Between the late night before and the day’s cold weather, my mother, sister and I got a slow start on…
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on Ma Head
I didn’t mention previously that, in preparation for this trip–during which I expected to present publicly, I’d gone to the…
Headin’ to New York
I reached the Cedar Rapids airport on Thursday morning. Most memorable about the drive was seeing two different semis stuck…
New York, New York…
Now, this is the kind of trip I like, a combination of business and pleasure. First, business. I’m scheduled to…
Three Days in Dubuque–Day Three
Busy day started with a stop at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. It seems that I missed much of…
Three Days in Dubuque–Day Two
Even though I hadn’t asked for a wake-up call, I was highly motivated to check out of the room early. …
Three Days in Dubuque–Day One
On Thursday morning, it suddenly hit me that the Labor Day weekend was approaching, and I REALLY didn’t want to…
The Home Stretch
I got the early start I’d hoped for that Sunday morning. There were only two stops in Little Rock: the…
Ghosts of Oak Alley Plantation
During my short drive through Vacherie, Louisiana, on Saturday morning, I wasn’t paying much attention to the green stalks rising…
A Three-Hour Tour,…
(Really, the trip’s only 45 minutes each way, but you get the point of the title–I hope–and if you don’t,…