I do enjoy motorcycle trips. Maybe it’s the riding; perhaps the solitude, could be the inevitably scheduled visits with old friends. I...

The sun was beaming in my window this morning, beckoning me to come out and enjoy the clear skies. I had one more class to attend at the...

I woke up to the sound of rain and thunder again yesterday morning. There’s not much that puts a damper on a day for a motorcycle trip...

I left my visit with my new vodou priestess friend feeling educated and thirsty. For that reason, and to quench my everlasting curiosity...

Interview with a Manbo As much as anything else, this was an attempt at proving that people with very different beliefs can still engage...

As I said previously, after a pleasant lunch and good conversation with Pastor Strong of Brown’s Chapel, I set off into the Alabama...

Right, then. Obviously, by the title, this is installment 4 in a series of some unspecified number of posts.  Ironic maybe that I’m not...

Unless you’re fairly young, haven’t studied much history at all, or haven’t cared enough about it to remember when you did hear the...

I look forward to this trip every year, for the dual reasons of working with youth at our church camp in Florida and the motorcycle trip...

Anyway, I am in Florida for my annual youth church camp trip (Florida17). This time, I made it all the way down with no mishaps. Lib’s...

There are few things like a solo motorcycle trip to straighten out your head. In the hot summer of 2013 I packed up my Triumph Sprint ST...

In January of 2013, I taught a short series of classes on Changing Attitudes. Looking back at my journal, I’m pretty sure I didn’t learn...

Flat tires blow. Flat tires are a drag. A flat tire can suck the life out of a good ride. On Sunday morning of March 14, 2010, I was...

Aretha was a healthy black woman with a thick flat creole accent,  who had come to Conway to escape the aftermath of the Katrina disaster...

Music and Motorcycles. I’ve been scheduled to attend a conference at Lake DeGray State Park for some time, and I have looked forward to...

Once a year our church hosts a youth camp called “ignite” in Panama City Beach, Florida. I enjoy cooking and serving for groups, as I...