


Whistle Stop Rolls Into New Mexico
#TBT Sharing another previously unreleased journal entry below from my Great American Whistle Stop Book Tour. Enjoy! 4/26/2022 – Albuquerque, NM The country I passed through three days ago, coming here to Las Cruces, was all arroyos and vistas and sand and sagebrush,...
Whistle Stop Book Tour – Back Home Again
My Final Journal Entry from the Great American Whistle Stop Book Tour 5/5/2022 – Glen Ellen, CA How can it all have gone by so quickly? The thousands of miles traveled, mostly by train? The hundreds of people met? The new friends made? My question is not one of regret...
Know the Code
Download PDF Version The Hobo Ethical Code Decide your own life; don’t let another person run or rule you. When in town, always respect the local law and officials, and try to be a gentleman at all times. Don’t take advantage of someone who is in a vulnerable...
Bernard Zakheim & Tractored Out
My friend Bernard was the lead artist on the famous Coit Tower mural project. Back in the early eighties I took him to the reopening ceremony (the tower had been closed for much needed renovation, and it needs renovation again). A few of the original artists were...