Author Archives: Sparky
Dick, Pete, Dan and Charlie
It has now been over 6 months since Jett’s passing. That hardly seems possible. But those six months of grief have been compounded by the deaths, in just the past two months, of four men who were significant in my life. Dick Vogt was a herpetologist who lived and worked in the Amazon jungle for … Continue reading
Booth Western Art Museum
I did some food shopping yesterday in Cartersville GA and happened to drive by the Booth Western Art Museum. It looked impressive, somewhat reminiscent, in location (a small town) and architecture, of the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown MA. But also reminiscent, in terms of the subject matter, of the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 3: Tifton GA to Cartersville GA
220 miles almost exclusively via I-75 and I-475 around Macon. Cumulative tow miles: 615. Truck miles: 228. Cumulative truck miles: 691. The extra truck miles were to refuel. Another easy hop in terms of navigation – get on I-75, drive 220 miles (with a few miles on I-475), get off, go a couple of miles … Continue reading
“Orchid Beach” by Stuart Woods
Copyright 1998 by Stuart Woods. Published by HarperCollins Publishing Inc, New York. This was my second try at a Stuart Woods novel. I hated the first one. This one is considerably better. There is no question that Woods is a talented writer. Crisp dialog, rapid movement of the plot, short chapters. It is really a … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 2 – Wildwood FL to Tifton GA
203 miles, almost all on I-75. Cumulative tow miles: 395. Truck miles: 271. Cumlative truck miles: 463. The extra truck miles were due to the trip to Ocala to have dinner with my son. This hop was about as simple as it gets: get on I-75 (the entrance ramp was less than a quarter mile … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 1 – Ft Myers FL to Wildwood FL
192 miles almost entirely on I-75. Truck miles: 192. Much to my surprise, I exited my Florida home site exactly as planned – 11am Sunday April 11. As always, I held my breath for the first 20 miles, hoping that the GMC would not throw a shoe. It didn’t. Rusty and I made it to … Continue reading
Fort Myers Cemetery
I did some more photographing of headstones this winter, much as I did last winter at Lee Memorial Park. Last year I posted about 1,500 photographs to findagrave.com. This time I targeted the Fort Myers Cemetery, a cemetery of a similar size (about 12,000 graves) but much older. An older cemetery has fewer unphotographed graves … Continue reading
Seventh trip north (TN7) plan
I am about to embark on my first RV trip without Jett. It will be bittersweet. It will be a different experience, for sure. If anything it will be a test to see if I enjoy traveling solo. Last year I had to try to minimize the time on the road due to Jett’s delicate … Continue reading
“Monster” by Jonathan Kellerman
Copyright 1999 by Jonathan Kellerman. Published by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Yes, another book review. I have been doing a lot of reading because (1) it is a pandemic so what else is there to do? (2) my vision, with glasses, is really clear after my cataract surgery making … Continue reading
“Corrupted” by Lisa Scottoline
Copyright 2015 by Smart Blond, LLC. Published by St Martin’s Press, New York. This is billed as #3 in Scottoline’s “Rosato & Denunzio” series. Well, she must have reset the counter after Denunzio became a partner because there are a whole bunch of Rosato books that precede this one. For those of you not familiar … Continue reading