Here is installment number four of The Joyful Bear, which tells about our first days together in the chapters entitled “Hugging” and “Loving.” “There are countless teddy bears in the world, waiting to lavish their… The Joyful Bear: Chapters 6 & 7
Frank Lloyd Bear and I continue our reading of The Joyful Bear with installment number three. This includes the chapters “Before” and “Arrival,” as well as a little surprise at the end. Looking for the previous… The Joyful Bear: Chapters 4 & 5
Frank Lloyd Bear and I continue our reading of The Joyful Bear. This is installment number two, including chapters “Kids” and “Before.” “How many undervalue the power of simplicity! But it is the real key… The Joyful Bear: Chapters 2 & 3
This morning, Frank Lloyd Bear and I decided to use our coronavirus quarantine time productively. We sat down to record the first couple of chapters of The Joyful Bear. The book has 31 chapters, some… The Joyful Bear: Introduction & Chapter 1
Five years ago, I marched in my first Martin Luther King Day parade in Brunswick, Georgia. I found myself immersed in a joyful celebration of black culture that most white people don’t experience, and I… Still Marching, 2020
A couple of years back, I got tired of trying to keep up with over 120 linnear feet of mural space at Burning Man. It was time for a new solution, something I could paint… Large-scale art for the playa
If you’ve followed my past travels along “the Mother Road” you might recall that Highway 66 was officially dismantled, with I-40 using much of its roadbed. However, there are many short bits of Historical Route… Ghosts of Route 66
There doesn’t have to be another person present to have a lovely conversation. To wit: “Hey, Frankie, did you see that?” We were climbing into the mountains on US 89A in Arizona, and a flock… The art of conversation
People in Florida don’t usually know about Burning Man. When it comes up in conversation, I have a chance to position it as “a gigantic arts event,” “an experimental temporary city,” or “a campout in… Burning Misconceptions
The legendary Bill Brown once defined the modern frontier as any place more than two hours from the interstate. If you look at a map of the US, there’s still a lot of frontier to… Frontier Women