I kept quiet about our immediate plans after Houston because the big plan was making a šsurprise visit š and we pulled it off! We had to have every element of the whole week go exactly as plannedāthe trailer repair and truck tires and hotel stay with Banjo and plumbing appointment for meāand then we hitched […]
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You Might Be a Full-timing Airstreamer If ā¦
What a joy itās been to get to know other full-timing Airstreamers whom we met at the International rally in October. Rachael and Leon run a Facebook group for us, and Tom and Amy inspire me with their activist writing every day. Hereās a fun post Tom left on that Facebook group that, now that […]
How Many Stories Can We Tell?
āCan I tell you about the book Iām reading?ā āDid I tell you the funny story about those friends?ā āTell me more about what you want to do.ā āCould you tell me how to do that?ā The simple story goes: I stayed with Finn for the first half of his vacation on South Padre Island, […]
Moments of Silly > All Else
I had written an eloquent post (really, I did!) about helping my friend Karen move into her house, and how it got me thinking about the stresses of moving, and how Tracy and I do it every week, and how much we have to cooperate and communicate to live in a tiny home, yadda yadda. […]
Doing All the -ings on the Turkey River
Yep, thatās me, the tiny pink dot in the middle of that wide, shallow river. Iām paddling my heart out there, but Iām also doing the other -ings these days in northeast Iowa. Camping Of course weāre always camping, but this spot feels like real camping, the kind we choose when we can. Normally weād […]
Deer Butts, Meet-ups, Hard up in Madison
Talk about pressure. I just walked away from lunch with my blogging mentor, Mark (Mark My Words), who A) told me heād be blogging about our meet-up in the next few days, which means Iād better get a decent post up in case any of his million followers check me out, and B) showed me […]
In Finnās Town
Iām in East Lansing, Michigan, on our annual fall trip to hang out with Finn during whatever free time he has. Which is tricky, because he has no free time; heās extra busy prepping for two presentations heās making later this month at two physics conferences. I have been able to meet him for lunch […]
Where To Next?
Weāre driving south today for the first time since we hit Florida in April and the second time since we left Texas this winter. Itās like weāre sweeping up and down the eastern part of the country, which certainly was not the plan. Weāre biding our time, basically, waiting for word from various doctors, to see […]
F&F ā24 Ends with Gratitude in Maryland
Thatās the Friends and Family Tour 2024, for any uninitiated readers out there. Iāve been flying by the seat of my pants this week, in another hometown of sorts, near Frederick, Maryland, where I worked for ten years. Spending precious time with old friends, fitting in PT appointments, scrambling to take notes during important calls […]
The Absolute Freaking Weirdness of this Lifestyle
This hometown week on the Friends and Family Tour ā24 has been a honking-big, tangled-up knot of red-hot emotions. Itās not just been about seeing people I havenāt seen in years. Itās been about being struck by aging (and in a flash of recognition that really should be hidden). Itās been about cramming what weāve […]
