where can i buy Neurontin Looking at the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Cairo, Illinois, the thing which impressed me was how giant the Ohio was; it is an extremely impressive river in its lower reaches. And looking it up, I discovered that it is, in fact, the larger stream at the juncture. By traditional standards – meaning considering the […]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
The things you find out.
19-Mar-11The Mississippi.
18-Mar-11I drove up the Mississippi from New Orleans to Dallas City (Illinois) in two days, making stops in Vicksburg, Greenville, Clarksdale, Cairo, Hannibal, Carthage, and Nauvoo. This brief taste has whetted my appetite to bike the whole river. I had thought that such a trip might be boring: a river trip does not offer the […]
American Names.
18-Mar-11Summons up the freshness of America and the Frontier: Marked Tree, Arkansas.
On the Road.
17-Mar-11Abandoned farmhouse north of Hannibal, Missouri.
Traveling.
16-Mar-11And mostly without internet. A shame, because as always when you are on the road there is so much that could be recorded. I’m writing this from Clarksdale, one of the Delta Blues hotspots. I’ve long dreamed of traveling through here, and it’s happening, though like most things it’s happening too fast. This is excellent […]
In Greenville, Mississippi.
16-Mar-11I camped out in the Delta National Forest last night, and took breakfast in Greenville. A group of eight or nine older white folks was sitting around a big table in the center of a Main-Street diner. One reported that a “black man’s head” had just been found by the police, the second murder in […]
Bibles and Evangelicals.
01-Mar-11I’ve written recently about the need to destroy Biblical literalism; and here is an obituary of one minister who worked on precisely this. The reporting appears to be unaware of the actual issues involved, but Gomes’ words themselves are salutary: “The Bible alone is the most dangerous thing I can think of,” he told The […]
One of the Great Revolutionary Poems.
01-Mar-11Pushkin’s “Message to Siberia,” translated by Max Eastman: Deep in the Siberian mine, Keep your patience proud; The bitter toil shall not be lost, The rebel thought unbowed. The sister of misfortune, Hope, In the under-darkness dumb Speaks joyful courage to your heart: The day desired will come. And love and friendship pour to you […]
Chiffarobe.
19-Mar-11Chesterfield I can say that I actually heard the word “chiffarobe” used in Greenville, Mississippi, in natural conversation.