Turns out, once you’ve spent a couple of months writing fiction, it’s a bit of a rocky road getting back on the travel writing wagon. Because, you know, if it’s […]

Hiya! Sorry about that. Yeah, I know the blog’s gone kind of quiet lately. Since Christmas morning, in fact, right. I’ve been, um, distracted. Well, not distracted – I think […]

54 years ago, my parents married on Christmas day. Their friends weren’t doing anything, and everyone had the day off, so it seemed like a reasonable choice. And no one […]

Family is wonderful. There are times when I could spend, oh, entire hours with my family without going crazy. No, really. Contrary to our outward social appearances, Devon and I […]

Author’s note: Below, I tried, and actually succeeded in writing what I was intending to write about. Unfortunately, it’s turned out all inarticulate and rambly [yes, M, that *was* a […]

Happy Centennial, folks! Modulo the +20h time shift, today is the 100th anniversary of when Roald Amundsen, leading Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting became the first […]

I think my life has been guided as much by Walter Mitty as by any other fictional character. The weird thing is that, against all odds (there, I’ve said it), […]

The first thing Steve said when he saw me with the camera was “Okay, here’s the challenge: take a picture here – anywhere – of something that hasn’t been photographed […]

Kind of surprised; I would have thought that this brief roadtrip – out to NY for a day of meetings and back the next morning – would have done it. […]

There are magic moments in the lives of one’s children when – every so often – they linger after dinner is over. Instead of clearing their plate and bolting unexcused […]