Hi folks, It’s Sunday, and I’m going for a drive again in the Wander. This time, it is to Arizona and the wonderful Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. This park contains the only region in the United States with this type of cactus. It likes the environment frost-free as it grows hedge-high, multi-stemmed, and nearly […]
Howdy again! I’m still on a country western kick, and this week share a video of a Texas rodeo I filmed some years ago. Literally, these little rodeos are a “kick,” and a great way to spend a Fall or Summer evening with friends and family. Note that nothing and nobody got hurt or killed […]
Howdy, folks! It’s fall again, and time to enjoy some of that “purdy” pretty colorful tree, grass and shrub autumn foliage. Wherever you may live in the Northern Hemisphere, the shorter days and cooler temperatures bring changes to our landscapes. These changes include ripening nuts, grass seeds and berries, changing leaf colors, and bustling wildlife […]
As last week I posted about train trips, you might have guessed the next post would be about road journeys. You are right. Except this was not just any old road trip. It was an epic road journey that covered 48 of 50 states, lasted nearly a year, and covered 50,000 miles of city streets, […]
It’s the first day of Fall, 2019, and I’m thinkin’ of ramblin’ n’ travelin’… In the past, I’ve taken some exceptional rides on long-distance trains. The first was when I was three years old. I went with my family on a Santa Fe train trip from California to Missouri, and it was an experience I […]
As the days get shorter and nights get longer, I believe it’s time to literally “lighten up!” For this post, I have a video called “Neonpolitan,” which features The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. Disney’s Electrical Parade inspired the original music, which seemed appropriate for these playgrounds: Disney theme parks and the Las […]
This week’s events in the news showed the destructive power of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. I would like to dedicate this week’s song and video to the past, present and future rebuilders. I hope they love their land strong enough to rebuild it, in just the same way (or better) as the world has […]
Traditionally, Labor Day meant the end of the summer holidays, back-to-school and work, with not another long weekend until November. Well, don’t despair. I have a little dance number on line this week to cheer you up. Before showing you this week’s video, I need to say there was a technical error with last week’s […]
There is musical progression within a song, and progression of a song over time. I offer to you today a mash-up of a song written many years ago. At first, we hear the original, demo version, played only by bass and guitar. Next, we hear a later version performed by the whole band, Then, we […]
This week, on a lighter note, we escape gravity and explore “Steam Punk” style. Steam punk, and punk culture in general, started as a style in the mid to late 1970s. At first, steam punk was a literary genre in the mode of H.G. Wells, and could be classified as science fiction or science fantasy. […]