Happy Winter Solstice from our journey around the lower 48
byIn terms of daylight, the winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In 2019, it…
Jimmy Smith’s ‘Another View’
RVer Jimmy Smith on sodden farmlands, idle industries
byPlying the two lane roads from the west coast east to the Atlantic, RVer Jimmy Smith takes time to reflect. “I’ve watched as soggy…
Jimmy ponders this thing called ‘retirement’
byAt our homebase RV Park in southern Oregon, Jimmy, along with many other members of the park, volunteers. Timber Valley SKP Park is a…
RVer Jimmy Smith reflects on mishaps, life on the road
byAt last, after 2-1/2 years of not being on a long, long road trip, Jimmy and I have finally hit the road on “a…
Jimmy Smith’s ‘Another View’ comes out of literary hibernation
byIt has been more than a year since Jimmy Smith has scribbled any musings for his ‘Another View’ column. He begins his latest post…
Jimmy Smith reflects on ‘a tangle of thoughts’
byJimmy Smith, RVer, elk hunter, and introspective thinker shares snippets of his thoughts at this point in the arc of his life. One post…
RVer Jimmy Smith dips toe into social media
by“In a weak moment a couple days ago,” writes RVer Jimmy Smith, “–and with nothing but time on my hands and a decent internet…
Jimmy Smith is visited by memories of boyhood friend
byRVer Jimmy Smith reflects on memories dating back 50 years to when he and his childhood friend Johnny Antonace went on their first childhood…
RVer Jimmy Smith’s reflects, briefly, looks ahead
by“On good days I live in marvel at my own existence and in some childlike way sense an invisible cloak of support and guidance…
RVer Jimmy Smith writes about a ‘blow out’ and his guardian angel being close at hand
byWhen one travels Interstate 10 across the high desert region of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, there is a good, almost certain, chance you…