Ashesi
Yes, yes, I finally made it to Ghana, but not without a little more drama. I’ll spare you those details, though, because friends have kept pointing out that I still […]
A Change of Plans
At times like this, I find it useful to check in on my expectations. When the alarm went off at 6:00 in Dublin this morning, how did I imagine my […]
Dublin
What I’m still trying to find out is, “Where are all the actual Dubliners?” The guide books uniformly exhort us to spend as much time as we can in pubs […]
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. […]
New Story: The Long Way Home
“I always try to tell Anna that it’s not the cold that gets you — it’s the wind. But, oh what I’d give for a little wind now. Any wind.” –The Long […]
Foreign Exchange Student
I was prepared for the culture when I dropped Andy off for her first year at Hampshire. I mean, as a mid-20th century guy, I’m still getting used to discretionary […]
A Message From your PolyTech Home Smart Lock
No, it’s not quite time for the story-of-the-month, but I wanted to share a short little modern romance that I jotted up and couldn’t convince McSweeney’s to take. I can’t […]
David Pablo Cohn 