Calm, Forward, Straight

2019 saw the realization of a ten year plan come to fruition: buying my property, living on site in a travel trailer fondly known as the Shi...

If it hadn't been for Val, I would probably still be living in a tiny, low-lying, overpriced rental cottage, waiting for the next storm...

No one is gladder than I am to see the back side of 2017. Besides the myriad global crises - enough to sink anyone's ship of opt...

I guess I'm officially addicted to the internet. It was more of a bummer not to be able to get online than it was to have no power, a/c,...

Update on the suddenly swollen ankle - - - it's back to normal!! Several commentors had suggested a bug bite or sting might be the cause...

It has been (almost) unbearably hot and humid for two straight weeks... so I thought I'd give you a taste of our day to day routine. (ca...