California (and Oregon), Here I Come?!?
As I contemplated driving to the Southwest national parks this fall, I considered adding the...
The United States of America
Seein’ the DMV: Celebrating the Holidays 2025
As I have mentioned in previous posts, this has been a difficult year for my...
Nashville
National Museum of African American Music
Smoky Mountain National Park
Tennessee
US National Park Service
Side Trip to Music City Tennessee-National Museum of African American Music-102925
Wednesday morning started beautifully but cloudy. The weather forecast called for a 100% chance of...
African American history
Atlantic Chapter Conference--October 2025
Blackfriars Playhouse
Music Library Association
North Carolina
Staunton
Winston-Salem
“Romeo and Juliet” Comes to Staunton, Virginia, and Musical Moments
From living in Iowa, I’d become quite familiar with driving distances (Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City,...
Black Violin Concert
Catoctin Mountain Park
District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia
Seeing the DMV
US National Park Service
Washington Nationals Park
Seein’ the DMV: Three Shorts – August-September 2025
There’s a lot going on in my family, so I’ve stayed pretty close to home...
Bengie's Drive-In Theater
Cincinnati Open Tennis Tournament
Gunpowder Falls State Park-Hammerman Area
More Tennis and a Really Big Drive-In-August 2025
I’ve stayed pretty close to home this August due a family situation and a need...
Seein’ the DMV: Concerts and National Aquarium
Two Concerts I don’t normally post about musical concerts I attend because I don’t...
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
US National Park Service
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Unplanned Mini-Trip: Rock And Roll HoF, Cuyahoga Valley NP, Western Maryland Scenic RR
Some trips just happen. This was one of them. I was watching a news story...
Backtrack: Pilot Mountain State Park 050715
I found these pictures posted on my Facebook page in May 2015. As mentioned in...
African American history
African Burial Ground National Monument
Broadway
Grotto of the Redemption-West Bend
New York-Broadway
Porgy and Bess
Two Major Backtracks–New York and Porgy and Bess Plus Grotto of the Redemption in Iowa (2012)
While looking for the blog post describing my 2012 trip to New York City to...