Author – Journalist — Bon Vivant
A box of items rescued from the NOLA warehouse fire arrives in my house carrying a mystery in the soot and crumbled pages.
A Piece Of The Fire – – Notebooks Rescued From The Warehouse Fire Arrive In My House Read MoreOn The Talk Of The Nation my interview with host Neal Conan was surprisingly cheerful considering the subject was eight young people who died in a fire. The callers, both adults who had been travelers and kids who were traveling, talked not about danger, but about the joy of pure freedom and few responsibilities.
Talk Of The Nation features “A World On Fire” Read MoreWBUR “Here and Now” featured my Boston Review story, and the comments posted under it show how much the traveling kids’ lifestyle of hopping trains and scrounging a livelihood intrigues, infuriates and touches people’s imaginations.
Travelers – – World On Fire featured on WBUR “Here And Now” Read MoreMy appearance on Montreal drive-time radio surprised me as the interviewer wanted to speak about my daughter and me, not about those who died in the fire.
Canadian Drive Time Radio features “A World On Fire” Read MoreReade Charles, the man who took the photo of the traveling kids toasting in the gondola car, tracked me down and told me the story behind that image.
The “Nasty Ass” Bottle Of Wine Read MoreThe stories of train hopping are mini-epics that tie together the kids who ride the rails with a sense of romance and of community.
Hopping Out — The Romance of Freight Trains Read More