#key

The fallen Key Bridge has been in the news again here lately, and that has got me thinking back to that subject again. It seems that wherever there is a man made monster, there is a creator and a keeper of such. An announcement was made the other day, as to the state's choice of…

Thus far this summer things have gone relatively quiet with regards to the eventual reincarnation of Baltimore's demolished metal monster, the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The state has said it would select a contractor by the “end of summer”. Such time is generally marked by the advent of Labor Day...

Now that the summer is just about over, it is expected that very soon (possibly before labor day) an announcement will be made regarding the rebuilding of the Key Bridge. The state will have then chosen a contractor (or contractors) to construct a new bridge to occupy the space of the iron monste...

I wonder if the new monster that will replace the Key Bridge might be celebrated? Maybe only for the day and hour it opens to traffic, with a show of triumph over disaster done with great fanfare. Some bridges have started their working lives with everything but a ticker tape parade. Will people ...

But really, what goes thru the mind of a potential bridge jumper? Not so much why they respond to the invitation of a particular monster, but simply why they respond to the monster at all. What makes a bridge look like a way out of torment for them, instead of a way across a body…

Most all of the domestic and local monsters I've come up against in my lifetime have one thing in common. Precious few of them ever posed any real mortal threat to me, or to anyone else. The fear and dread I felt was most all in my own mind. I suppose that tree might have…

But what of those invitations? Why do some bridges become epic scenes of carnage while others do not? For some, like the Golden Gate, its location is likely the main attractant that draws the mortality minded. For the New River Gorge Bridge, the extreme height probably has a lot to do with its po...

A few days ago I had a conversation with that friend of mine who knew the Key Bridge jumper. I asked him if the man's mother was still around, and if had knew how she was doing. He said he only kept in contact with her for a short time after his friend died and…

Have you ever taken a walk outdoors, perhaps as a child, and decided to pick up a rock just to see what is under it? The top of the rock is just a surface, exposed to sunlight, wind and rain. What apparently exists is what is there front of you out in the open, seemingly…

Earlier this evening as I was reading over some news stories, I came across something quite shocking, at least to me. The word on the street thus far, so to speak, has been that the new Key Bridge will be slightly taller than the old one. But oh no, it seems a little bit just…