Hard to discern where his talent ends and his work ethic begins…
Andy Roddick is retiring this season after being “the face of men’s tennis in the U.S. for more than a decade.” What wasn’t obvious to me until reading this article from the NY Times, was the depth...
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Wednesday. January 16, 2013. 5:35am. I flip on the weather channel for a read on the highway conditions. (Like it matters, right?) The weather woman warns that roads will be treacherous – - wet and...
View ArticleOn How to Feel Better
On How To Feel Better from Joshua Kang on Vimeo. Related Posts: 30 Gifts to 30 Strangers… The pleasure of everyday simple things…
View ArticleT.G.I.F.: Parallel Parking Gone Wrong
Date: June 12, 2013 Location: San Rafael, California Outcome: No one hurt. Situation: 93-year old woman is attempting to parallel park. Hero: 18-month old seeing eye guide dog (a Lab) who spots the...
View ArticleSaturday afternoon Drive. Hmmmm. Too Young To Die
Which reminds me of one of my favorite David Crosby tunes. ↓ click for audio (David Crosby – “Too Young To Die”) http://davidkanigan.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/02-too-young-to-die.mp3 Sweet old...
View ArticleDriving. Just another morning. Rollin’ down I-95.
6:30am. Traffic is building. I turn the corner to the I-95 on-ramp. Man in coveralls is standing next to his graffiti stained Seafood Delivery truck. He glances up at me, pauses briefly, and then...
View ArticleDriving I-95 S. Wading in Dissonance.
5:33 a.m. I enter the on-ramp. Pre-rush hour traffic is gliding down I-95. Where you at today? What’s it gonna be? Which DK is going to show up? I glance at the dash. 39° F. Overcast. Low hanging...
View ArticleDriving I-95 S. The Circle of Life.
The Departure. The Frenzy. The Packing. The Awkwardness. The Race to the Airport. The Small Talk. The Drop-off. * The Drive Back Home. Stewing in Silence. Lamott’s Drowning in Uncried Tears. Smoke...
View ArticleDriving I-95 S & N. Kooser. In the Head.
It’s 5:45 am. It started tracking me yesterday morning. I’m driving to work. Dark is lifting to dusk. I’m returning to the office after an extended vacation. My head is tumbling with To-Do’s. I round...
View ArticleWheels take me, anyplace today
Kaleo is an Icelandic indie pop / rock / folk band established in 2012 and their first major public appearance Iceland. Firmly a phenomenon in their home country of Iceland, the four-piece band Kaleo...
View ArticleDrive. And come alive.
East Hampton, Long Island-based artist Grant Haffner paints vivid landscapes inspired by the beautiful country roads and bodies of water of his hometown. Using acrylic, marker, and pencil on wood...
View ArticleLast Exit to Elsewhere
Hang in there to the end of this video… […] I’d gone out, come back around, only to find one thing. I was older. And, here I was trying to make sense of things. To say there is nothing out there is...
View ArticleIt’s been a long day
I-95 N. Leaving work early. Traffic has slowed to crawl at the notorious rush hour bottleneck at Exit 8 in Stamford, 10 minutes from home. There’s a towering billboard overhead shouting: Think Train....
View ArticleSaturday afternoon drive: Then the car becomes a meditation chamber
The basic instructions for beginning meditation are to sit quietly and concentrate on nothing but your breathing for five minutes. Simple enough, right? I can’t do it for ten seconds. I can turn down...
View ArticleLet’s Go
…“Let’s go” is on the minds of many people in these last days of summer, especially the getting-out-of-here, going-away, going-home mood of Labor Day weekend. And it is much simpler by car…The long...
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