Back by popular demand! It’s the lovely, the unique, the second edition Banjo wall calendar. Now, believe me, I know this is strange. I myself have never even used a wall calendar, much less one with someone else’s dog on it. But, a friend gave me this idea last year, and other people actually bought […]
Losing Travel Habits
Here’s yet one more list that’s helping me wrap my head around this major lifestyle change we’re about to embark on. (Previous lists are what I’m going to miss about living in the Airstream and “things” I’m looking forward to with a sticks and bricks). This list is about habits I bet will be hard for […]
Countdown to the Switcherooo
You know our move out of Tracy’s house into the Airstream was bumpy because it was right when Covid started. Of course, this move out of the Airstream into a sticks and bricks is looking also to be a long and windy road. We have experience with long and windy roads, though. (Yes, pun actually […]
The Seeds of Some Who Wander
Ever since I began keeping this blog, at the very start of our adventures on the road, friends have suggested that it would make an interesting book, and I agree. The sticking point is that I feel like I already wrote that book. It’s right here, and I don’t want to write it again. If […]
Things I Want to Remember about Living in the Airstream
I’m sitting in my seat at the dinette very early this morning, looking around at the trailer while Tracy and Banjo sleep. I’m thinking about all the things I don’t want to forget in here, all the small aspects of daily life inside our home that I want to stay with me in my memories. […]
Manuscript Updates to Keep Me Going
This blog needs a shake up. I thought I would be writing here about the strangeness of settling down, of buying everything from scratch, all that post-nomad stuff, but I’m thinking that’s really only interesting to me. If you’re on the road, you don’t care about the ins and outs of getting off the road […]
Going Native: Free Furniture and Tailgating with Brats
It’s about time you guys got a cheerful post from me, so here goes! First though, I’m trying out yet another idea for a new blog name, above: the “Stay Amazed” I saw as graffiti in Utah, and I like it paired with a photo I could have taken anywhere, not associated with travel. I’ll […]
Rolling with the Punches Here
I’ve been thinking about resiliency: how as a skill, a character trait, a practice, it helps you lead a satisfying life no matter what changes come your way. You plan for one thing, something else happens, and you change your plan to accommodate. You roll with the punches. This sounds so sensible, right? And I’ve “rolled with […]
A Sad Farewell to Our Airstream Home
I know I’ve been obnoxiously alluding to something big in our lives that I couldn’t tell you about, but the time has come to spill the beans. Our Airstream has been declared a total loss by our insurance company. Which means they’re taking possession of it, as in, towing it away from us. This trailer […]
“Things” I’m Looking Forward To
My update is that there is no update: we’re still in the Airstream in Wisconsin, still looking at houses, still trying to come to terms with the idea of a life in place. There are so many complicated, changeable emotions around us right now that it’s like a swirling, stinky magic spell is in the […]
