In recent years, I’ve made the tradition of a Jew’s Christmas my own. In the United States that’s a movie and Chinese food. But this is Australia so: a swim,…
Is this a bit of a cheat? I visited Lady Martin’s on 17 May 2015 – one week before I departed for my midlife gap year – but never posted…
I’ve said much of what I want to say about the events of yesterday on Facebook, mostly in the wee hours, and I’ll paste that in below. A good friend…
18 October – 21 Days Three weeks from today is Election Day. Here’s how it feels to me. Hillary will win but not by as much as might be expected.…
I have never had an experience like it, ever. Trying to find a way to describe it, to capture it, is a writer’s challenge, one I’m struggling with a little…
7 October I’ve just arrived “home” from watching the Washington Nationals fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. My hands (from clapping),…
6 October Sorry, kind readers, for going silent for a while. When last we met I had arrived in the Blue (Democratic leaning) oasis of Asheville, North Carolina on my…
24 September So I missed a day, it was inevitable. I’m writing from the dining room table of my Couchsurfing host in a suburban development outside of Asheville, North Carolina.…
I had every intention to be camping right now but a wrong turn found me driving narrow, winding country roads as the sky flared in the pink and pale orange…
21 September I learned last night around this time that I have cause to go to Nashville. So I’m still in Alexandria having spent much of the day plotting my…
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