08.06.2010
Yes, this is Jim’s birthday. While that in itself is noteworthy, it’s also a date stamp that highlights a remarkable contrast from one…
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Flowers, Flowers, Everywhere
It appears that a bunch of local businesses have teamed up (conspired?) to beautify their stretch of pavement in Marquette. This gorgeous display…
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This is the carrot
After working hard for the past several months to become homeless, this is the carrot that kept me going. Not a bad view…
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Finally Home! For the next month at least
We hit Queen Cottages first thing in the morning (if you call 10am “first thing”) to see if they were what we were…
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Travel Day
So today was the first “real” day of our adventure. I flew in late Friday night from Seattle, and after running some errands…
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Seattle Photos
I’m too lazy to do any writeups on my trip to Seattle this week, so I’ll just post the link to the photo…
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What about all that paper?
While a friend was going through her own stack of mail recently, she thought about our upcoming adventure and asked, “What about all…
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Lazy Days of Summer, aka Mountain Biking at Pinckney Recreation Area
One of the best things about wrapping up the madness of selling the house and clearing everything out is the ability to…
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Happy Sale-ing
We’ve been in moving sale mode since Fourth of July weekend, with the most serious (and full) days last Friday and Saturday. A…
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A typical summer evening
I was walking out the front door when I heard a woman’s voice from the sky saying, “Hi… hey there!”; I looked up…
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The complete absence of normalcy
Where to start! En route to dumping me off at Nashville airport, we were talking about what a ‘normal’ weekend is for most…
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Hang Gliding at Lookout Mountain
Colette: Since we made our first attempt to hang glide a year ago, we had already filled out the paperwork and watched the…
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
One of the many things on our Atlanta list was to hike in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Given the short timeframe…
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New York – The city of surprises
We can sleep when we get home. An early wake up call accompanied by fresh Starbucks prepared us for the Grayline Hop On-Hop…
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New York – Hit the ground running
Since the travel party started out in three different cities and two time zones, we were pleased to find each other at LaGuardia…
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New York – where it all began
My first visit to Manhattan was a business trip in 1998. I clearly remember the feeling of awe as I walked by one…
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The Grid and the 30,000 foot view
Color me guilty of blogging while flying. I had no idea that I had this saved in my drafts until I was looking…
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Time to Cut the Ties
After living a life of excess, always wanting (and buying) all of the latest and greatest, having all the toys and all the…
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