Every April—well, not this past year, of course—but every April in previous years, the Rail Passengers Association has met in Washington for its annual three-day Spring meeting. There are workshops,...

Working directly with Amazon in an effort to promote this new book is quite a different experience. The secret, I have discovered, is in convincing Amazon to give your book...

I’ve been organizing my computer files and, in the process, have come across a number of photos taken over the years during my travels . . . photos I had...

We’re all getting a lot of last -minute fund-raising emails from political candidates. Since midnight—and It was mid-afternoon when I wrote this—I have received 55 emails from candidates or PACs...

Regular readers here know that I am a big fan of VIA Rail’s long distance service.  Furthermore, I can speak with some authority having traveled on The Skeena (Jasper-Prince Rupert),...

A post of some months ago recently drew the following comment: My wife and I priced a two person bedroom from Phoenix to New Orleans round trip. The price was...

 “Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this (COVID lockdown) is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.”  -U.S. Attorney General Willim Barr The chief...

When you live 2500 miles from the nearest land of any significant size, it’s a jet plane that will get you where you need to go. Here in Hawaii, the...

Someone—I can’t remember who—said that there was one quality that made baseball unique and different from all other sports: “You can go to a baseball game and relax.“ . It...

Just minutes after landing safely on Maui, dazed but relieved passengers are helped down from the battered aircraft by the flight crew. . Thirty-two years ago this past week, an...