What Would McAvoy Say?

Barefoot & Broke in Paris 08.07.2026 4:10 ↓

I hardly ever cry, but I think I did, as I did not know a soul, and did not speak the language.

Jimmy Buffett Meets Mark Twain on the Road to Heaven 01.07.2026 4:07 ↓

I look forward to working with my brother Darin on crafting a Buffett-Twain show that will delight a Tahoe audience…

Lake of the Sky 24.06.2026 4:21 ↓

"I’m no angel, but for a few moments each day, I can feel like one, thanks to Lake Tahoe, and Mark Twain.”

Powerful Places 17.06.2026 4:29 ↓

“I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet I am strongly inclined to expect one.”

An Open Letter from America 250 to America 300 10.06.2026 4:35 ↓

I only wish I could join you in lifting a glass to the next generation of American experimenters, but theydon’t have glasses where I am, only shovels to keep the embers glowing…

Buddy Rich 03.06.2026 4:19 ↓

He is as swashbuckling today as he was on that memorable night when he led the Scotch Mist Bunny Hop out onto the streets of Chicago…

Lewis & Clark 27.05.2026 4:20 ↓

She also became the very first woman in our history to cast a vote.

Huckleberry's Tree and Me 20.05.2026 4:20 ↓

My breath forsook me, and I came near falling onto the floor in astonishment...

Dolley Madison 13.05.2026 4:17 ↓

But what distinguishes Dolley to my mind, and makes her ahero of her time, really, is the way she single-handedly saved an American treasure…

Take Two Aspirin 06.05.2026 4:18 ↓

It was to be that little mouse’s, and McAvoy’s lucky Maui day…

Judge Lloyd George 29.04.2026 4:20 ↓

“So Sam, what do you think about President Teddy Rooseveltnow that you’re up here?”

Waterskiing the Caldecott Tunnel 22.04.2026 3:59 ↓

Once upon a time I had the best job in America...

Saving Huck 15.04.2026 4:32 ↓

"All right, then, I'll go to hell.”

Sunshine on the Forest Floor 08.04.2026 3:10 ↓

How can we avoid a Third World War?

The Mississippi 01.04.2026 4:09 ↓

By the way, Marquette, how in blazes are we going to getback home?"

The Northwest Passage 26.03.2026 4:10 ↓

So you might be wondering,is there a moral to this history? 

Discovering Our Fountain of Youth 18.03.2026 4:10 ↓

“I must have been drinking from the Fountain of Youth.”

Hands Off that Autonomous Weapon! 11.03.2026 4:27 ↓

It’s a powerful piece of music, a piece of music that could rightfully become a 2026 anthem for all nations of the world, in welcoming a peaceful dawn…

A Short History of News Reporting 04.03.2026 4:30 ↓

I can only imagine the reaction those Commandments might have had in France…“No adultery?  Hey, I’m French !”

Flocking Together 23.02.2026 4:02 ↓

It can happen, as art so often becomes a catalyst for creativity.

Diamond Peak is Sixty 17.02.2026 3:29 ↓

Still, on my daily walks, I gaze up there and long to be gliding down, with a song in my heart, carving turns to the beat of Lido Shuffle, and thanking those who came before me formaking Diamond Peak such a wonderful place to capture the essence of life with a perfect run…

Big Birthdays 11.02.2026 4:17 ↓

I was invited to John Rolf’s bachelor party the night before he married Pocahontas...

The Day We Lost Born Again Smitty 04.02.2026 3:58 ↓

If ever there was an act of God that was identifiable to me,that was it…

Now Let's Get Your Story Out! 28.01.2026 4:07 ↓

If you do those two things, read good books and provide yourself with some solitude, your story will jump out just like that Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. ..

Football 2026 21.01.2026 3:56 ↓

At the end of my string, I turned to that Oracle of Prophecy, my ex-wife, whose favorite team is the Bengals, though she calls them the “Bagels.”