Author Archives: georgebryson

Good decisions, Bad decisions

Posted on October 23, 2011 by georgebryson

Chalk it up as a smart move (Smart move, George!) — that decision I made Thursday morning to cancel my scheduled travel-day from Madison to Milwaukee to Chicago. Just to get to Milwaukee on the west shore of Lake Michigan, … Continue reading →

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Getting real in Madison, Wisconsin

Posted on October 20, 2011 by georgebryson

Beseiged teachers, bus drivers and other public employees in Madison already know this, but if you were to hold up a map of Wisconsin in the air you’d see that its outline traces almost perfectly the shape of a fist. … Continue reading →

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Looking for Steve McQueen

Posted on October 19, 2011 by georgebryson

I guess I didn’t realize how many “national museums” are actually tucked away in the rolling hills of Iowa, until I got around to staring really hard at the smallest type on my Rand McNally road map. That’s how I … Continue reading →

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Heart of the heart of the country

Posted on October 18, 2011 by georgebryson

It’s a great time to be a sports fan in the middle of America. The St. Louis Cardinals (in Missouri) are favorites to win the World Series. The Green Bay Packers (in Wisconsin) seem destined for the Super Bowl. Nestled … Continue reading →

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Is this heaven?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by georgebryson

Guess where (in Iowa) I was today… A hint: “This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that was good — and can be good again. Oh people will come, Ray. People will … Continue reading →

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Nebraska. Who knew?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by georgebryson

Add the Cornhusker state to all the places in America that straight-as-an-arrow Interstate 80 can make look either (1) monotonous or (2) really monotonous. Because I’ve seen the state before from I-80. In the summertime. In sweltering I-need-a-shower-now humidity. All … Continue reading →

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What I think about (part one)

Posted on October 14, 2011 by georgebryson

There’s an old Peanuts comic strip in which Charlie Brown and Snoopy are playing a game of checkers. Neither of them says anything throughout the strip, but in the first three panels you can see what Charlie Brown is thinking.  … Continue reading →

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Nice postcard from home…

Posted on October 13, 2011 by georgebryson

(1) Facebook.

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Road to Rawlins (aka “Gates of Hell”)

Posted on October 13, 2011 by georgebryson

In retrospect, my counter-clockwise course around America’s least populated state ran from the best to the worst of Wyoming (at least in my limited experience). First, the best, rated in ascending order: No. 3: The friendly little cowboy town of … Continue reading →

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The Buffalo and the Raven

Posted on October 12, 2011 by georgebryson

To see Yellowstone, of course, is to see lots of bison, about 4,000 of which rim the park’s circular road system. Inevitably one or more of the giant ungulates will step onto the pavement and stop all traffic — which … Continue reading →

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