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Spring 2013 Hoofing It program schedule

Ready for a quick ramble? Join me for one of the upcoming “Hoofing It” programs. All the excitement of traveling across North Carolina with a mule (minus the saddle sores and slugs).

Saturday, May 6
3p
Mebane Public Library
101 S. First St.
Mebane, NC 27302
(919)563-6431

Tuesday, May 14
11a
First Lutheran Church
3600 W. Friendly Ave
Greensboro, NC 27410

Monday, June 10
7p
Allegany Public LIbrary
122 N. Main St.
Sparta, NC 28675


Crippled Camera Photos

During this week’s 90 mile shakedown cruise from Oriental, NC to Lowland and back, my old Canon started loosing its mind. The lens blades stuck. The flash stopped working. That speck in the sky wasn’t a plane. It’s not dirt on your screen. It’s crud deep down near my camera’s mind’s eye.

Seeing the photos reminded me of the soon-to-be-deceased. Right before they die, they go through death throes and say some funky things. Or maybe it’s just jibberish. Either… Continue reading

April 12, 2012 Author Program

Don’t make me take my welding mask off. Just kidding. It’d be great to see you.

I’m putting down the welder and harness for a few hours on April 12th to attend an author meet and greet program. A chance for writers, readers and those who do both to rub noses. It’s being hosted by the Caldwell County Public Library in Lenoir, NC. Love to see you if you’re in the neighborhood. We can talk mule travel, wagon construction, publishing… Continue reading

Dangerous New Year 2012

A mad idea gone terrifically right. In January 2004 I decided to run away on a mule. Eight months later, my mounts found themselves in the shadow of a giant spider. That’s a Dangerous New Year. (Slaughterville, OK)

Dangerous New Year travel mates! Yep, we’re in those hazardous days of a fresh year. You know, when you’re still open to mad ideas. Haven’t quite slipped back into those boring habits you swore you’d ditch in 2011. Still sketching out some mad scheme like the ultimate drop cloth and poly tarp mule wagon expedition. Well hell, at least I hope you are…

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"Hoofing It" Programs

Mule Woody ponders the end of oyster season. You can learn more about the North Carolina portion of his walk across America at one of the “Hoofing It” programs below. (outside Beaufort, NC)

Fancy traveling across North Carolina by mule to learn about Flour Burgers, Hell Town and the curious warming effects of chili peppers? Then join me on one of the following dates for the “Hoofing It” program. No charge. Leave your pack saddle, picket line, and saddle sore… Continue reading

What's up at RiverEarth.com

2009 may have been the year I completed the Lost Sea Expedition, my Canada to Mexico wagon trek, but the trip isn’t over.

For that, I’ll need a good chunk of 2010.

In the course of the 2,500 mile, 10-state voyage, I shot over 6,500 minutes of Hi-Def film footage. Accompanied by a similiar amount of audio recordings. Now, it’s time to put this store of footage into a documentary film.


This is gonna be loud: Interviewing a Nebraska thunderhead… Continue reading

“Manifold Menus”: The Cookbook on How to Cook on a Train Engine

Mule Polly and a BNSF locomotive
Outside Seneca, NE

How would you like a free book on how to cook on a locomotive manifold? This week mule Polly and I visited with Gene Hansen of Seneca, Nebraska. Gene is a conductor on the BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) rail line.  He has written a cookbook called “Manifold Menus” which I thought you’d enjoy hearing about. It’s about how to cook on a locomotive engine. It’s a great read, even if… Continue reading

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