In November of 2011, the district of Lak Si on the northern edge of Bangkok was strategically flooded. That year, Lak Si was just one of m...

The summer has vanished and I'm already counting down my final days here in Northern California.   It's almost time to start headi...

This morning, August 22nd 2013, a package was delivered to the Mercantile here in downtown Boonville CA. A hefty box, a box full of book...

Five minutes in the Planning and five years in the making, 'Ashes to Boonville ' is at last on its way to the printers. 'Homewa...

The last few months have vanished, gone in the blink of an eye and it’s time to move on.  The monsoon rains of Thailand I certainly won’...

My original intention was to ride up to Luang Prabang, about another 250km to the north. But, I’d originally planned to be riding a mot...

Memo to Self: ‘Keep Right Stupid’ . Yes, here in Laos they like to drive on the right side of the road. Riding on the right isn’t a c...

Entering Thailand from Cambodia at the small border town of Ban Laem, is normally an administrative breeze. However, experience tells m...

In a long list of dumb ideas, this was right up there with the worst of them. I could tell you that it wasn’t my fault, and in a way, tha...

     Back in 1969 Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, in 1977 Elvis definitely left the building and twenty years later, along with her bo...