Yesterday I saw something interesting.   It was around 9:30 AM and I was coming back from Walmart.  On the southbound side of Highway 61 near the intersection with Highway 8 someone had either broken down or ran out of gas.  It was hard to tell which, though the latter would be ironic since there…

Once upon a time I was asked to paint a room.  At the time I was working a summer job as a custodian at a school district back home.  There was one room, a closet with cinder block walls, that needed a coat of paint (or several as it turned out).  That responsibility fell to…

There are many differences between the North and the South.  However most of them haven’t really bothered me so far.  There’s the weather, but being that I have air conditioning it really isn’t an issue.  The food is good and the people are nice.  Yet one thing is hard to avoid here in Cleveland, Mississippi:…

As I mentioned on my Facebook page, my 4th of July was spent at a little place called the Poor Monkey Lounge.  Everyone refers to it as Po Monkey’s.  If you haven’t already heard about it, the place might not seem like anything special.  One may even be tempted to say it’s a tad shady. …

As some of you noticed yesterday, I spent most of the day playing kickball.  It was a lot of fun.  In Fifth Grade I played everyday at recess either outside on the basketball court or in the gym when the weather was bad.  So yesterday brought back fond memories.  The big difference was that this…

Yesterday I attended a local music festival called Anotherfest.  It was put on by a group called Keep Cleveland Boring.   Their name is meant to be sarcastic.  As I’m beginning to find out, there is more to do here than was initially apparent. The format for Anotherfest involved various musicians playing at several venues around…

Once again my dad and my stepmother Maria are in town.   They drove down to help me out with some loose ends that we couldn’t finish when I moved in.  The visit also provided a perfect opportunity to celebrate Father’s Day.  My dad has been invaluable.  Not only did he drive me from New York,…

Well my first week at Delta State has come and gone.  The job itself is great.  There is a lot to learn of course, but I have plenty of freedom to move around.  There is also a lunch hour.  Being that I live two blocks from work allows me to go home to eat and…

The rest of the pictures from my journey to the South: We started the day in Kingsport, Tennessee         Knoxville, TN           Milkshake machine!       I haven’t seen Krispy Kreme in ages.         Nashville, TN                …

Here are some pictures from my journey to Mississippi. New Jersey     Entering Pennsylvania             At a Subway’s outside Shippensburg, Pennsylvania                             Entering Virginia