Midtown Madness
Travel through Times Square during the day and it appears as filthy and chaotic as much (most) of New York. Walk through by night, and a different reality sets in.…
Ground Zero Revisited
Sometime in the 1970’s I had dinner on the top floor of the World Trade Center. It was electric! I recall visiting a few years back, and it was one…
Let the Migration Begin
For the Sandhill Cranes, the Platte River is a brief stop-over to refuel on last season’s corn crop. They are named for their preference to gather on the foliage-free sand…
The Sand Hill Crane Migration: They’re Coming!
I am planning a sunset walk on the Platte River tomorrow - hopefully getting a bit closer. The bird tourists arrive next week and, thankfully, I'll be home for a…
First Grill after the Chill
It's amazing how fast we go from cleaning the damn road salt off ones car to cleaning bugs off the windshield. Well that's what happened this weekend and it is…
Daylight Saving Time Already?
Somewhere in Wyoming on I-80 East at Sunrise on the Morning of Day Light Savings Time It arrived as it often does without my knowledge. But I am glad that…
I Reinvented the Burger Joint – and it Includes . . . Well I Can’t Tell You Just Yet
The 1,400 mile return journey ended tonight safely home at my undisclosed location in the middle of nowhere – all because of poor planning on my part, and a $30…
Frozen
Last Friday at 4:00 a.m. my home security system alerted me that the temperature in my house was 40° F. My furnace stopped working, and I was 1,500 miles away!…