by mike | Sep 18, 2017 | Death, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
I just got back from a cool trip to the Four Corners area, mostly in Colorado. I’ll have plenty to say about it in next week’s post. For now, I want to sadly acknowledge the passing of actor Harry Dean Stanton last week at the age of ninety-one. (I’ll take that!)...
by mike | Sep 14, 2017 | Life, Native Americans, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized |
While I’m traveling in Colorado this week, here is a 2013 post about a trip to the neighboring Grand Canyon State. So what DON’T I like about Arizona? Traffic roundabouts. Can’t stand the damn things, which are ubiquitous—at least where Jacqueline and I traveled...
by mike | Sep 4, 2017 | Aging, Life, Uncategorized |
Actually, I walk lots of lines: straight, crooked, whatever. It doesn’t matter, as long as I’m walking. As my Facebook friends know, The Walking Dude—that’s me—set a goal of 600 miles for 2017, and that goal was reached around the middle of last month. Not too shabby....
by mike | Aug 17, 2017 | Death, Holocaust, Life, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I first ran this post in 2013, and since then things have only gotten worse, especially in the current climate. What a shame. This morning my wife picked up the main section of our local newspaper and started reading, as she does every morning. But this time she did...
by mike | Jun 12, 2017 | Humor, Life, Movies, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized |
Sedona is a funky town in central Arizona, one of our favorite places to visit. Sedona is also a 2011 indie film, a comedy-drama that, unfortunately, not a whole lot of people got to see. That’s a shame, because the movie more than capably reflects both the stunning...
by mike | May 29, 2017 | Life, Movies, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
“Dammit, I know this. I know what this is! This means something. This is important.” When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) uttered those words forty years ago in the classic Spielberg film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he was attempting to shape the Devils Tower...
