As Beth posted earlier, we’re headed to Mendocino, California, Wednesday. I’m looking forward to another break from urban life in a beautiful place. If it’s anything like our trip to Anacortes, Washington, it’ll be terrific. City life can wear me down. Sirens, traffic, car horns, construction, brutal homelessness all conspire to sort of dull my […]

This time next week Mike, Whitney and I will be on our way to California. Mendocino, to be exact: I was awarded a grant to attend the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference (MCWC) from August 2 to August 5, 2018. I was flattered – and surprised – to receive the grant. Flattered, since it means I […]

If you’re a Trump supporter, you think the whole Russian investigation is just sour grapes, a conspiracy of some sort, or that maybe a little of all of it is true but it’s no worse than stuff that’s happened in the past. Or it’s silly paranoia, sort of like the old movie, “The Russians are […]

Beth, Gus and I lived at the edge of the earth—at least the United States’ part of the earth—for the better part of two years back in 1997-1999. Our time there was an impractical whim, but one I’d do it again in a heartbeat. The Outer Banks of North Carolina has a kind of magic […]

Greetings from Anacortes, Washington, where Beth’s doing some book-related promotion, we’re visiting with Beth’s sister Cheryl and her husband Rich, we’re breathing pristine air, we’re eating fresh seafood, and I’m consuming some beautiful views. There’s a ton to say about the San Juan Islands and Anacortes, Skagit County…but I’m too tired. I paddled a three-hour […]