I honestly have a plan to post more useful entries, but life has been more than a bit complicated this week.  At one point of my constant running I was walking by my bookshelf and noted a book shoved onto the top shelf that I hadn't seen in years.  I first read Blue Highways in middle school for required reading, probably the year it came out (1982) as I was in 8th grade at the time.... I was blown away when I read the first page and saw where I had written in the book.

I've not gotten all the way thru it, and I am seeing a new appreciation as an adult while I read thru the travels of William Least Heat Moon.  It is the classic story of American backroads and the people you meet along the way.... deep in its simplicity.

It doesn't help with the fact that I'm ready to take life on the road right now, but it does remind me of my 13 year old self who was solidly reared in middle-class suburbia.  This story opened up a whole new world of possibilities in my mind.  I waited years before it was time for me to leave, and it maybe another 10 years from now before I'm ready to go again.  You know, that whole  everything has it's time....

So bear with me a few more days.... do some summer reading and I'll come up with a funky little tutorial tomorrow (hopefully!)....