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The Life and Misadventures of Ford Granada

09/24/2025

Back when I fought the K*K in northwest Arkansas….

In 2012, I thought I was moving to a small, peaceful town in the rural Ozarks to heal for a couple years, with plans of moving to Montana afterwards. Instead, I was thrown into the front lines of a culture war. Hate speech on billboards, public presentations hijacked by the Klan, attacked by Neo-Nazis online, me and my extended family doxxed by these same groups…the list goes on and it lasted for years.

My fight against racism and hate put me in print, radio, and television news outlets from Missouri all the way to the UK—CNN, BBC, NPR, and more. I was even featured in a CNN-produced series hosted by W. Kamau Bell. It put me in the mayor’s office and in front of city council on several occasions. The organization I chaired even partnered with the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission to bring peace rallies to town.

Ultimately, though, the threats were literally hitting too close to home. And when we had a chance to escape, I took it.

07/21/2025

Well I’ll be. The car I’m named after enjoys a similar reputation as I do. Read all about it at . The title of this article might as well be the title of my memoir.

07/08/2025

Got a new gig. Check out Pueblo County Pulse (). Just put out a Call for Submissions for the inaugural issue.

06/24/2025

That time I sang “Roadhouse Blues” with Jim Morrison? I got the bootleg somewhere around here.

06/04/2025

Another childhood dream manifested. I told Ai to turn me into a G.I. Joe-type action figure. Pretty much nailed it.

04/27/2025

About ten years Post-Kaiser Cubicle Prison, this happened. The time I put a beaten-up used canoe in the Buffalo National River and paddled its entire 135-mile length, alone, for nine glorious days deep in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas.

Except for the first day.

And the last.

That’s when Chels rode with me, and I almost killed her.

That part of the story never made it into Arkansas Wild and Paddle Arkansas, the magazines that ran my story. I would’ve looked like Gomer Pyle instead of Indiana Jones. Not to mention Chelsea’s family might’ve strung me up somewhere in Newton County…. But the truth is, I flipped the canoe near the headwaters in Boxley on launch day. Then I flipped it again on the final day, on a big shoal near Rush. Both times, Chels barely survived.

Not only was this canoe trip one of the most epic adventures I’ve ever embarked upon, but it also became a fundraiser sponsored by the Rotary Club of Harrison benefitting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Here we are at Tyler Bend, about halfway thru my trip.

Full story in the oven. Stay tuned.

04/24/2025

Look up EXISTENTIAL DREAD and you’ll see this photo.

That’s me in the cubicle I occupied at Kaiser Permanente in Fresno, California, for 3.5 years. During the day, the only sunlight I’d see was through a small window in the break room where I’d get coffee and a stale pastry. I’d stare out that window at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range in the hazy distance for a few eternal seconds. I wanted nothing more than to be out there, underneath the sun, not stuck beneath fluorescent overhead lighting Monday thru Friday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM, slowly going blind, enduring Bernie’s petty criticisms, Susan’s alcoholism, and boring meetings about quality improvements in both inpatient and outpatient settings. I never wanted to work in health care and had zero ambition to do so. It was a J-O-B, and nothing more. And there was no way out. The pay was too good and besides, no one was handing out jobs. Sometimes the only option you have in life is to tough it out, count your blessings and keep that sh*tty job you hate, because being broke and homeless is never an option. I was also in a destructive young marriage that was doomed from the beginning. Lots of drinking and other substances. But little did I know, life was about to take a radical turn for the better….

04/19/2025

So I had AI turn us into dogs….

03/09/2025

A few shots from PANDEMIC ROAD TRIP.

This is the one that started it all. By that, I mean this thing. This experiment of mine. Before we hit the road out of Oregon, I decided to film our adventures and blog about them. It’s taken some twists and turns, but it’s become a patchwork of my life and many misadventures. Come along for the ride:

https://youtu.be/H1JuTKLV7LU

02/28/2025

Once upon a time, I managed a thirty-three-acre h**p farm in southern Oregon. It tanked after Covid, and we had to get back to Arkansas and check on our cabin which had been on the market for a year. Chelsea and I came up with the crazy idea to live on the road full-time in an RV with our three kids and two dogs, and we couldn’t have picked a weirder time to do it. Link to video below:

https://youtu.be/H1JuTKLV7LU

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