Chasing The Blue Beyond

Indianapolis Motor Speedway / 2008–2014 / Family Archive Great Day Today at the Speedway The Indianapolis 500: the best way to convert money into noise—and turn speed, near misses, and repeated returns into family memory. See Full Image Riding With Mark Twain Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir The best way to convert money into noise. Race Day Field Notes Fast Enough to Touch Disaster 2012 / The 96th Indianapolis 500 Great Day at the Speedway The 96th Indianapolis 500—the best way to convert money into noise—was fast-paced, with plenty of lead changes and drivers moving in and out of the boundaries of disaster. There i...

Belle Meade Plantation This Antebellum home in Nashville, on a property formerly used as a thoroughbred horse farm,still gives a glimpse of a  beautiful home and of the privileged life enjoyed by a handful of Americans in the 19th century.

 “We Americans have never lost a war.” is  rather amazing statement   I always believed  growing up as a Yankee East Coaster. Yet, Southerners have a sense of defeat which none of the rest of the country has. It is evident in the battlefields throughout Tennessee, especially here at Shiloh. A very somber place with mass burial sites and gravestone markers. Drove down aways to see the final resting place of Lewis from the Fmaous Lewis and Clark Expedition,  who explored and mapped out the great expansion towards the West  through a number of rivers. They include the Ohio River,  Tennessee River, Missouri River  and Columbia River.

"“When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.” Bill Clinton   I am holding up a copy of  the president's  memoir, My Life , and thinking-Don't judge a book by its cover. He was a great leader. His  assertion that the best social program is a good job rings true. After all, government doesn't solve problems, they subsidize them. In The background I visited the Clinton Library and it was a nice reminder of all the prosperity and good that he accomplished for our country in the two terms he was in office. The View From The Bridge

Memphis / Highway 61 / American Memory BB, MLK and Elvis A road trip through the blues, the Lorraine Motel, Lucille, Graceland, and the places where American music and history still occupy the same room. See Full Image Show Text Memphis does not separate music from memory. The blues, the civil-rights movement, and rock-and-roll are not exhibits here. They are addresses. Field Note 01 Muriel Plays Piano Every Friday The song points toward a real cafe: The Hollywood in Tunica, Mississippi, just off Highway 61. A lyric becomes a place, and the road begins to sound familiar. Highway 61 The Hollywood Cafe The lyrics talk about a cafe where “Muriel plays piano every Friday.” The Hollywood is located in Tunica, Missis...

Memphis / Highway 61 / American Memory BB, MLK and Elvis A road trip through the blues, the Lorraine Motel, Lucille, Graceland, and the places where American music and history still occupy the same room. See Full Image Show Text Memphis does not separate music from memory. The blues, the civil-rights movement, and rock-and-roll are not exhibits here. They are addresses. Field Note 01 Muriel Plays Piano Every Friday The song points toward a real cafe: The Hollywood in Tunica, Mississippi, just off Highway 61. A lyric becomes a place, and the road begins to sound familiar. Highway 61 The Hollywood Cafe The lyrics talk about a cafe where “Muriel plays piano every Friday.” The Hollywood is located in Tunica, Missis...

Mississippi River Bearing Steamboats Come True Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain, and the rivers still waiting on the bucket list. See Full Image Show Text Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain American Queen River Cruise Dreaming The river calls, promising to help you lose your baggage without going anywhere near an airport. River Note 01 Life on the Mississippi The paddle wheel: mechanical poetry on the river. Life on the Mississippi : a pilot’s river before the Civil War. Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi recounts his years as a steamboat pilot and his journey along the river between St Louis and New Orleans. He writes with sincerity and irreverence, and his river voice still sounds like a dispatch fr...