Image poached from Google, used without permission. Adventure Travel in a Far-Away and Exotic Land, Really -Geoff O’Keeffe I dreamt of this trip for years, even decades. It had become my raison d-être. My office walls were covered with maps of Denver, Littleton, Aurora, Golden and the Tech Center. Bus schedules, museum brochures and photos … [read more]
Clues To The Election: An Amateur Analysis
Clues To The Election: An Amateur Analysis Geoff O’Keeffe November 24, 2016 I am no political scientist. Rather, I’m an amateur but passionate observer of our national political Thanksgiving Day family dinner food fights. Most everyone I know and read was surprised by the presidential election results two weeks ago, pundits, partisans and politicos alike. … [read more]
Geoff at Changcheng
It was deceptively cold this day on the Changcheng. These fellows were very likely sweet teddy bear guys, but today’s orders were, “Humorless.”
A Case of You
A Case of You –Geoff O’Keeffe “One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understood each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don’t have to explain anything.” -Herbie Hancock. … [read more]
Remembering The Desert
Remembering the Desert Geoff O’Keeffe 14 April, 2003 / 9 September, 2016 I remember the smell of summer rain on sagebrush and sand, jackrabbits scurrying away as I hiked through the desert, my socks filled with sharp stickers designed over thousands of years to attach to passerby. I remember stagnant and funky backwaters of the … [read more]
Refuge Of The Roads
Refuge Of The Roads “In a highway service station Over the month of June Was a photograph of the earth Taken coming back from the moon And you couldn’t see a city On that marbled bowling ball Or a forest or a highway Or me here least of all You couldn’t see these cold water … [read more]