Riding across this great big land for a worldly cause

Brian D’Apice stayed at my good friend Jim McKeever’s house through the Memorial Day Weekend. Anybody who’s read Jim’s passionate Irish Investigations blog know how he’s one to advance the good cause any way possible. And the work of D’Apice, this project he’s calling Bicycle Around America is a great cause. D’Apice’s pedal pushing began…

Army veteran to bicycle 10,000 miles around America

My friend Jim McKeever has discovered one of the best stories I’ve read in a long time. Please click below to read about Brian D’Apice, who in May will ride around the perimeter of the United States to raise money for two significant world causes, Pencils of Promise and Connecting Families. Army veteran to bicycle…

A reflective walk and a legacy shot

After our working lunch at Clark’s Ale House to discuss and take pictures for the Photo 101 lesson glass, squaredTuesday, by longtime friend Jim McKeever and I walked along South Salina Street toward his place of business, talking about this and that, like two guys on the far end of their 50s who’ve known each…

Photo 101: Bloggers under glass

It was the words of my longtime friend Jim McKeever, the brain behind the terrific blog Irish Investigations that convinced me that signing up for Photo 101 was a good idea. So when he suggested that a working lunch to discuss a weekday assignment may be mandatory, I was two thumbs up. Lesson 17, Cheri’s…