Wetumpka, AL -
The Spanish moss was the first thing I noticed as we pulled into our lot in Fort Jackson Toulouse Park. It is all over on the huge ancient pin oak trees and makes everything look relaxed and serene. I have been fond of the stuff since a trip many years ago to see [...]
Nov
01
Happy Celtic New Year
Westfield, IN -
We owe a huge debt of gratitude for the hospitality and care of a way cool lady whom Alex has known for many years. She opened her land and her home to us, allowed us to completely commandeer her kitchen to prepare a Halloween meal of nearly a dozen different items and lay [...]
Centreville, VA
I finished up a show for a wedding reception earlier this evening and have to say that I had a truly marvelous time. There is something deeply moving that occurs when people from completely different walks of life show up to celebrate a joyous occasion with people they genuinely love and love deeply. I [...]
Penn Wood Airstream Park – Limestone, PA
I am trying to relax. It isn’t working.
Maybe it’s the “trying” part that’s messing up the entire equation. The geek in me brings out the flash card bearing Yoda’s adage “do or do not, there is no try,” then the analytical part of me replies “relaxing implies no ‘doing’ [...]
O’FALLON, MO.
Nothing in the gypsy life is more startling than to attempt to move and find that you cannot. For Carnies such as ourselves, it is a crime against nature. We have done our shows– to very good hats and audiences. We should be allowed to proceed. But not until a new fuel pump [...]
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