“For nearly seven decades, our national transportation obsession has been about maximizing the amount that you can drive. We now need to…
Gloppitta-gloppitta Brett
If you are a fan of 1960s era dark comedies (aka the golden age of macabre laughs) you couldn’t watch…
Driving the Walking Dead
Hamlet’s okay, but to be brutally honest, I prefer “The Walking Dead.” Love it. Have from the start. Every gory,…
A tale of two cities
Whenever I drive through Ocala I am reminded of urbanist Andres Duany’s declaration that “the Department of Transportation, in its…
When art escapes anything happens
Lately I’ve been entertaining some of the Big Questions about Life, The Universe And Everything. Is it art, or just…
Swans, people and automobiles
Save the swans Lakeland. And the people too. The lovely waterfowl that glide gracefully across Lake Morgan are living symbols…
Like it’s 1974 all over again
On Christmas break in 1974 Dave Smith and I took a road trip to Washington, D.C. and on into Pennsylvania.…
North to Craggy Gardens
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the top of Craggy Gardens. Everything suddenly went black. Well,…
Live center or die on the edge?
I wasn’t aware of the National Park Service’s “Suicide By Bicycle” rule until I cycled the Blue Ridge Parkway out…
Just find a trail and ride
We get it. You want to ride. You long to get out there on your bicycle, to explore the best…
