About
I’m 36 years old. The same age as Ray Kinsella, the protagonist in “Field of Dreams.” Like Ray, I’m a husband, a father, I once heard of Iowa, and I’m going to spend some time this summer driving across the country, attending some baseball games and hoping to find some magic.
I’m a teacher. My wife is not a teacher. Which means I’ve got a lot of free time this summer and she doesn’t. Our 12-year-old daughter, Abby, is away at camp for the summer. Our 9-year-old son, Sam (The Hamster from the title of the blog), is at sleepaway camp for the first time, but only for two weeks. After those two weeks, it’s just going to be him and me at home most of the time. So we’ve decided not to stay home at all.
As soon as The Hamster finishes camp, he and I are taking an epic, five-week, father-son, cross-coutry road trip. We’ll be driving (well, I’ll be driving) our Toyota Solara convertible from New York all the way to the Pacific Ocean and back again. This blog will chronicle our journey.
The Hamster and the Highway 
HI, MY NAME IS TIM BURKE, AND I AM TAKING ISSUE WITH YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT THE HEIDELBERG PROJECT, WELL YOUR COMMENTARY ABOUT ME WITHIN THAT ARTICLE. FIRST OFF I WAS MAKING ART IN THAT HOUSE 28 YEARS AGO. AT ISSUE WITH ME IS HOW YOU HAVE PORTRAYED ME IN YOU ARTICLE FIRST I AM NOT IN COMPETITION WITH ANY ONE, I DONT CREAT MY ART TO BE COMPETITIVE I CREATE MY ART FOR THE SAME REASON PEOPLE PLAY MUSIC OR SING OR WRITE POETRY, IT’S A PASSION NOT A SPORTS GAME. I AM NOT COMPETING. PLEASE REDACT THAT FROM YOUR BLOG, SECONDLY MY ARTWORK IS NOT AT ALL SIMILAR TO TYREE’S THATS NONSENSE MY ARTWORK IS MADE WITH MATERIAL FROM NO LESS THAN 15 HISTORIC BUILDING THAT HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN IN DETROIT IN THE LAST 25 YEARS TO INCLUDE 10 TONS OF GRANIT FROM THE RENOVATION OF THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. THEY SELL MY JEWELRY IN THE GIFT SHOP OF THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART JEWELRY MADE WITH COPPER SALVAGED FROM HISTORIC BUILDINGS ALSO. YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO ME AT DEPTH TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF MY ART AND PROCESS