2024-03-17 00:09
At this stage nobody is calling to go out anymore. So, I go to mass. Sometimes they want something but I don’t get back what I want in equal fashion. It’s ok I have my family.&nb&hell…Read More
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2024-01-31 09:02
A lot was pouring out of me and it was just all of the words. Now once again at the dawn of a new career. Winter was challenging, getting sick twice before I left and then a cold when I retu… Read More
2024-01-12 15:24
Today out for a ride on the Arakawa River I thought I had hit a bird. I wasn’t sure but it sure looked like it for a moment. It sort of symbolized what I have been going through right… Read More
2023-09-16 07:22
I have to remember to write. I have to remember to ride my bicycle. Sometimes we get swallowed up by everyone or everything until we say no. Then we can get to our many dreams and purposes i… Read More
2023-07-20 13:18
So, a few weeks ago I cycled to one of my favorite places Kasai Rinkai Park. It’s basically at the mouth of the Arakawa River. After sitting at the well known benches where a lot of cy… Read More
2023-07-10 12:52
Just melting here in the heat. It’s great to be in my second home and spending time with family. Trying to avoid hackers that followed me from Facebook, which I’ve been off of fo… Read More
2023-05-16 06:08
I have to train more. But it’s good to get out and ride anywhere and connect with the environment. Every time you learn something about yourself. It’s intimate and gets you out o… Read More
2023-04-07 01:40
R.I.P Ryuichi Sakamoto
Getting dissed is hard but it might make you harder and more resilient and well some people look like they have changed but it’s just modifications. Black cu… Read More
2023-02-19 19:03
David Jude Jolicoeur 1968 -2023 – Thank you!
I love De La Soul’s music. It struck a nerve with me. It had a resonance and sense of humor that I could relate to though I… Read More
2023-01-29 09:04
It’s good to be on the ground after 8 hours of turbulence. Japan was great and I met with my cycling friends and we explored Chiba Prefecture by bicycle. It was an adventure but on… Read More
2022-12-31 15:52
What’s next? I don’t really know. It was tough past year. I got hit by a car but I survived for that I’m grateful. I went back to church to build my faith. On the road when… Read More
2022-09-25 04:09
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)Japan was great.
It was an awesome trip. I reconnected with my family and my past. Which is sometimes a… Read More
2022-08-22 10:07
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)I have no doubt that cycling has changed my life. It has filled a gap that existed in may heart for a long… Read More
2022-07-20 04:14
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)These are really challenging times and many of us have lost someone to the pandemic, or jobs or friends or… Read More
2022-05-25 19:14
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)Out of the blue of the road she came with a smile and glasses on her head. Just like the accident that thro… Read More
2022-03-28 07:24
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Putin is mad with war.
Will Smith is not soft.
What will become of us?
Go ride a bic… Read More
2022-01-15 07:04
It was a recent goal to ride to the Laverne United Methodist Church that was used in the movie The Graduate. I plotted out a route on Google Maps and I took off. Following the Los Angeles Ri… Read More
2021-12-23 00:21
Meeting Spike Lee and Ernest Dickerson
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)When I entered San Diego State I was in a program to help minorit… Read More
2021-12-06 08:24
I haven’t written in a clan time. I’ve bee studying for finals. This semester crushed me. It took something from me an exposed me. Well I don’t handle pressure so well. I h… Read More
2021-09-15 06:03
I like riding through cities. Riding through Los Angeles is fun put peril-less. There is a lot to see and look out for. Though I always have a story in my mind. I decided that I would ri… Read More
2021-07-20 11:44
Nobody beats the Biz
Biz Markie was a great rapper and beat boxer and influenced a generation of rappers and hip hop lovers. He was also an avid record collector. His style was unique… Read More
2021-07-07 04:40
Vindication and revelation is sweet!
I say this because sooner or later the truth always comes out and it only makes you feel that you were doing what was right and your protractors and… Read More
2021-06-15 08:47
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)I finally completed a century while here in Japan. It was on my half-bucket list. I’ve done it befor… Read More
2021-05-27 05:01
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)Sometimes it’s tough. As always there is so much happening. No matter what, just trying to make the… Read More
2021-02-10 12:24
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It’s cold. I’m in grad school and an internship to teach community college. I want to ride… Read More
2021-01-28 15:54
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)It’s cold.
It snowed today.
