William Least Heat-Moon

Oct 1, 2024 | mymix923.com | William Least Heat-Moon

Many of us who live in West Central Missouri probably don't think about it much. Yet, Highway 50 is much more than a way to get into Kansas City without driving to Interstate 70 at Marshall or Higginsville Junction. Highway 50 is how we get to work or from town to town in West Central Missouri. Yet, much like the more well-known Route 66, it was a great way to go coast to coast in the age before the interstates. Highway 50, or U.S. 50, goes coast to coast.

Aug 27, 2024 | orlandosentinel.com | William Least Heat-Moon

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 27, the 240th day of 2024. There are 126 days left in the year. Today in history:On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and resulting tsunamis in Indonesia's Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra.

Jul 25, 2023 | hagerty.com | Jack Kerouac |William Least Heat-Moon |Robert M. Pirsig |Ian Frazier

When I was hired at Car and Driver 34 years ago, editor-in-chief William Jeanes said: “P.J. O’Rourke has fled to D.C. to interrogate politicians. You’re replacing him. Try to be funny. Try.” I immediately phoned P.J. to ask, “You got any unused material stuffed behind the refrigerator?”We thereafter remained friends, at least until February 2022, when P.J. hit life’s ultimate blind curve.