Reframing
This morning, Melody and I did the first half of our official “open water dives” as part of getting our scuba certification. As we drove to the dive shop, I… Read more »
Tag: travel
Greco-Moanin’
There is this phenomenon where Americans believe some dish belongs to a foreign cuisine, when in fact the natives don’t eat that at all. For instance, -real- Mexican food does… Read more »
Bunny’s Gonna Burn
This year I attended my first Pagan Bunny Burn, an event which is not a Burning Man regional, but might look like one if you squinted. Wednesday, 3/16/16 Leaving town… Read more »
SOAKed to the skin
A brief SOAK journal: Monday, pre-event: – I thought sure I would be the last [dis]Placement person on site, so I made a last minute trip to Tom and Manda’s… Read more »
Oneonta Gorge
browse discovers Oneonta Falls
Mountain Bike Meditations
For the past two years, I’ve been using my Kona hybrid to ride single-track trails. I like the Kona. Granted, it weighs about 100 kilos, and it has no suspension…. Read more »
Memorial Day weekend on the Deschutes
This past weekend, two girls and I went down to the Bend area for a long Memorial Day weekend of bike riding in the sun. I am neatly sandwiched between… Read more »
“We’d make a fortune!”
Kauai seems to have a fairly large population of chickens that roam wild around the towns. Roosters with flamboyant combs and proud curving tail feathers, and the slightly less flashy… Read more »
More Hawaii notes, this time with some pictures
As soon as we arrived, we hit a local market for provisions. I could not convince myself to indulge in Boone’s Farm Blue Hawaiian… … but we did buy all… Read more »
Smaller than a blog post, larger than a tweet
Quick notes: – Satisfied the immediate “look, an ocean, must jump in!” impulse. – What kind of nutjob uses a leaf blower on a sandy beach? – The eyecandy is… Read more »