Dancing Between the Raindrops
I’m going to chalk it up to luck, because there’s no way I could plan this, even if I had a feed of the weather channel piped directly into my […]
Category Archives: north-america
In My Element
I’m still dipping my fork into the puddle of warm maple and whipped cream left over from the bread pudding that served as breakfast, while sipping away on a mug […]
The Mountains are Calling
I’m sure there’s a way to tell this part of the story concisely, and without quite so much whining. But I’m not sure I have it in me to distill […]
David and the *Almost* Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Raise your hand if you’ve ever lost your phone. Raise your hand if you’ve ever lost your phone somewhere in the middle of five acres of pasture you’ve been mowing […]
Electric Roadtrip Cult
It was at Kettleman City, southbound, that I began to suspect I had joined a cult. No, not that cult, but…okay, let’s just get this out of the way: I […]
What’s Up?
Yes, I know: I haven’t been writing. But that’s not actually true – I have been writing. Just not posting, because everything I’ve started writing so far about this summer’s […]
Here We Go Again
I’m not an expert, but when people ask, I have plenty of opinions about what it takes to get into, and survive the US Antarctic Program. The main points all […]
Solstice
The coyote stops midstep, left paw held aloft as if responding to a command to “shake,” and cocks his head quizzically at me. “We’re not doing all that, are we?” […]
Hanginaround
We’ve dialed things back a bit since our initial few days of “Vancouver Island’s Greatest Hits” and started working off of personal recommendations, both those of old, trusted friends and […]
Goats on the Roof
G. K. Chesterton wrote – and yes, this time I’m sure it was Chesterton* – that “the traveler sees what is there, while the tourist sees only what he has […]
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