LFS: The Storyteller

©2013 by LeeZard While my upcoming road trip is a lifetime dream, I must admit to some fear and  I’m not sure what I fear. I am a road guy; I love driving. I love driving long distances and I love going to new places. Do I fear the unknown? Perhaps, but that is usually not me. Sometimes it feels like I am taking a huge risk. But, what am I risking? Whatever it is, it certainly won’t dissuade me; my joy and excitement far exceed any trace of fear. As a writer and observer of life, I just thought I’d share all that I feel. After all, isn’t that what art and writing are all about? With less than two weeks until my departure, it is looking more and more like I will be my only “sponsor” for this journey. I’ve tried mightily to secure a commercial sponsor and/or a national media outlet for my on-the-road reports – Plans A & B. With either a sponsor or a media outlet I would more slowly meander the country to seek stories from as great a cross section of people as ...

©2013 by LeeZard NOTE: The following is the preface for a book unwritten. As many of you know, I am hitting the road (in two weeks!) to seek the personal stories of people across America about how they were changed by The Great Recession. I think the changes are significant and all-encompassing. I will be writing the book - and blogging - along the way. --- This book is about a road trip. No, it’s not just another “On the Road” book because this was not just any road trip. I was seeking answers and I needed to talk to Americans across the country to find them. While the Great Recession is in our collective rear-view mirrors, its affects are not. The recovery for many has been slow and, as I suspected when I started my trip, nonexistent for others. What I do know is the recession changed everything. It changed the way governments govern (and pay to deliver their services), the way businesses, large and small, conduct their business and, most ...