In which Florence resists the natural processes of getting old and lame. (Read in Florence’s voice, which sounds uncannily like 14-year-old Claire Danes.) My people depress me. When I look at their lives I just think, “That’s…it? Why are you so lame?” That’s what I’m doing all of this for? All of this “sitting” and …
This is my old car, “Karen.” Karen’s a/c didn’t work, so she had to be retired. We “sent her away to a farm” where she could run and play and blow hot air out of her vents in 100 degree weather all day long. On The Fourth of July we did what JFK told us …
When we last left our intrepid team of trekkers, they were setting off across the desert in the dark… Part II: Up, over, around, and down With our gaiters firmly in place and the desert air still dry and “cool,” we crossed Terlingua Creek (which was exactly as technical as Lewis nudging a rock into …
Prologue: This was the big one. When Colin first told us about canyoneering Bruja Canyon in a remote corner of Big Bend National Park, I was hooked at “rappel into a pool of freezing water.” I also knew that to make it happen, we would have to find a rare surplus of two extremely scarce …
So…Liz and Jason. As their wedding draws nearer, I know that they are overwhelmed with details. I also know that they are overwhelmed with all the things they love about each other. Meanwhile, there have been some loose ends in my own thoughts on marriage. I know that I heard all of this before I got …
In this episode Florence continues to be humiliated by her parents, but also is forced to over come her fears. (Read in the voice of Florence, which sounds a lot like a 14-year-old Claire Danes) Going to the vet. I just don’t get why we have to do it. It’s this…thing…that keeps looming on the …
The best Christmas present I got last year was my Trek hybrid 7.1. I, as a curious urbanite, had long been envious of those hip, healthy people navigating traffic on their bicycles, faster than pedestrians and more agile than cars. Locking up the bike and waiting at the table while the rest of us circled …
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This entry in the beer journal is not about travel. It’s about home. This is a Corona. It is my beer of choice. And sitting behind that Corona is Lewis, my company of choice. He’s having a Shiner Black. When I am home, I drink light, effervescent, (preferably Mexican) beer. Lewis is pretty loyal …
Some people have wine journals. Liz James told me about beer journals. Mine will double as a travel journal. More than wine, when I travel, I find beer. Not haute beer. Everyman beer. Beer I can order in any restaurant. And these stories are not the stories of the most amazing places I’ve seen. They …
Some people have wine journals. Liz James told me about beer journals. Mine will double as a travel journal. When I travel, I drink beer. Not haute beer. Not craft beer. Not hip beer. Everyman beer. Beer I can order in any restaurant, or snatch at a corner store after a long day of activity. …