There is a book that I recommend to almost everyone with whom I enter into a discussion about books. It is The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. An alternate history that looks at what what the world might be like if Europe had succumbed completely to The Plague rather than recuperating […]
Solo Road Tripping
Road trips have always seemed like they should be relaxed meanderings over highways and byways. For me they never seem to turn out that way though. I have a place to get to and while I might be able to have a bit of wiggle room in the dates and the stops along way to […]
It's All Relative – A Whirlwind Trip Through The Midwest
Just arrived home last evening, so perhaps it is an odd time to start a month of blogging about travel, but that is what I am doing. I have a buzillion blog posts started, notes on things that need something written down about them, and well over a dozen voice notes of various lengths on […]
Chicago – Mishawaka – Kendallville – Fort Wayne – Columbia City
On the road again… as Willie would say. Thursday I drove away from Minneapolis and left my all grown up baby girl Zilla there. I cried. Then I drove to Chicago to drop in on the Wabash Kid and the Greek Goddess – if I could find the address where they lived and if they […]
My Daughter's First Home With Her Guy
I’m in Minneapolis. Made it here yesterday after driving from Tucson. I drove our SUV and Zilla drove her Jetta. Everything is unpacked from the vehicle and she is setting up house. She and Tree Boy found a great little house in a great neighborhood. The only downside is from the sad situation that led […]
On The Road Again
The real, true phase of being done with creating and maintaining a nest is beginning. I’m on the road with my daughter. We’re either two days or one week behind schedule on starting the trip that moves my daughter to a state ever so far away. Road trip. A million emotions course through me. Will […]