I wander America on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, sleep on couches and in fifty-dollar motel rooms, eat at Waffle House and Main Street cafes, and have conversations with people whose politics I might not agree with. These are our stories.

Captain Caviar

Captain Caviar

America is a beautiful thing... In Morgan City, Louisiana I stayed at the Morgan City Motel, a small, lonely $60.00 room. Jim’s room was directly across the parking lot from mine, he was sitting on the front step smoking a cigarette. Sixty and the first mate on a tug,...

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Colonel Sawyer

Colonel Sawyer

America is a beautiful thing... I ran into Colonel Sawyer on Facebook, he’s retired in Pensacola. We had breakfast at Waffle House. Captain Sawyer was my Commanding Officer when I arrived at the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, the 1/1 Cav, at O’Brien Barracks in...

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The Chicken Farmer

The Chicken Farmer

America is a beautiful thing... Ursula is fifty-four and has a son and some ex-husbands and lives alone in a pre-fab house on two acres of sun-baked scrub grass in eastern Tennessee. She chain smokes and has a prosthetic leg, the original she lost in a motorcycle...

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I Have a Friend Named Titus

I Have a Friend Named Titus

America is a beautiful thing... I owned a construction company. We worked all over the country for commercial and federal government clients. Titus worked for me as a job superintendent and project manager for a number of years then left to work in the North Dakota...

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The Wedding

The Wedding

I stayed the night at the Quality Inn in Jeffersonville, Ohio and ate dinner at Wendy’s, the only walkable restaurant from the motel. I had a “Dave’s Double” cheeseburger, fries and a Coke; should have had Dave’s Single but I was tired and hungry and making poor...

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Best Fried Bologna Sandwich in the Galaxy

Best Fried Bologna Sandwich in the Galaxy

America is a beautiful thing... Before I left, Muskegon yesterday, I bought some pot at Highway Dispo. Large, open retail space with shiny floors, they offer Flower, Pre-Rolls, Vaporizers, Concentrates, Edibles and Tinctures (I learned to smoke Mexican pot in the...

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A Wander About America

A Wander About America

America is a beautiful thing... This morning, I’m on the Lake Express ferry going from Milwaukee to Muskegon, the Harley Davidson’s strapped down on the car deck below. I’m riding to a trout farm in Cleveland for my cousin Betsy and her beau John’s wedding. The...

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