2025-07-30 19:00:00
Today’s anniversary pic. Our thruhike of the #AppalachianTrail was only halfway done when we summitted Mt. Katahdin. We started at Harper’s Ferry, WV. We returned there a couple of days after this and started our southbound journey to Georgia, another 100 plus miles.
2025-07-30 05:05:30
"I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown & The Famous Flames
What song makes you want to dance alone in your room? James Brown had a tough retirement, there is no doubt. For many years though, he was the epitome of energy and hustle. He was unapolgetically Black and Proud and man, what a creative force. It's tough for me to dance these days, arthritis and other old man shit has me all janked up, but hearing the horns of The Famous Flames and James unmistakable voice gives me the chills and wee bit of energy.
2025-07-29 04:37:00
The distictive twin steeples of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, NC against a bright summer sky.
2025-07-23 08:31:14
"The Ballad of the Green Berets" by SSgt. Barry Sadler
What's a song you associate with your hometown? Although my hometown was founded in the pre-colonial era and has a rich history, we are know for one thing, and that is our close ties to the American war machine, specifically the Special Forces command and the 82nd Airborne Infantry Division. Kids around here grow up to the sound of artillery and the sight of paratroopers falling from the sky. I saw a big jump last week over Sainte-Mère-Eglise drop zone. Barry Sadler was an active duty Green Beret when he recorded this song in the 1960s. He lived in the same neighborhood as my high school girlfriend, about one mile from the Ft. Bragg gate.
2025-07-22 16:10:26
One of the iconic experiences of the #AppalachianTrail is the canoe ferry across the Kennebec River. There’s even a white blaze painted on the side. Back in the day you had to ford it but the construction of a dam upstream ended that. Sudden releases of water cause the river level to increase two to four feet within minutes. No thanks. #hiking
2025-07-20 22:02:12
I’ve got fond memories of the a hard day in southern Maine on the #AppalachianTrail. It’s the anniversary of our last day in the Bigelow Mountains. It took is 9 hours to go 10 miles. We camped in Stafford Notch, as we were too tired to push on to the next shelter, These were the last 4K-footers before Katahdin. #hiking
