Traveling Again
“Have I got everything, am I ready to go?
Is it gonna be great, is it gonna be the best time,
Or am I just saying so?
Am I ready to go?
What do I hear when I say I hear the call of the road?”
-Dar Williams, Traveling Again
Category Archives: north-america
New Story: Smoke
“Hey — can I ask you for some advice?” The girl stepped out into the streetlight toward me and took a made-for-TV drag off her cigarette. She’d been nearly camouflaged against the […]
Blueberry Muffins and Civil Disobedience
I don’t recall if I’ve written about this before, but one of my earliest coherent memories is one of civil disobedience. My sister Joanne and I are riding in the […]
Settling In
I’m sitting in the departures lounge at SeaTac, listening to the woman seated next to me loudly complain at her phone about the price of drinks in the airport bar. […]
Out of My Comfort Zone
I’d already finished my shower and gotten dressed by the time my alarm went off at 5:30. Truth is, I’d been awake for a while, nursing that lump of dread […]
Roadtrip Wrap-Up
I was trying to count things up as I drifted off under the covers last night. Three weeks, three continents, four countries and nearly a dozen different beds (if you […]
East Bay Interlude
And now, as Monty Python was fond of saying, for something completely different. Most of my “Roadtrip” posts of late have either been farm-related or announcements of yet another short […]
Home on the Grange
Sometimes life gives us grand, easily-recognizable landmarks. Moments when even a total stranger could look in and immediately understand why something is important, why it is good: A new job, […]
And so it begins…
I don’t even know where to start. Followers of this blog will not have missed the fact that it’s been over a month since my last post. What can I […]
A Really Truly Empty Nest
Just a quick heads up for those of you who haven’t already gotten the news via Devon’s FB feed: as of this morning we are both theoretically and practically empty-nesters. […]
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