[Second Self Thai Wheat Beer, sampled at Blowin' Smoke in Savannah, GA.] Doing this in reverse because I was too busy doing summer this summer to do much posting. Bookmark for the next time it rolls around, which it always does—not to state the obvious. I mentioned before that I finally had a, ... View Post
[Above: Ephesus, the ruins of the library. This place left more of a mark on me than any other place I've ever been.] Psst: song embedded below. Get on that smooth listenin'. I've always looked back on the short time I spent in Turkey as a total game-changer for me. I fell in love with the ... View Post
Last Friday I decided I needed a damned break. So we took one. We hiked out in Shenandoah on a trail I'd never heard of, but that was right across the valley floor from one of my favorite hikes since I was a little kid: Old Rag Mountain. I'll let the vid do the talking, but leave you with this: ... View Post
And my birthday was in February, but I never got around to posting about it because, well, scroll up. Being on a bit of a shoestring budget as I adjusted to being 100% of the payor, not 50%, has resulted in some creative maneuvers, belt tightening, closet unloading, and increased longing for ... View Post
[Weems, VA post office.] We could be anywhere in America right now: Nebraska, Kansas, New Jersey, Georgia, here. The windows on the clapboard houses were molten in the sunset and cottontail rabbits skittered across driveways and trawlers loped through channels, creating a perfect scene to take in ... View Post
