge  -  free enterprise comes to the Jamboree - 9/07

Bridge Inspection  -  a night mission in Vietnam leads to a strange encounter - 9/07

The Power of Symbol  -  the education of a young boy - 9/07

The Product  -  I revisit a direct sales horror show - 9/07

Chairman of the Board  -  I try my hand at direct sales - 9/07

Out of a Blue Sky  -  old ghosts come to Marina del Rey - 9/07

Passages in Stone  -  a portal between the generations closes - 9/07

Leigh Lake  -  an adventure in the Cabinet Mountains of Montana almost leads to tragedy - 8/07

Mt San Jacinto, Summer, 1992  -  another special encounter - 8/07

Mt San Jacinto, Winter, 1991  -  a special encounter - 8/07

 A Special Cup of Coffee  -  4 coffee cups and the stories behind them - 8/07

Worms  -  an old memory is recalled in LA - 8/07

With Carlton Fisk, Forever  -  game 6 of the 1975 World Series - 8/07

Breakfast in Pahrump  -  2 breakfasts, forty years apart - 7/07

Signposts to Afghanistan  -  a look back at the Army years, and at dreams gone by - 7/07