road trip — Where'd You Go?

"You just have to go with the flow," replied Mark, the hot air balloon operator/tour guide, after I asked him for any words of wisdom as a result of his 30+ years of experience piloting these majestic aircraft. It's so much easier when you're hovering above the mountain peaks...or maybe that's the key for total liftoff. Who is full of hot air.

Matthew ChicolaNovember 17, 2018the denial of death, red rock, sedona, coconino national forest, forest, desert, writing, write, story, travel, outdoors, camping, hiking, cathedral rock trail, trail, trip, road trip, Devil's Bridge, hike, camp, ernest beckerComment

Ingrain in the Membrane / Hatchway to Heaven, Hell, & Headaches

"Earworms" (a.k.a., songs that get stuck in a person's head) are caused by a phenomenon called "involuntary musical imagery." According to psychologists, the frequency of earworms "depended upon the thickness of several brain regions," but does that mean it's better to be thickheaded? Or does thick-headedness welcome more earworm invasions? Who inches toward an answer.

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Mo(o)ving Through Oklah-OM-a/ Are You O(M)K?

It seems I missed the sprawling shoreline, the dinosaur bones, and the various components of the state meal as I drove through Oklahoma, but I did find unearth a key to my mental clarity while on the move. Sooner or later, Who yields to being OK.