Wintering
We’ve got two weeks to go until the solstice, but tonight, at these latitudes, is the earliest sunset of the year. Last night, in the dark before the waning moon […]
Category Archives: north-america
…and None to Go
The law is a bit imprecise on these things, but by my reckoning, at the moment the clock struck midnight and rolled into this new morning, Devon and I (both […]
Winter’s Call
It’s been almost two months (two months!) since I’ve been back – work, travel, family and the usual exigencies of life – and in that time, autumn has swept entirely […]
Captain Misadventure Rides Again
Stop me if you’ve seen this one. No, don’t – some classics never get old, and this one is a classic. You remember the one where our intrepid hero goes […]
Out Go the Lights
Let me just go on the record here that the best lemonade on the entire planet, and perhaps – at risk of going out on a limb – the best […]
The Westward Run: Canadian Roadtrip Wrap-Up
Hey, sorry for dropping out there. We’re back home in Palo Alto, and I left you at the tippy-top of Nova Scotia. Short story is we kinda made the south-and-westbound […]
Off the Beaton Path
It’s our third night on Cape Breton Island, and we’ve inadvertently zig-zagged the island a bit, finding ourselves cliffside in the northernmost campground (and settlement) in Nova Scotia. Geographically, we’re […]
Travels with Paintball
We’ve now got about 800 miles under our wheels since we set off from Newark last Saturday morning. Photos – uh, right. Well, we picked up a case of fog […]
And Now for Something Completely Different…
Okay, you’re tired of hearing about Antarctica. Right? You’re tired of hearing about the farm (No, you’re not, but play along with me, okay?) Let’s do something entirely different. How […]
Eastbound
For me, there’s that lovely moment in a movie theater, when the last preview has run: You’ve just been battered with half a dozen in-your-face, brain-grabbing advertisements for upcoming movies, […]
David Pablo Cohn 