All American stories begin with the road. We are always going somewhere, to another town, a vacation, or a better job. Or we are returning, recovering from failure, nurturing our wounds, seeking solace back where we started. We pave our pathways to a place we think is better and do not learn the truth until arrival. Our country was created by roads, and our best literature and dreams have roads as veins sustaining their narratives.
Love this writing and story telling. Your comment below anticipated my question as I read this and other pieces here...will you write a book? I'll buy it.
Thanks for sharing Jim. It's important to write about and share your life's experiences as I think it shows your readers that you have a real and solid foundation for your world view. It behooves one to pay attention to what you have to say.
Thanks for writing these thoughtful, folksy, poignant snippets from your life. Your writing makes me reflect on my own “road trips” and the signs along the way calling my attention to things I didn’t know I needed to learn.
Love this writing and story telling. Your comment below anticipated my question as I read this and other pieces here...will you write a book? I'll buy it.
Wow is all I have to say, what a great article.
Thanks for sharing Jim. It's important to write about and share your life's experiences as I think it shows your readers that you have a real and solid foundation for your world view. It behooves one to pay attention to what you have to say.
Thanks for writing these thoughtful, folksy, poignant snippets from your life. Your writing makes me reflect on my own “road trips” and the signs along the way calling my attention to things I didn’t know I needed to learn.
"People who picked up hitchhikers, I quickly discovered, were often stranger than the roadside travelers."
Oh so true. But hitchhiking is for the adventurer who knows he is stepping out into the unknown.