Starting with nothing but square yard lined with arborvitae, we headed toward our July wedding and summer BBQ season with a vision: flowering madness and food to eat. Despite our …
At twenty, I spent a summer and then a bit more hitch-hiking around the West, up to Alaska and down to Mexico. At a freeway stop in Northern Idaho I …
With time short, we were running out of options. Either we risk the slow road south of Bend, and crossing the pass in Seattle, or we take the Five up …
Twenty miles out of Asheville, North Carolina, down a winding mountain road, lies Earthaven, an intentional community devoted to permaculture and living "off grid". With our limited time, we …
Dense fog, an unseasonably warm night, us in North East, a small town at the end of the Chesapeake, eating crab cakes: we've crossed the Mason-Dixon. Like the Cornell collages and …
It was going to be me or the raccoons, but certainly not the both of us, making use of the Italian plums in the front of my house. Despite our …
Canada is as much of a refuge for you - as a Wisconsin lumber camp is for a lost virgin.Quick reads are a terrible thing on bike tour, as you …
Pam lives in Austria. A few months ago, she bundled up for a trip to Spital Am Pyhrn, a small village in central Austria. For unbeknownst reasons, they had recreated …
Last week, Sarah mailed me a tidbit on World Champion Tom Boonen. As you can see, he's sporting a diamond and a bit of gold plate on his helmet this …
A couple weeks ago I stopped in Brookline's Booksmith to pick up a remaindered book for Vic to inspire him towards de-cluttering. Of course, with the nerd weakness of incessant …
I admit I am a bit of a donut gourmand. It is fairly obvious as my belly lingers (ok, I like beer too), even after these many weeks of cycling.Rule: …
