Joe's Early History

Be Open: It Might Be Life Changing
March 17, 2025
As I began to understand and appreciate New York City’s world class museums, I got more energized and enthusiastic by the day. It started…
Edward Hopper: Visual Story Telling
March 3, 2025
As I began to get more rested, I began to wake up earlier, and get out and explore New York City. I soon became aware that among other things, New…
A 20 Year Old Kid in a Kind of Heaven
February 17, 2025
After my immersion in Concord, Massachusetts, Walden Pond and Henry David Thoreau, I drove through Boston but the city did not interest me much. The…
Lives of Quiet Desperation
February 3, 2025
You can probably tell by now that I do not pick these destinations. They pick me. It might have been a stunning image. Or a quote that deeply…
A Soul’s Reckoning
January 21, 2025
My goal over the next few days is to drive the over 800 miles from Detroit to Bangor, Maine. My first goal is Cleveland, Ohio. Why? In high…
The Big Two-Hearted River
January 6, 2025
As I leave behind Wisconsin, the birth place of the genius architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and Minnesota, the birth place of the great American…

Be Open: It Might Be Life Changing