Funny it took me this long, but I recently discovered the joys of creating my own cocoon on an airplane.
Donning my brand new sleeping mask and over-ear iPod headphones, I actually can block out the rest of the plane at night. I don’t get much sleep, but I do get into the zone. Next flight [...]
Two rows behind me on the plane a few days ago…
Woman dressed in an expensive cream colored, cable-front, angora turtle neck sweater and, well let’s just say, pants I wouldn’t have chosen. Man of indeterminate age, demeanor, and sartorial propensity across the aisle from her (and behind me, so I never saw him).
Conversation overheard as [...]
I visited the mother ship on Saturday night: the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
It was a toe-tapping, finger-snapping good time!
As I plan a jungle vacation, I keep reading references to howler monkeys and the “cacophonous cries” that will be the soundtrack to the trip. Then I found a recording of their howls online.
Whoa.
Gray day. Winter light.
Bare branch with dusting of snow.
Sing red cardinal, sing.
Whoever invented the car radio is a genius. I love to drive and a lot of that involves the radio (and singing along to all the songs I know).
It’s practically torture if I drive a car with a broken radio or drive through a radio-free zone (like most of western New Hampshire along interstate 89), [...]
Perhaps I could document all the instances of people behaving badly in public. And juxtapose it with something nice someone did the same day or week. They don’t even have to be related or things that happened to me. But I’d love to document these things and examine our collective public personae.
Like the woman who [...]
The storms are raging on a rolling sea
Down the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
But you ain’t seen nothing like me yet…
Lyrics from one of my all-time faves: Make you feel my love.
Just found out the version I’ve heard is a cover! Garth Brooks of a Dylan song. Wow.
There really [...]