Adventurous food escapades are one of the best parts of traveling.
Year of the Acadian Triangle Vignettes: Investigative Reporters, Southern Gentlemen, and Beacons of Civilization
Four unstructured days of story research stretched out in front of me, and that was surprisingly uncomfortable at first.
Year of the Acadian Triangle Vignettes: Laundry and other Exotic Places
He talked about America in glowing terms, a bit like Feivel Mousekewitz sang that there are no cats in America and the streets are lined with cheese. It made me smile.
Year of the Acadian Triangle Vignettes: Gendarmerie
There’s something a little bewitching about meeting the real life versions of the fictional heroes you create inside your imagination
When Saving Pennies Nets You a “Crap Copper Package”
Saving pennies (and blunt honesty) only for special occasions can have unintended consequences.
Going Slightly Out of My Way for a Backstory
One day when my awesome “day job” took me to the heretofore unexplored territory of Tennessee, I seized the opportunity to rent a car and drive nearly four hours to Gatlinburg on the other side of the state… just so I could explore the Smoky Mountains for a few hours early the next morning.
Funeral Road Trip
It was a ten hour drive to pick up the cremated remains, and another eight hours to the cemetery. And a pint-sized hearse isn’t the most comfortable place to grab a few hours of sleep on the side of the road…
The Landlord of a Floating Hotel
Captain Franklin commanded the Undaunted, which sailed in the Spring of 1858 from Calcutta to London.
