Launching This July – The Listening to America Book Club
Monday, June 09 2025
The Listening to America Book Club is coming soon.
- Published in LTA Friends Book Club
Following the Ohio River on the Lewis and Clark Trail
Monday, June 02 2025
One of America’s truly grand rivers, The Ohio ranks eighth in length in the United States but second in volume.
- Published in Features
Lewis and Clark’s Traveling Magic Show
Tuesday, May 27 2025
Attending a magic show by my friend Joshua Jay in Pittsburgh got me pondering the “magic” of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- Published in Features
The Ten Young Men From Kentucky — History, Old and New
Monday, May 19 2025
Clay reflects on the historical dynamics of the “Ten Young Men” who made up the original core of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery.
- Published in Features
Delightful Ignorance: Jefferson and the American West
Monday, May 12 2025
Clay begins his 2025 Lewis and Clark transcontinental journey in the land of Thomas Jefferson, the patron saint of the famous 1804-1806 expedition.
- Published in Features
Racing the Southern Interstates Across America
Tuesday, May 06 2025
About three days and 2,870 miles: Clay makes a rapid dash across the continent.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Leaving Home
Monday, April 28 2025
Spring is here. It’s time to pack the bags, load the truck, and get on the trail of Lewis and Clark.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
While Passing Through a Small South Dakota Town
Monday, April 21 2025
This will sound like a parable, and it may be. But I’m going to describe it exactly as it happened.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
A Word About Dictionaries
Sunday, April 20 2025
A short dissertation on my infatuation with dictionaries.
- Published in Books
Reflections on America and the Open Road
Tuesday, April 15 2025
In a few weeks, Clay will embark on an 11,000-mile trek following the Lewis and Clark trail across the continent and back. As he loads his pickup and prepares to hit the road, Clay ponders what he has learned so far in his multi-year project to Listen to America.
- Published in Features