The box of keys with gold, maroon, green and sky blue nameplates spoke of times past. I could tell not only by their shapes but the brass keys on the ring. Hotels don’t use real…
Category: travel
Surfboard art, anyone?
Posted in Art, Businesses, Culture, Sports, and travel
I was strolling down a tight aisle of dark antique furniture when I first spotted these big splashes of color. They looked so out of place that I had to check them out. “They” were…
I went searching for the rickshaw as soon as I got to the auction house. I had seen a photo on the website and my auction buddy Janet had also mentioned it to me. I…
A Christmas sleigh ready for a loving touch
Posted in collectibles, and travel
The old sleigh looked as if it had been left unattended in a barn for years. Its red leather was dirty and hard. The elements had battered its wood, leaving gaps, nicks and holes. It looked…
Traveling by Trailways & Greyhound
Posted in Black history, civil rights movement, travel, and Vehicles
My childhood friend Beatrice and I stood by the side of the road, looking, searching for that familiar red-and-cream-colored Trailways bus. We were teens then, headed to the big town of Macon, GA, to see…
I love road trips. I want to see all that this vast country has to offer in its land and its people. So, I’ve enlisted two friends to take a trip with me down the…
The suitcase looked to have belonged to a military man. It was a dull green canvas with four narrow wooden slats fitted around it like belts. It sat there unassumingly on the concrete floor near…
I had my eye out for mile marker 116.7 as we drove along the Pennsylvania Turnpike headed west last week. At that point, I would be in the vicinity of Negro Mountain Tunnel, though I…