Since You’ve Been Gone…
It’s a bit over two months now, away from The Great Machine, and I’m surprised at the number of friends, and even family, who still haven’t heard that I left […]
Category Archives: north-america
Disaster Pies and the Manly Art of Automotive Repair, Redux
[Warning: remember what I said about long, pointless posts?] “Hey Miranda, have I told you how awesome I am?” “Yeah, yeah, Mom told me.” “I think I need to write […]
The Last Night of Someone Else’s Memories
[Sorry – more random musings] Typical thread for the gang starts with “Hey – anyone up for climbing on Weds?” Others bounce back: “Weds is no good. Tue/Thu?” and eventually […]
The Little Things
I’m always kind of torn when I sit down to write here. Sometimes I’ve got something important to say (e.g., if I happen to have left my job), and sometimes I […]
Puttering – Oh, and the Middle East Peace Process
It’s just been a little over a month since I walked away from Google, but only in this last week have I been staying put enough to start, as I […]
Rooooaaaadtrip!!!
When they say “getting there is half the fun,” the implication is that being there is the other half, which doesn’t leave a lot in the First National Bank of […]
Salt
The best brief description was that it was a shanty town. A shanty town floating along the Sacramento River Delta. Manned by young hot pirates. With power tools. Oh, and […]
Night on Water
Night is a sort of mask we wear. Not to really disguise ourselves, but to give ourselves permission to be someone, something we aren’t during the day. Really, electric lights […]
Rafting Up
Rafting up turned out to be remarkably straightforward. We overnighted anchored with another houseboat (“Glow Lounge”) about 500’ from the initial three Dromhaven boats, and gave them a call in […]
On a Boat
Morning, after a quiet night, and I’m bracing myself for the inevitable stress, yelling, conflict and inevitable random acts of stupidity of getting all the houseboats rafted up. Ephemerisle has […]
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