– Stuart Jonathan Thad Schippereit 74, of Savannah, Georgia passed away April 24, 2023 at his home with family by his side. He was born March 22, 1949 in Columbus Ohio. Editor’s Note: We are aware of the discontinuities of perspective in this daily shout at the heavens. You will note that this brief excerpt […]

Morning, Gentle Readers! This is a note from a deferred tradition. It goes back a ways through several contributors, though with a stringent eligibility criterion. They can no longer be strictly of this world. The project began with the Cook-Book we started with Jinny Martin. There has been a curious periodic eruption of old Spook […]

Editor’s Note: Marlow chimes in this morning with some thoughts about the road ahead we all share. We held off on running this piece during Holy Week to stay in tune with the turning of our world from winter gray to the promise of bright blossoms amid fresh new green. Our contribution? Stay alert. And […]

Author’s Note: Dusting off and playing old vinyl and CDs and uncovered the pictured arty fact and the lyrics to Steppenwolf’s Monster. Copyright on composition is theirs with our thanks. Our reaction to it? That is ours this morning! Spy Navy.jpg – Marlow Monster Once the religious, the hunted and weary Chasing the promise of […]

the minor aggravations of death Another one in our aging family is always coming, so a family reunion is perforce rising on the distant event horizon Yes, another parade of the haunted casualties of irreparable damage in the crucible of life whether at birth or some other large or small fork in one’s life road […]

Four Corners Meditation Editor’s Note: This is a missive from the American Road as it was in a day of remarkable freedom. We just completed publication of “Marlow’s Detour 1.0,”an account of a pair of riders hurtling across the vast panorama of the American Road. What follows is an evocation of the time when all […]

Author’s Note: Ten years ago, I briefly considered resurrecting my 12-year-old, scrapbooked, Detour Version 1.0 journal notes in a series of email postings. I dashed the attached off the narrative below and then let it sit unshared until my recent 2001 scrapbook’s unearthing in Jan/Feb 2023. I then started recasting it as a possible opening […]

Author’s Note: Detour Version 1.0 Series tale tail end #2 of 2 Here’s a brighter note on this series on . . . if you will . . . our dare-to-be-different sentiment-sprinkled memories — no weeping, wealth, or glory — will keep us alive in the hearts and souls of those who we love and […]

Socotra House Note: The formal re-telling of Marlow’s Detour 1.0 was complete yesterday with a ride back home in Fairfax, VA on the Couty Parkway. The rigors of nearly 10,000 miles on two wheels, coast-to-coast is a prelude to an epic “Four Corners” ride around the corners of the continuous States. It was written in […]

Waffle House for breakfast — carb loading for the long day ahead. We retraced our steps from Day 1. Opening 30 minutes riding was in rain close to the intensity of that which we experienced in Kansas two days ago. Thankfully it abated. Even light rain made West Virginia toll booth stops a dangerous slip […]