I can’t complain. Working remotely is tough for some but i… Read More
2021-01-08 12:45
In high school I liked KMD and Third Base. At times, out west I was trying to decipher the slang from the east but I got it and it was something I could relate too. Young African America… Read More
2020-12-23 01:22
I think many of us are anxious about the future. Now with a vaccine we might all have a chance. Leadership is important. The rampant white supremacy and apathy in America has brought us… Read More
2020-12-08 03:31
I’ve just come out of 14 days of quarantine after returning to Japan. I need to promote my book more but I’m already editing my second book that I finished.
In the meant… Read More
2020-11-19 09:01
These are difficult times for a lot of us. Since I’m working remotely as well as studying online. I decided to move back to Japan. At least I could be with my family in these d… Read More
2020-10-10 08:05
Everyone is anxious about the election. I am too. At the moment promoting my book and trying to say alive.
I appreciate what I have right now, especially since so many of us are struggli… Read More
2020-09-29 23:32
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)My Rol wheels came and they’re great.
I tried to pull a century the other day and I actually did… Read More
2020-09-18 07:27
View this post on Instagram A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo)It’s time for a new laptop. I miss my family.
Please vote!
Now that so much has moved online… Read More
2020-09-08 20:34
Home.
Japan was refreshing and now it’s back to business.
I hope to start teaching again but for now I write and prepare and study for my MA.
Alvarado is out and about.
I… Read More
2020-08-20 02:32
View this post on Instagram #alvarado @ #atmospherepress – Order it now at Amazon! Stay motivated and healthy! A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo) on Aug 19, 2020… Read More
2020-08-12 16:53
Today I visited a friend. He may have cancer. I don’t know how much time he has but we met for a brief time and then I rode off across the city. He supported me when I was having a tou… Read More
2020-08-03 12:03
View this post on Instagram #Alvarado @ #atmospherepress – Debuts September 1st! A post shared by h3photo (@h3photo) on Aug 2, 2020 at 4:09am PDTI ordered parts fo… Read More
2020-07-26 14:13
My family got away to Izu. We had been there before about five years ago. It was fun being in the ocean again. Back home I hadn’t had a chance to swim in the sea because I was on my b… Read More
2020-07-20 13:16
It finally stopped raining so for the last two days I have been cycling for two days. I’m in Japan so I’m back to my old haunt, the Arakawa River where I use to race anyone who… Read More
2020-07-14 15:40
I’m getting anxious about my book. Today I went to see an old friend. We had a good time, two writers and poets making the most of the moment.
A small reprieve from the bad weather… Read More
2020-07-13 14:23
Today I did my first ride on my old Cannondale Quick 4. It felt good to ride. It’s a good thing I did because the rain came later.
Two more coffee stories to go here in Japan. Also… Read More
2020-07-11 14:03
Today my canned coffee taste test article was printed in Barista Magazine. Check the link below.
Canned Coffee in Japan—A Taste Well-Traveled For
I really appreciate the opportuni… Read More
2020-07-08 14:24
I recently got back on my old cross bike a Cannondale Quick 4 that is custom painted. Hopefully I can build up my road bike while I’m here in Japan. In the mean time I write… Read More
2020-07-05 14:14
The beach – Hayama.
Quarantine is over. I went to the beach with my family. My dad is in the hospital. I feel that things are getting worse. My sister is going to see him but… Read More
2020-07-04 01:52
Alvarado @ #atmospherepress and Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Alvarado-John-W-Horton/dp/1649218605/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Alvarado+atmosphere+press&qid=1593827431&s… Read More
2020-07-02 08:54
I have three more days left in quarantine in Japan. At least I can be at home. Another tough part is not being able to ride my bicycle. I feel like, I’ve gained so much weigh… Read More
2020-07-01 10:54
I’m really liking this song. It’s melancholy but cool. It just debuted on Stones Throw Records! Read More
2020-07-01 10:13
Day 11
I”m still in quarantine until July 5. I’m anxious to ride my bike. Outside it’s rainy and windy and humid. My book final edit of my book Alvarado is off to t… Read More
2020-06-30 06:40
Outside it’s raining and it’s humid. It feel like Jurassic Park. I miss cycling. I’m working on a coffee story for a coffee magazine. Trying to stay motivated. The world is… Read More
2020-06-29 13:06
Day 9
I’m currently in Japan. The last few days it has been raining hard. I can’t go outside for another 6 days. Trying to weed out the last typos in my novel. I’m getti… Read More
2020-02-03 05:05
I’m trying to stay disciplined with my cycling. Adjusting to the Los Angeles landscape. Cars rule here. Pockets of cycling exist but it could be better. Japan spoiled me. Immaculate ro… Read More
2019-09-02 08:51
I was back to the beginning. Los Angeles. It had been a while and things have changed. Now it was bicycle. Exploring new routes and trying to see how far I could take it.
