While Cyndy Keesler and I traveled around the US in early 2020, the coronavirus appeared. We didn’t contract Covid-19, but it did force us to take refuge in Green Valley, Arizona. Being a Great Lakes sailor, this desert wasn’t my first choice of location, but it served us well. The stories on this page cover our summer in Green Valley, our winter in Texas, and our spring in Michigan.
2020-03-24 Avoiding COVID-19
While driving merrily along our way, an invisible virus appeared in the world, invaded the United States, harmed and impacted many, and affected our travels.
2020-04-15 Al Kaline, my boyhood hero
The journey of life includes birth, death, and some level of achievement, maybe being a hero. My hero was (still is) Al Kaline, right fielder for the Detroit Tigers professional baseball team, who died on April 6, 2020.
2020-05-05 Readers’ insights
My blog on April 4, titled “Who do we value? Who do we reward?”, drew several significant comments from readers, which are the content of this blog.
2020-08-20 Words from wise ones
My recent blogs have been inspired by authors I look up to: D’Ann Rohrbach, Steve Bhaerman, Bruce Lipton, Robert Koehler. In this blog, these humanists provide summary comments on their outlooks on life.
2021-01-19 On socialism and anti-socialism
The Bible says, “Let he who has two cloaks give one to he who has none.” To me, sharing generously is a model for improving life and society for the higher good of all.
2020-04-03 Who do we value? Who do we reward?
With COVID-19 causing people to “self-isolate” and practice “social distancing,” I laid these two questions on my blog table.
2020-04-22 “Earth Day” in Arizona
April 22 is NOT Earth Day! Are you surprised? Most people are. The original Earth Day is on the vernal equinox, thanks to global visionary John McConnell, who promoted that day as a global celebration for all humans.
2020-05-25 Rising up to the Fiftieth Floor
With COVID-19 and rampant racism, our world and society is in a period of great turmoil and change. This blog offers a perspective for finding solutions.
2020-11-19 Where we are, personally and politically
Travel highlights: Feeding cattle in California, voting in Michigan. My views on politics: Government is like a gluttonous caterpillar, and citizens are imaginal cells of change.
2021-01-26 The great mattress murder
Living full time in a travel trailer means that we push some components to the limit: like the mattress. But how to dispose of the old one? This humorous story reveals one way.
2020-04-07 The net has closed!
After exactly one year on the road and watching the COVID-19 virus shutter campgrounds around us, our travels ground to a halt in Green Valley, Arizona.
2020-04-29 Blue skies over Green Valley
Impacted by COVID-19, Cyndy’s and my travels are waylaid. Our trailer is in temporary storage. We have rented a nice home on a month-by-month basis. This blog describes our environment, scenery, and activities.
2020-06-01 Spontaneous Evolution
Evolution is not a ramp of continuous improvement but, rather, a sudden leap from chaos to a “better way.” We are in the chaos; the spontaneous evolution is near.
2020-12-20 Holiday potpourri
Cyndy’s improved health, my expansion on social media, our relocation near Corpus Christi, seeing the border wall, immortal HeLa cells, and gratitude for the “little things” in life. Imagine peace on Earth.
2021-02-20 Texas draws static over electrical outages
The polar vortex stormed through Texas and revealed major flaws in the state’s self-serving energy policies. I was there. This is my report.
