Stories from travels in

USA

General George S Patton Memorial Museum Chiriaco Summit CA

General Patton Memorial Museum

I’m not one for guns. I’ve no great interest in tanks. But I will admit to a certain fascination with war. Travelling east on the

Alternative shopping in Palm Springs

It’s been five years since I was last in the Colorado Desert. [Confession: I had been referring to it as the California Desert (as it’s

Palm Desert, CA to Williams, AZ

Sad really. Neither of us could remember what we’d done for the last three years on Valentine’s Day. Nothing memorable obviously. Himself would rate himself

Watching live crab at Redondo Pier CA

Going back in time – revisiting Torrance, CA

Way back when I moved to California, I remember feeling cheated. In my head, I was moving to Los Angeles, but my address said Torrance.

Aldeia Tipicia

Back in 2001, when I had a feeling that my time in the USA might be coming to a close, I took a road trip

A walk through a cancer survivors park

Death and cancer are not synonymous. Fight. Don’t give up. In 1980, Richard A. Bloch (co-founder of H&R Block, those people who help you with

A parallel universe

Although it’s been more than a month since I was in the States, one morning in particular keeps replaying itself in my head – the morning we

Walking on air

There’s something a little surreal about being about to walk around a city without once going outside. Given the cruelty of the Minnesota winter, this

Floured

I’m not a great one for museums. Unless of course they’re connected to the Holocaust, genocide, resistance, war, the Inquisition – things that we need

Bussin’ on up…

I don’t have a TV in the flat. I can’t have a TV in the flat.  I could have one if I wanted one but