By Trevor HardwickHappy New Year everyone! Do you ever feel like you are in a bit of a rut? Not necessarily a bad rut, just perhaps…
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In the words of Merle Haggard, “If we make it through December, everything’s gonna be alright. I know it’s the coldest time of winter, and I…
I hope you don’t mind, but this month I’m veering out of my typical lane of travel and not writing a poem. I’d like, instead, to…
If you’ve been on the road for any significant amount of time, you’ve likely had those moments of conflicting thoughts about doing something else. Maybe a…
I sure love running the big roads. Those wide-open interstates offer relatively uninterrupted travel and plenty of room to set the cruise and mind my own…
How’s your summer going, folks? Had enough of this 2020 drama yet? Things have certainly been changing at a break-neck pace, but I truly hope your…
The other day I was talking to my uncle David on the phone. He and I are the only two remaining long-haul drivers in my family.…
Do you like fancy trucks? The kind with elegant paint schemes, shimmering chrome, and polished aluminum? Of course, you do. We all do. There are certainly…
These are some crazy times, aren’t they?! This virus has thrown everything into a tailspin. Hopefully, by the time this poem goes to print, we’ll see…
Some of us in this trucking industry tend to have a sentimental soft spot for certain trucks we’ve had. We may even give them names or…
Hallelujah, y’all! It’s finally March! We are quickly approaching my favorite time of year. Out here where I run, I’ve already started seeing early signs of…
If you’re reading this in the February issue, then that means you’re probably just as frustrated with old man winter by now as I am. But…
Happy New Year, everyone! Time to make some resolutions to ourselves that we likely won’t recall by next month. Hopefully, you have something exciting to look…
This one is sort of short and sweet. While talking to some friends of mine who are in the trucking industry, we often end up talking…
Every month, for several years, I’ve written little poems. Mostly about our trucking lives, in eighteen-wheeled homes. I’m really not a poet, I just like to…