Posts by Hank

Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I’ll be watching you. — The Police I give my rolling swivel chair a sudden shove back from my desk, and Kemba, who’s been napping in his doggy bed of red-and-white ticking on the floor of my study, springs to attent…

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LA/XC-5 DAY 28:  POSTING FROM WESTPORT, CT Final day’s mileage from Staunton, VA to Westport, CT:  429.7 Total LA/XC-5 mileage (final): 7,420.6 Road Music:  Tons of politics — irresistable after Wednesday night’s “Nasty Woman” Debate #3; Sirius sports; selected albums: 31 (Jana Kramer); Dig Your R…

LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY-SIX AND TWENTY-SEVEN: POSTING FROM STAUNTON, VA Two-day mileage from Tupelo, MS to Staunton, VA: 711.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 6,990.9 Road Music:  Tuesday: Entire Elvis catalogue, from Tupelo all the way to Alabama state line, then Sirius cycle, then “Deep Themes in Country Mus…

LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, AND TWENTY-FIVE: POSTING FROM TUPELO, MS Four-day mileage from Fort Stockton, TX to Tupelo, MS: 1,249.9 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 6,279.7 Road Music: Friday: Mostly politics.  Very cool speech by Obama in support of Hillary; almost as good as Michel…

LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY AND TWENTY-ONE: POSTING FROM FORT STOCKTON, TX Two-day mileage from Blythe, CA to Fort Stockton, TX:  809.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 5,030.2 Road Music:  Wednesday: Politics on Sirius (“No way I vote for Trump,” says a lady from Ohio.  “I’d vote for a clown first.  A clown with a…

LA/XC-5 DAYS FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, AND SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, AND NINETEEN: POSTING FROM BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA Mileage while in Santa Monica and environs:  454.5 Today’s mileage from Santa Monica to Blythe, CA: 256.9 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 4,221.0 Road Music:  Politics on Sirius (all this Trump stuff is to…

LA/XC-5 DAYS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, AND FOURTEEN: POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA Weather: Absolutely perfect.  Always. “Put it in the books!” as Howie Rose would say on New York radio . . . only this time that goes for the Mets whole season.  A deliriously optimistic — and appropriately loud (LE…

LA/XC-5 DAYS NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA Two-day mileage from Williams, AZ to Santa Monica, CA: 596.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 3,509.6 Road Music: Saturday: Mets vs. Phils (Mets clinch!); LA/XC-5 “Live” playlist; Sirius — Tom Petty Radio and E Street Radio (live con…

LA/XC-5 DAYS SEVEN AND EIGHT: POSTING FROM WILLIAMS, ARIZONA Two-day mileage from Grand Junction, CO to Williams, AZ: 691.8 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 2,913.4 Road Music:  Thursday: Back-to-nature silence for two hours; Dierks Bentley mix; Politics on Sirius; LA/XC-5 “Live” playlist — Dierks, Stones…