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  • A Home In The Mountains

    Grandpas Resting place We came to this land in June of this year, in the midst of a heatwave. We thought we could make a home from the dust but we left after less than two weeks, frustrated. Our plans foiled.  Maybe it wasn’t time yet. Maybe we wimped out. And so we left. For…

  • South From Alaska

      We drove south from Alaska near the end of May this year on a whim. Maybe I’m just tired of the winters. The darkness gets to me. Or maybe it’s just a classic mid-life crisis and the husband and I have sunk at the same time. Because in April when I said, “Let’s go…

  • Stalk The Six Door!

    Tell us where you spotted us and share your photo in the comments! When an entire group of people standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon stopped, turned, and as a group began photographing my truck, I began to think, “Perhaps a huge advertising opportunity is being overlooked…”   And since thousands of people have…

  • September 22, 2012 »

    My lantern oil just dimmed to nothing and left me in complete darkness but for the glow of my laptop and the internet box blinking green to my right. I see the hazy glow of Luke’s flashlight bouncing as he walks back in from the outhouse and another in the hall where Anthony pulls a…

  • Fed Up! »

    My chiropractor has a chicken nugget sitting on her shelf that is four years old. And it looks like you could dip it in barbecue sauce and chow down.  It’s not discolored. It’s not shrunken. It looks exactly like it did four years ago when it came hot out of the magic oil at McDonalds. …