Snippets of The U.S. Highway 41 Experience

Filed under: On The Road by Charon

U.S. Highway 41~

Dromedaries in a field
A small crowd of twenty-somethings waving American flags and Ron Paul For President signs at a major intersection in Georgia
The Florida State Line
Floyd’s Diner
Signs of life: political, legal and personal
Prices going up, going up, going up …
Rain for six solid days
Giant’s Camp, Gibsonton, FL
Showbar, Gibsonton, FL
A mysterious tree blight
The End […]

Lunch at The Butcher’s

Filed under: Food & Drink, On The Road by Charon

Tifton, GA~
The place was unassuming and comfortable in its surroundings in the suburbs just slightly outside of Atlanta. Two turns off the highway got us there an hour before it opened. We found ample parking in the lot of the community center next door and cued up some podcasts to pass the time as we […]

Goodlettsville’s Man in Black

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, On The Road by Charon

Acworth, GA~
One of the perks of this line of work is the requisite travel taking us practically to the doorstep of
amazing and talented people we know but seldom have the opportunity to see or visit, and one of the perks of driving the U.S. Highway 41 route is that it takes us right through Goodlettsville, […]

Swords + Fire + Dickens

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, Shows by Charon

Centreville, VA-
I had the extreme pleasure of working with Kate Guntermann (aka Sensoriel, aka “The Kate”) for the City of Roanoke’s Dickens of a Christmas Street Fair, held annually the first three Fridays in December in the historical district. Kate’s work with fire is astonishingly beautiful and her grace of movement stops people in the […]

Home again, home again

Filed under: Food & Drink, Swordswallowers In General by Charon

Centreville, VA~
It has been a wonderful few days back home thus far.
Thanksgiving was warm and yummy and full of fellowship with friends and family. Alex made a mock apple pie and Celt’s daughter made her signature hummus with her signature kitchen tools. It was a wonderful day and evening. Very mellow, very relaxed, stress-free the […]

 

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