AtlantaGeorgiaMarch 2017 I almost killed my brother. It wasn’t personal, just kind of an add-on. In his lifetime, my brother endured a lot. He broke his leg wrestling in high school and nearly got the same leg shot off in Vietnam, where he was also likely exposed to Agent Orange. He spent three weeks in… Continue reading That Killer Fruit
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Dumb Stuff III
all over These gems are from registration sheets and comment cards submitted to the Bridger Wilderness rangers in 1996. Really. The Bridger Wilderness is part of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. 30 Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands. 31 Instead of a permit system or regulations, the… Continue reading Dumb Stuff III
Pennsylvania Series XXV — The Mütter Museum
PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaOctober 2004There are 27 columns in my Pennsylvania Series. Behold! What’s normal? Statistics say that normal falls between 30 and 70 percent. The government agrees that Normal is a town of about 47 000 humans in Illinois. According to… Hey, wait a minute. That’s not what I want to write about here. What I want… Continue reading Pennsylvania Series XXV — The Mütter Museum
Fear III — Later is Now
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau — we have named one of our furry, stuffed pets “Hank Dave” in honor of Thoreau — were trail buds, kind of like Lisa and me, but not really. Emerson warned Thoreau that Mount Greylock was a “serious mountain.” Thoreau’s response was to up and summit forthwith. Bushwhacking the final… Continue reading Fear III — Later is Now
Rite of Passage
Frick ParkPittsburghJune 2020 Minding my own business as I move on up the trail, I notice a guy and a kid, off in the bramble. Young father and son, just poking around. They make their way over to a particular tree. They face the tree, Dad behind Junior, talking quietly to him. I hear a… Continue reading Rite of Passage