As summer fades away into fall, I just had to reminisce on one of my favorite moments of 2012. Sometime in July, Kevin and I were heading down the highway, on our way to Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Suddenly, we came … Continue reading
My previous post was all about our trip to Livingston, Montana for my brother’s wedding. We happened to be a short drive from Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is the kind of place you hear people talking about your whole life. … Continue reading
Well, we just got back from a very special wedding out in Montana, where I got to see my brother marry a terrific person I’m proud to call a sister. The wedding was in beautiful Livingston, Montana, a place I … Continue reading
So, Kevin and I escaped the freakishly mild northeastern United States winter, and headed on down to Florida. We didn’t have mountains of snow or grey winter days as a motivation, just a longing for turquoise blue water and a … Continue reading
I’ve always been a fan of protests, at least as a concept. Most of my talks about protests have been laments about being born after the sixties, and therefore never being able to be part of a really good one. … Continue reading
What is a folbot? you may ask. A folbot is a cleverly designed bit of German practicality: a folding kayak. How did we come into possession of one? Kevin’s dad passed down the family folbot, one he purchased sometime in … Continue reading
So my recent trip to Idaho had me reminiscing about the last occasion I had reason to be in Idaho: a beautiful lakeside wedding in the Sawtooth mountains. It was quite a drive from Albuquerque. Maybe it shouldn’t have taken … Continue reading
Our cross country trip to deliver my dad’s old car to my brother was marked more by what we did not see then what we did: the RV Museum, the Corn Palace, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s house, the famous biker city … Continue reading
Carnac is on the south coast of Brittany in France. I would have probably liked to go visit the sleepy-looking coastal town just for that reason alone, but it was the town’s megalithic stones that really grabbed our attention. The … Continue reading
1. The people. My first week in Albuquerque I was invited to a weekly brunch by a coworker I had just met. She invites everyone, and figures that if they’re meant to be friends … Continue reading
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