4 -inch Balls of … These photos of snowballs are not snowballs at all, they’re balls of ice, aka hail. Hail that fell on us for a few minutes a week ago. Some of these balls were made from several small balls smashing into each other and compacted into one, until they became so heavy […]
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The Beauty in the Mundane
Finn sent me a link to a book he’s reading, something about creating rituals in your life to make everyday tasks meaningful. I have to admit I didn’t delve into the link, but that’s because it sparked a realization for me that that’s exactly what I’m already doing—how I started living my life in this […]
Yes, We Made a House Decision!
Ever since we got off the road in June, our lives have been hanging in the balance. What do we do? Get an apartment and a trailer? Buy a house? Split up so I can get healthcare while Tracy goes back on the road, then reconvene when I have stable health? (That one was hardly […]
FAQs
I’m calling this post FAQs, but, frankly, I don’t have enough readers for questions to be put to me frequently. I could call it “Misconceptions” or just random observations from what readers ask me. Whatever they are, you can count on me for having categorized them! Let’s stick with FAQs. Leaving the Road If you […]
The World Has Changed, Shelly
Tracy and I were talking about something entirely inane, although, given today’s current political climate, everything seems inane. Still, this was especially so, something like, we were standing at the check-out line at Costco when I asked if he wanted me to find some cardboard boxes for us to carry our stuff back with. He […]
The Day When Two Gross Tasks Broke Me
As I was telling my local (and so much more) friend Doug while we walked to weekly yoga at the community center this morning (see how much goodness I shoved into that phrase?), I slept like shit last night. The methadone I’m newly taking for restless legs gives me a histamine reaction, so I’ve been […]
Things That Make Me Happy in the House
It’s been a difficult time emotionally, us moving into the house. Aside from our worries about how much money it will cost to renovate it and then to keep up it, moving into the house cements the fact that we’re no longer on the road in a real way. We’re not just staying in an […]
How Funky Is Your Chicken, Part 2
I just stepped in from a walk around the neighborhood, and I can’t help taking a few minutes away from arranging stuff in the house to throw up more photos of what friendly folks have in their yards. On the corner of our street is a bunch of beer cans and bottles on the ground, […]
Our Turn as the Funky Chickens
We’re in the house! Aren’t you god-damned glad that’s over? No more having to hear about me moving stuff among the Airsteam/ storage/apartment/house, no more whining posts about all that crap. It’s true we still have that storage unit we got when we first moved here, and we still technically have the apartment, but the […]
How Funky Is Your Chicken?
I bet your goose ain’t near as loose as the ones in my neighborhood, either. I’ve been walking to and from the public bus stop on my way between the apartment and the house (it’s a ten minute walk, tops), getting all this preliminary moving done. It’s given me a chance to appreciate the funkiness […]