This is relocat… Read More
2019-07-04 04:16
So, for the past 10 months I’ve been commuting by BART in the Bay Area and riding through the East Bay and looking at all the changes that have occurred. I’m still in shock… Read More
2019-02-16 04:07
I’ve been back home for about five months. Before that I had lived in Japan for about 9 years. Previously I wrote about what might happen if I came back home but now I’m here and… Read More
2018-03-27 10:11
I recently combined an Ultegra and Dura Ace cassette.
The Dura Ace was free from the Jedi because a previous owner said that something was wrong with it. I tested it for a while and it was f… Read More
2018-02-27 06:16
Once again I’m changing jobs but the constant in my life is cycling. This latest offer may mean less riding than I’ve grown accustomed too but that it will make cycling all the m… Read More
2018-02-01 13:32
I cant ride my bike. Influenza Type B has morphed into a cold from hell. It is nice to have a break from my job but work is piling up.It’s cold outside, rainy and looking out the windo… Read More
2018-01-28 09:36
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A snow storm hit last week.
Going to work was fine but on the way back the snow started pouring down. Luckily I didn&rsq&helli…Read More
2017-08-01 13:37
I wasn’t looking for Kurtz but just trying to commute to work along the river. On the road along the river you know never know what to expect. Things could change at any minute… Read More
2017-04-26 12:10
I’m was obsessed with sounds on my bike.
I usually ride listening to music but occasionally I turn off my sounds and listen. Recently a sound was driving me nuts, even my bicycle mecha… Read More
2017-03-02 05:30
After seven years at the same job I’m gone. I told a co-worker who came into my classroom unexpectedly during break time to fuck off. For some reason he thought he could slither into… Read More
2016-09-28 02:50
Maybe I should have listened to what my teachers and professors and coaches and mentors were saying. I liked graduate school but now I’m teaching English in Japan and riding around on… Read More
2016-08-12 13:20
People think I’m crazy for cycling. Honestly I can’t drive in Japan because the test is s total scam, so I gave up after three tries. I just threw my papers in the air and walked… Read More
2016-06-03 03:36
It’s a dream I’ve had for along time but it finally came true. Cycling gets obsessive at times. You get a bike and then you realize it’s not enough. I dug deep and with the… Read More
2016-05-27 00:36
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At some point I stopped writing but several people that I know now have published books, newspaper art… Read More
2016-04-30 07:45
All I can do at the end of the day is ride my bike home. I’m trying to build a new titanium bicycle. I still can’t get over Prince being dead. He was our generations Jimmy Hendri… Read More
2016-04-26 15:47
Prince dying is like art crying. One of the best and most influential artist of a generation. One of the most memorable parts of my life was going to see the movie Purple Rain with my siste… Read More
2016-03-15 16:12
It’s funny or it isn’t how you can have a family but still feel alone. An email from the states said someone read my resume and they want me to apply for a job. Should I go home… Read More
2015-02-23 13:57
Sometimes it’s hard to write. I procrastinate. I finished a book but it’s in Lulu limbo now. I have to finishing editing it. I get sidetracked by life. Things are moving fast bu… Read More
2015-01-04 17:10
My thumbs are cracked at the tips and hackers got on my nerves last year.
So, I turned off my Facebook page and my Likedin page because it got to the point that they were trying to get me t… Read More
2014-08-15 08:16
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2006-06-07 11:16
How many pictures can you take of yourself? I’m not sure but now instant gratification couldn’t get more real or overdone. Get over yourself? In this era self promotion couldn&rs&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I recently went back to school and it wasn’t cheap. Like a lot of post graduates,I’m in debt but I’m working. My debt isn’t getting smaller but I try to make a dent i… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Putin sucks! Pussy Riot is cool. Stand your ground is wack! I can’t reiterate more how much I disdain black on black crime as well. I’m far away from home but not from reality. F… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
For some reason we make friends with people on Facebook that we normally wouldn’t. Then when they write something or post something that makes us wince and we wonder if we should defri… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I forgot to pay blog bill so my blog was down. It cost a pretty penny to get it back up but I feel better. A noticed that a former boss had looked at my Likedin page. I could only speculate… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Winter has arrived once again here in Japan, almost. It’s getting colder. I ride my bicycle everywhere. Without it I couldn’t get to work. It’s a 50 minute ride. Maybe you… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I recently had an accident on my bike. I was cut off by someone making a left turn and I slammed on my breaks, flew over my handle bars, bounced off the car and landed on my left knee and my… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A friend of mine is returning to England. He’s one of the few people I get a long with at work. We’ve always talked about going out and having a few beers but it just never mater… Read More
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