Rebirth on the Road
Why I’m spending 160 days driving 13,000 miles across America — and why I’m asking you to come with me There’s a moment, somewhere in a hospital room, when the math of your own life becomes very simple. You stop…
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The Don Jackson Ram service team did well for Hemi.
While in New Orleans I had Hemi serviced. At 70,000 miles she was ready for an oil and filter change, replace windshield wipers, top off all fluids, rotate tires and check entire vehicle. During this inspection it was determined that…
Hemi getting ready with RealTruck bed cover and rack.
Once I decided I was going to take a roadtrip around America it was time to begin preparing the logistics of the truck. That included outfitting my 2020 Ram 1500 pickup truck with a truck bed cover and rack system…
New Orleans, Maple Leaf Bar: Monday Nights Belong to George Porter Jr.
If you want to understand New Orleans music — not the postcard version, but the real version, the one that’s been quietly running this city’s soul for half a century — you go to the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak…
Eight Days of Jazz Fest
And then — because apparently the city had decided I hadn’t had enough yet — came the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Eight days, spread across two weekends, at the Fair Grounds Race Course. I went to all eight.…
Four Days at French Quarter Festival
Spring rolled around, and with it came French Quarter Festival — four days, dozens of stages tucked into courtyards and squares and riverfront lawns across the Quarter, almost entirely free, and absolutely packed with the kind of local talent that…
Mardis Gras – a parade? a season? a way of life?
Beads upon beads with beautiful people.
New Orleans Gave Me a Second Life – Then Showed Me How to Live It
On moving to the Crescent City cancer-free, falling into its music and its people, and finding the spark for a 160-day road trip in the most unlikely of places: a coffee shop In January 2026 I packed up my life…
My neighborhood in New Orleans.
My neighborhood is called St Roch / Marigny and is very lovely. Filled with good restaurants, bars, shops, live music venues, churches and great coffee shops. The neighbors are quite friendly bringing you water, tools to work on your vehicle…