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18 Jul 2001 | Continued On Saturday, I met up with "Tex" at the public radio station in Ann Arbor to play some of my Nashville bluegrass bootlegs over the air on his Country Western show. It was so much fun!! Thanks Tex! Now I want my own radio show! Missoula > Yellowstone/Tetons > Wyoming > Colorado > Santa Fe > Austin > Luckenbach > San Antonio > New Orleans > Memphis > Nashville > Cleveland ..... > Colorado Monday morning, I left Michigan at 7am to meet Dad at the Rock 'n

18 Jul 2001 Missoula > Yellowstone/Tetons > Wyoming > Colorado > Santa Fe > Austin > Luckenbach > San Antonio > New Orleans > Memphis > Nashville > Detroit > Cleveland ..... > Colorado Hello friends, A sadness came over me yesterday as I left Cleveland, OH...the last stop on my whirlwind musical tour of America. I've had such an incredible journey and it's very hard to leave it behind. I don't miss New York. I don't miss my apartment or my stuff. Aside from being a bit tens

[The Memphis > Nashville portion of this roadtrip log is missing. I'll add it here when I find it! For now, some pics.] Missoula > Yellowstone/Tetons > Wyoming > Colorado > Santa Fe > Austin > Luckenbach > San Antonio > New Orleans > Memphis > Nashville > Cleveland..... > Colorado We visited Graceland; hoped (and failed) to catch a glimpse of Al Green at his Memphis church... In Nashville, we met up with Blake, and saw some great shows...including these young fellas from Old

07 Jul 2001 | Continued Next day, it was on to New Orleans (that was yesterday). Stopped in Lafayette at Murphs Old Time Grocery for Shrimp Po Boys. Oh. My. God. I've died and gone to Louisiana. We met up with Matt, our host, who just happens to live in the old J&M Studios building in the French Quarter--home to many early recordings of Ray Charles, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis. In this very building where I'm sitting right now. Matt and his beautiful f

07 July 2001 | Continued Next day we went "toobing" (as the locals spell it) on the Guadalupe river--the water is a beautiful green color and the perfect temperature. When we got off the river we headed to Austin for a Pat Green concert at the world famous Stubb's BBQ (you can buy the sauce in the grocery store). Missoula > Yellowstone/Tetons > Wyoming > Colorado > Santa Fe > Austin > Luckenbach > San Antonio > New Orleans > Memphis > Nashville > Detroit > Cleveland..... > C

07 July 2001 | Greetings! I'm sorry it's been so long since I've reported from the road...but I've had some amazing tour guides through San Antonio, Austin and now New Orleans--haven't even had a moment to sit at the computer! Where to begin... Missoula > Yellowstone/Tetons > Wyoming > Colorado > Santa Fe > Austin > Luckenbach > San Antonio > New Orleans > Memphis > Nashville > Detroit > Cleveland..... > Colorado I drove a long day from El Paso to San Antonio and a

26 Jun 2001 | Continued I had the whirlwind tour of Yellowstone, even making a stupid mistake upon leaving Old Faithful and driving 20 miles in the direction I had just come before realizing my error...duh. I'm trying to document everything with pictures, but some just fly by the car before I can get the camera out. ...the Sasquatch Taxidermy place, the big sign on the side of a barn that said, "Clinton doesn't inhale, he sucks." Priceless. But just memories now. I'll

It was summer 2001. I was 28, living in NYC, but found myself in Montana after my grandmother's funeral. I had a few free weeks before needing to be in southern Colorado for a job cooking on a ranch. So, I decided to buy a car (huh?) and take a trip through the South, exploring music venues as I went... because, why not? Missoula > Yellowstone/Tetons > Wyoming > Colorado > Santa Fe > Austin > Luckenbach > San Antonio > New Orleans > Memphis > Nashville > Detroit > Cleveland.

Dear Friends, I thought I'd send out my holiday greetings during this season of giving thanks. How are you? I am thankful for your friendship...

I'd like to thank the organizers and jurors of the Mystic Film Festival for awarding my short script The Bitter End with the Grand Prize...

Trash collected in the Pattee Canyon picnic area (Lolo National Forest) before our day of filming began. This fall, I found myself...

I really enjoy the act of seeing. A setting, the light, the colors cause scenes and stories to pop to mind, complete. Look at those...

It's an honor to be recognized by the Mystic Film Festival as a finalist in their Short Narrative Screenplay competition with my project...

Moving from one place to another is disruptive. Wrapping up, clearing out, closing down, leaving finally. Traveling. Physical arriving....

I've been spending some time in a small Montana town. A place where history is alive in memory, where the word 'townsfolk' springs to...

I'm working this summer with Ashley Maria Productions to bring this film production to the Missoula area. "Nearly Departed" is a short...

Yesterday, five small deer crossed in front of my car in a suburban neighborhood. They cut a diagonal path from a marshy park, across a...

As I move back to Montana, I am reminded that I relish new beginnings. 24 years after this road-trip reflection, I haven't changed all...

Does light just make your heart leap? If it doesn't, there is more you could be seeing. I don't mean to admonish, but all the same. The...

When the neighbors cut two beautiful old trees, I noticed the distressed calls of the birds. And the insect population in my garden...