by Rick | Jan 14, 2013 | Blog
I prefer avoid international incidents when I travel. However, on a previous trip to Africa the New York City Police surrounded our plane at JFK because of passengers behaving badly. I was not guilty. The plane to Ghana was delayed for a day and a half waiting for a...
by Rick | Jan 11, 2013 | Blog, Photographic Travel Journal
Each Saturday morning of my high school years, I rumbled into the El Dorado Livestock Auction – the Sale Barn- before sunrise in my old ’69 Chevy Pickup. Semi-trucks and stock trailers full of bawling cattle lined up waiting to be unloaded. Cows, calves, steers, and...
by Rick | Jan 2, 2013 | Blog
Although my Mommy didn’t send me off with a Ninja Turtle backpack and a kiss on the cheek, I still felt like a kindergartener on my first day at college. I was a late bloomer; a 27-year-old first time college freshman sitting in a room full of wet-behind-the-ears...
by Rick | Jan 1, 2013 | Blog
For the male species, a scar is either a bragging right of assumed valor or a confession to stupidity fueled by testosterone, peer pressure, and, sometimes, alcohol. My first scar appeared after I sliced open my big toe on broken glass. Like any ten-year-old idiot, I...
by Rick | Jan 1, 2013 | Blog
My wife handed me a small picture out of a magazine. “Here,” she said with a twinkle, “this is the bed I want you to build us. When can you get started? Will it be done next Friday?” While she possesses many strong virtues, patience is not one of them. It’s been a...
