Category Archives: Friends & Family

What if your man wants to do something “crazy”?

You can imagine that being married to someone like me requires a strength of its own, a special brand of emotional endurance. Heather not only puts up with my craziness but embraces it as an essential part of me. Continue reading

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Have one on me: recipe for a healthier holiday drink

Heather and I aren’t crazy calorie counters, but we do pay attention. With other favorites on the menu for Christmas dinner, mixing up a more “virtuous” drink like this means we don’t have to skimp on the butter or cream in the Lobster Newburg. Cheers! Continue reading

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Landmark on Highway 50, So Long

Right after the new year, vandals destroyed something of mine, at least it felt like mine. It really belonged to everyone who’d ever seen it, a bit of Americana along Highway 50 outside Middlegate, NV. I wrote about seeing it during my run across America, how at first I thought it was a hallucination, but then fell into a sense of wonder over its quirky beauty. Continue reading

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