This post could simply be called an Update to A Very Real National Treasure, or National Treasure Part 2, and could come with the warning label “do not try this at home.”
But basically, “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top!” expresses my enthusiasm for the destination as well as the facts of this post.
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Archive for May, 2008
I’ve Been to the Mountain Top!
May 28, 2008
A Very Real National Treasure
May 18, 2008
I’ve never been a big fan of Nicholas Cage, but after my weekend hike in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I have new respect for the actor.
In National Treasure - Book of Secrets, just released on DVD, he jaunts across the top of Mount Rushmore with less effort than I exert walking [...]
A Writer’s Fool
May 13, 2008
Although it is not documented in any history books or at the fabulous library in his honor in Springfield, Illinois, I believe that Abraham Lincoln must have been a freelance travel writer.
The basis of my historical observation comes from a famous Lincoln quotation: “You may fool all of the people some of the [...]
A Ben & Jerry’s Kind of Day
May 6, 2008
Some days, the work of a writer has nothing to do with writing at all. It’s about marketing and accounting and filing and organization or learning new technologies, among other disciplines.
Some of those days I don’t mind at all. It gives my brain a bit of a break from searching in its [...]
