Lee Jones

I’m just returning from the Bay Area where we attended the extraordinary wedding of son David and his new bride, Mary. If you’re not familiar with their story, it’s kinda, well, incestuous. Mary is the daughter of Lisa’s dear friend from childhood, Anne. Lisa’s mom and Anne’s mom are dear friends of over 50 years. [...]

The “Tourist Trophy” (“TT” to everybody, everywhere) is a two-week series of motorcycle road races that comes every June to the Isle of Man. In many ways it is the heartbeat of the island, pumping in world-wide publicity, civic pride, and no small amount of money for 14 days, then everything returns to the palpable [...]

It’s not Fox Creek in Grayson County, VA; it’s definitely not the Davidson River near Brevard, NC. But the Groudle River (yes, they call it a river) is a five-minute walk from my front door.  You could even see it from my front door if it weren’t all covered by the trees that surround it. [...]

I’ve been on Isle of Man for a week now and am quickly getting back into the swing. It’s a whole lot easier the second time around – just today I was chuckling as I parked in a secluded area near the main shopping street “The Strand”. I recall being on that same street shortly [...]

I don’t do well at cleaning out bookshelves. It’s not so much that I mind getting rid of books – I find it liberating to remove a “thing” from my life, and, if I’m not reading the book, then put it back in circulation where somebody else might. An unread book, like an unplayed musical [...]