Before I begin I want to expound on the term isolationism and its context to American life. How, isolationism is beyond the military economic and political efforts of the government. It is not just a laissez faire doctrine one might follow politically, American isolationism is a way of life. Bringing up contextual examples that Americans…
The Story of Devin (Part 1)
As a child he had a curious mind. Not curious as a peculiarity although it could be argued he was a bit of an odd child, curious in his inquisitive demeanor. Devin always had a small way of looking into things. Was there a grain of sand inside the marbles of his head, much in…
How You Talk
Life is more fun on the funny farm. But why? I have come to appreciate the wayward dialogue and indiums from passing strangers; and how, in even the most brief encounters, the anonymous man feels obligated to greet me with their philosophical views of life. “How are you”? response, “living the dream…, someone else’s dream…
Roads “reflections”
The lord said with a devilish grin” I provided the devil to take care of you”
Time to Go
Did you ever wonder if wasted time can be made up? I find it facinating that so many people believe loss is in every second squandered. How important those lost seconds are… What if I told you, time is not the issue. That in some perverse way, time is just our way of constraining loss…
Uncertainty, the clear path to Adverure
Tucked low and away from a through travelers path lies the geologic masterpiece of Moab Utah. I would highly recommend challenging yourself with a backpacking scenario of the Utah desert, more acuratly the canyons and arches that hold this Jurassic lost world in its place. However, Canyonlands and Arches is not what is on my…
2016 The Worst Year Ever…?
Every day people instruct me to believe that 2016 was One of the worst years of their lives, but why? If every consecutive year is supposed to be better than the last, how did twenty-sixteen escape our grasp and why is appetite to blame? In order to digest 2016, first understand, there are two categories,…
Soup Spoons
I am currently in the Atlanta airport concluding a 3 month expedition of 2281 miles. I wanted to take the time to reflect and measure what the adventure was like, what the time spent meant and what was gained from paddling a kayak the entire length of the Mississippi River. Before I delve in, summarizing…
Vicksburg Mississippi
It has been 73 days since I put in at the headwaters of the Mississippi River now, this seasoned traveler is looking longingly at the Gulf of Mexico only 439 miles away. As I run out of river I feel chance to reflect upon the adventure that has become understood to me, as every child’s…
The Waters Deep
From Memphis’s Beale Street to West Helenas Cherry Street, soon to Burbon Street, in its pronounced style, Jazz wafts thick in the air. Along the Mississippi everything is thick, the water, the people even the air seems to carry a weight in my every breath. The river has a curious determining power to shape the…
St. Lewis to Memphis
Welcome to college, as the stages of the river were once described to me (Muddy Mike), Highschool water is Itasca to St. Lewis, College is St. Lewis to Memphis and Grad School is Memphis to New Orleans. The farther I travel down the river the more difficult the river becomes singularly, each stage has its…
“Current” Events
Over the past few blogs I have not exactly supplied information as to what kind of stories the river has provided. The blogs have been more of thoughts I derive well paddling, mostly because I talk to myself. So here is an update as to the people I’ve met, the things I have done, the…
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