Coming soon. And then going somewhere else.
Rolling Thunder Revisited
So, where were we? Oh yeah, Springfield, Illinois. I headed south to St. Louis from there, down Interstate 55, a route I traveled a lot in college. It was somewhere in the St. Louis suburbs -- maybe Edwardsville, Illinois -- where I [...]
Blow-pops for Jesus and other bad ideas
So, where we? Oh, yeah, Cleveland. I blue-highwayed across Ohio and into Indiana. The leaves were more spectacular, if less plentiful, than they had been in New England. Because there has been less moisture in the Midwest, the colors were brighter, practically [...]
Cleveland: City of Light, City of Magic
So, where were we? Oh yeah, Vermont, at the Sanctuary on Blueberry Lake. I headed west from there, the beginning of a slow drift back towards Texas. There were just enough nights with temperatures in the 30’s to serve as reminder that [...]
Sanctuary
Oct. 15 So where were we? Oh yeah, Lowell, Mass., driving by Jack Kerouac’s grave. I headed north to Vermont from there, nothing more in mind than staring at some fall foliage, watching leaves wither and die for my amusement, the life [...]
Norman, Jack and me
Oct.5 So where were we? Oh yeah, Falmouth. (pronounced phall-muth, not foul mouth, in spite of my insisting otherwise). I drove by Jack Kerouac’s grave last week. Didn’t stop. Kept moving. It seemed like the right thing to do. Although, in retrospect, [...]
Couchsurfing on Cape Cod
Oct 4. So where were we? Oh yeah, Brooklyn. I’ve been hanging around Massachusetts – Boston and Cape Cod – since then, doing what I do best: eating other people’s food, sleeping in their driveways, being America’s Guest. I try to earn [...]
New York, New England, New Ways In Which I’m Kind of a Dick
So where we? Oh, yeah, Medway, Mass., under suspicion but ultimately exonerated. I've spent most of the last two weeks going back and forth between New York and New England, traipsing down wooded parkways where the leaves are just now beginning to [...]
To Protect and Overserve
Sept. 20 -- So where we? Oh, yeah, Knoxville. I spent most of the next day driving in the rain, the last gasps of the same tropical storm that had been chasing me since Texas. I finally outran it in Virginia, somewhere [...]
My TV Guide Preview of “Lone Star”
Hey, here's a surprise, actual professional writing. From the Fall Preview issue of TV Guide. lonestarweb
Sno-Cones, Sushi and Sixty Degrees
Sept. 13 – Framingham, Mass. – It’s already weird here. The Traipsemobile gets stared at wherever it goes, but here the stares last a little longer and seem a little more judgmental, less, “Hey, what is that thing?” and more, “Why are [...]
Flyover America Touts the Traipsathon
Traipsathon fully endorses the efforts of Flyover America, an endorsement that is in no way influenced by this flattering post which details the Texas Farewell party in Dallas and makes it appear as if there might actually be a point to this [...]
The Starting Line
Sept. 7 -- The last time I did anything like this, 25 years ago, I knew where I was going and why. I was going to spend the 1985-86 college basketball season driving to as many games as I could, living in [...]