Monthly Archives: October 2016

Trip Log – Day 347 – Lubbock TX to Slaton TX

October 17, 2016 – Sun, 90 degrees Miles Today: 27 Miles to Date: 18,036 States to Date: 45 Llano Estacado, the Palisaded Plains, also known as the Staked Plains because early Spanish explorers drove stakes to mark their route through … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Bruce Day and the Fogbees, Hendersonville, TN

Bruce Day grew up on a farm in Cullman, AL, forty acres of cotton plus forty acres of subsistence farming and forest. They picked cotton by hand, which commanded a higher price than machine picked: $1000 a bale in the … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 346 – Lubbock TX

October 16, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 9 Miles to Date: 18,009 States to Date: 45 When you travel so slow for so long ideas percolate over time until, one day, you meet a person or encounter a … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Linda Marks and Dana Cooper, Nashville, TN

Over the telephone, Dana Cooper has a voice smooth as chocolate, rich and mellow. It’s easy to imagine this veteran singer/songwriter with twenty-five albums to his credit performing in clubs and concert halls all over the world. His voice is … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 345 – Levelland TX to Lubbock TX

October 15, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 39 Miles to Date: 18,000 States to Date: 45 Nothing wilts an experience quicker than expectations. For months I’ve looked forward to returning to Levelland. Over the past week I’ve spent … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Jeremy Raley and Chris Keshian, Nashville Entrepreneurial Center, Nashville, TN

The morning I arrived at the former Nashville Trolley Barns turned incubator offices and trendy eateries, I counted six cranes on the city skyline. Nashville is a happening place. It’s cool, it’s growing, and it has a vibe of urban … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 344 – Clovis NM to Levelland TX

October 14, 2016 – Clouds and Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 89 Miles to Date: 17,961 States to Date: 45 After college I served as a VISTA Volunteer in the South Plains of Texas, an area most people would call … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Lily Hansen, Nashville, TN

When Lily Hansen moved to Nashville from Chicago, she only knew a few people. She reached out to them and interviewed them about her new city. The last question she asked each of them was, “Whom should I talk to … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 343 – Fort Sumner NM to Clovis NM

October 13, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 66 Miles to Date: 17,872 States to Date: 45 The Internet lists two motels in Fort Sumner, both on the east side of town. Coming in from the west, I passed … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “As time goes on, gay and lesbian issues will disappear. I think of gay prejudice like nuclear waste, it has a half-life. The prejudice gets less, but never quite goes away.” Richard, bisexual, Kansas City, … Continue reading

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