“Pony Up” No Corona Rider
“The Pony Express rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance. No matter what time of day or night his watch came on…, he must be always ready to leap into […]
Author: usfman
Remembrances Of A Racist Past
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) I dedicate the following blog reposting from our road trip past to George Floyd and those demonstrators […]
Human Rights In Fabric
”The museum believes today’s quilters create extraordinary artwork that is a unique and wonderful sensory experience for everyone.” (The National Quilt Museum – Mission Statement) I’ve always loved the cozy feel of a thickly built […]
Savoring Smokies Silence
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” (John Muir) There was a time in […]
Asheville’s Art-Filled Action
“Few people go to art exhibitions nowadays, the art comes to them! “(Chris Geiger) June 3 -4 When we arrived in the picturesque region of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains in mid afternoon Wednesday, we […]
Stately Savannah Survives
“Savannah is a lovely, gentle, sad old city. You can walk through the shadowy, cobbled streets of the town on a tranquil Sunday morning and feel the atmosphere heavy with the burden of lost greatness […]
Road-Trip Plan 2020
Ruth and I will begin our 2020 summer road trip on Saturday, May 31 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Our first stopover of this two month journey will take place in Savannah, Georgia. USFMAN looks forward to […]
Flaneuring Not Hurrying
Flaneur – “Someone who walks around not doing anything in particular but watching people and society” (Cambridge Dictionary) Many of us now grow weary of the enduring idleness at home because of the Corona pandemic […]
Road Trip Resilience Tested
“It takes a great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.” (Oscar Wilde) When Ruth and I returned from India at the beginning of March, […]
A Timely Seclusion
“There is a charm in solitude that cheers. A feeling that the world knows nothing of. A green delight the wounded mind endears. After the hustling world is broken off…”(John Clare) Let’s face it. Covid […]
