4 Steps to a Healthy Father-Son Relationship
What Joy I feel to have two grown boys who not only love me, but LIKE me. We like spending time together, enjoy old routines and new adventures, want to talk and play and hang. I fly into Philadelphia for a quick weekend with our youngest, and he drops everything to be with me. On…
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How Barbed Wire Won the West
“It is not difficult or expensive to start a basic barbed wire collection…” – encouraging words from the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum website. We almost missed this Kansas treasure (most travellers do). The first 120 snow-laden miles out of Boulder took 3.5 hours, following snowploughs and cars skidding into the meridian and the occasional passing…
So long, Snug
It was harder than I’d somehow convinced myself, ending the life of a beloved family member. We’d spent the last year agonizing over the decision. Snug’s cancer had clearly spread. She was clearly in some pain But she still also clearly had a good life, loving our walks, loving belly rubs and neighbours and snow…
Three Saturdays
Just 2 Saturdays ago, we were frantically finalizing a house sale… Our plan to rent it out fully-furnished was usurped by a neighbour casually asking to buy it instead. Suddenly we had 10 (ten!) days to sort literally everything we own into 3 piles – bring with us, store in the basement, or sell/give away. …
On the road to find out
What do you get when you combine empty-nesting, retirement (mine), a wife who works remotely, and a new EV with a 320-mile range? Well, you get Colorado, Kansas, Philadelphia, Nova Scotia, and Vancouver for the first four months. Then the world awaits… St. Paul house sold. Possessions winnowed down to 6 tupperware containers and a…
Currently in...
Moncton, New Brunswick for a month of post-knee-replacement rehab (Sarah's) with our lovely Galen and his fiance Cai.
Heading to...
Newfoundland, Uruguay, Chile, Easter Island, Carnival!, Monteverde. Please share any sites, people or ideas by email.