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Thursday June 13, 2013

Today’s the Big Day. Dad turns 87. Happy birthday dad!

My dad Arthur Harberts is my closest friend. He’s also my traveling hero and the man who taught me one of life’s most important lessons – improvise. This year, when I came up short in the cake department, I just put the candles on his birthday present – a bottle of Black Label. He blew ‘em all out in one go – then we had a drink. Here’s to many more dad!

Wednesday June 12, 2013

A hearty thank you to all the folks that attended the recent “Hoofing It” programs. These talks covered the North Carolina portion of my walk across American with mule Woody and pony Maggie.

At present I’m between trips. That dreamy stage where napkins get covered in wagon designs and sailboats and stick figures leading stick mules across deserts. Plenty of material in the cue. In the meantime, if you have any summer trips on tap, it’d be great to hear what you have in mind. Stick figures on napkins, mailed via good old fashioned US mail are preferred. Email works, too. Here’s how to get in touch.

Friday March 29, 2013

What’s the last thing you hear before you drift off to sleep? A car? The TV? Your spouse snoring? Tonight, I want you to hear day’s end in my wagon world. That would be the sound of a mule chomping away in the night.

Saturday January 26, 2013

Saturday, January 26: The Newfoundlander program scheduled this morning at the Caldwell County Public Library has been cancelled. Conditions – an in inch of ice on the roads – were just a little too Newfoundland-ish. The program has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 1:30p.

Sunday December 23, 2012

Wishing you happy holidays from RiverEarth.com is fine and dandy and, well, sorta boring… I was thinking something more along the lines of a corporate Christmas party where animals outnumber humans. Wanna come? Well, you missed it. But you can still get a glimpse of what went down at Corporate…

Monday November 5, 2012

Howdy. Just wanted to let everyone know mule Polly and I have arrived safely back in North Carolina. The drive from Newfoundland to the Tar Heel State took a week. The plan now is to spend the holidays with our respective families – me with my human kith and kin, Polly with the Mule Nation. Then, in that Will the Circle Be Unbroken kind of way, we may set out again. We’ll keep you posted. Cheers!

Monday October 15, 2012

Since June, mule Polly and I have been traveling across Newfoundland in our little red wagon. We’ve started our mornings with black flies, horse flies and nippers – mosquitoes as they call them in these parts. Lately, it’s been frost, not warm sunshine, that’s greeted us at dawn. Time to load Polly and her wagon into the trailer and head south. We’ll keep you posted of the journey back to North Carolina.