Finn and I have, finally, restarted our podcast. You can listen to (and watch) our latest episode, here. Since the last episode in late September, I lost my voice after surgery, I moved, Finn found a path to finishing his Doctorate, I visited him, he visited me, good grief we’ve done everything but add a dang […]
You Don’t Have to Tell Me You’re on Drugs
Illustrated with part 4 of How Funky Is Your Chicken Initial caveat here: there is nothing funny about methadone. I’ve a good friend whose son, Tyler, died of a drug overdose. At several times as part of his recovery he tried to take methadone, and his local clinic made it difficult. The fact that I […]
The Beauty in the Mundane
Finn sent me a link to a book he’s reading, something about creating rituals in your life to make everyday tasks meaningful. I have to admit I didn’t delve into the link, but that’s because it sparked a realization for me that that’s exactly what I’m already doing—how I started living my life in this […]
Yes, We Made a House Decision!
Ever since we got off the road in June, our lives have been hanging in the balance. What do we do? Get an apartment and a trailer? Buy a house? Split up so I can get healthcare while Tracy goes back on the road, then reconvene when I have stable health? (That one was hardly […]
FAQs
I’m calling this post FAQs, but, frankly, I don’t have enough readers for questions to be put to me frequently. I could call it “Misconceptions” or just random observations from what readers ask me. Whatever they are, you can count on me for having categorized them! Let’s stick with FAQs. Leaving the Road If you […]
The World Has Changed, Shelly
Tracy and I were talking about something entirely inane, although, given today’s current political climate, everything seems inane. Still, this was especially so, something like, we were standing at the check-out line at Costco when I asked if he wanted me to find some cardboard boxes for us to carry our stuff back with. He […]
The Day When Two Gross Tasks Broke Me
As I was telling my local (and so much more) friend Doug while we walked to weekly yoga at the community center this morning (see how much goodness I shoved into that phrase?), I slept like shit last night. The methadone I’m newly taking for restless legs gives me a histamine reaction, so I’ve been […]
Grateful and Proud: Yukon—all the Ws
In the past, when we talked with friends about our Airstream travels and someone asked about our favorite place, we used to scratch our heads. We’d been to so many diverse places; plus, what constitutes “favorite”? Most beautiful? Most fun? Most friendly? Best hiking, or best kayaking? To make things easier, I started picking Yukon, […]
Things That Make Me Happy in the House
It’s been a difficult time emotionally, us moving into the house. Aside from our worries about how much money it will cost to renovate it and then to keep up it, moving into the house cements the fact that we’re no longer on the road in a real way. We’re not just staying in an […]
How Funky Is Your Chicken, Part 2
I just stepped in from a walk around the neighborhood, and I can’t help taking a few minutes away from arranging stuff in the house to throw up more photos of what friendly folks have in their yards. On the corner of our street is a bunch of beer cans and bottles on the ground, […]
