• long live boyhood.

    “there comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere & dig for hidden treasure.” -mark twain this saturday night, you’ll meet asher. an 11 year…

    June 29, 2012
  • 2224 miles.

    summertime always has us thinking of the great american roadtrip. the griswalds. taking the long way to every destination. not having a destination. stopping at every brewery, winery, or other type of factory along…

    June 28, 2012
  • archie’s greatest hits

    she’s a rainbow chaser. a star gazer. a lover. a fighter. a daydream believer. she’s amy allen (aka archie). she’s the voice you hear on the phone most of the time when you call…

    June 21, 2012
  • from texas 2 nashville. via new york.

    as we were flying over new york…our plane preparing to land, it all seemed very surreal. NEW YORK?! we’re about to land in new york city? land of lady liberty, central park (hellllllo, friends (ross,…

    June 14, 2012
  • sanctuary of junk.

    there are some things you just can’t rush. pops’ buttermilk biscuits, sanding before the paint is dry, & constructing our junk headquarters. as junk conservationists, (that’s right, we’re not hoarders…we’re junk conservationists…it’s highly scientific. google…

    May 30, 2012
  • the cowboy & the gypsy…

    on this day 43 years ago, janie patterson & phillip sikes were wed…here’s their story i wrote back in november of 2010. happy anniversary, mom & dad. ******************* have i ever told ya about mom…

    May 17, 2012
  • wanderlust.

    one might ask what is it about an airstream? why are they so appealing? why, after 80 years on the road, are they still timeless? and i think, i know the answer. airstreams are romantic.…

    May 10, 2012
  • a coke by any other name…

    tonight is the night. TONIGHT is THE NIGHT. which would explain why i was awake all night last night. awake with my head spinning… filled with a thousand thoughts…big and small (mostly small…i’m a…

    May 5, 2012
  • junk is comin’ to town. . .

    tomorrow night. it’s all happening. on HGTV! AND we could go on forever. . about how wonderful this life is. how blessed we are to have been on this wild ride. how BLESSED we…

    May 4, 2012