You know the background here: after two weeks in New York, we turned south to Virginia to wait on a couple of doctors—which’ll determine where we’re going next—and this change of plans meant we had no camping reservations for the summer. We were in a pickle. When my good friend Mary Margaret offered us her […]
Sadie’s Fancy Tiny House
What a super-cute house kit; I could not resist buying this final one. When it came to making it, though, I dragged my feet on and off for three months, and then I heard that my friend’s niece might want it, and I finished it up in just two days. Now that I know a […]
Hoping for Mayo
This is part of a personal/medical series (GDTRx), unrelated to travel. The Mayo in the title would be the famed Mayo Clinic; specifically, I’m hoping for an appointment with their endocrinology group in Minnesota. I haven’t mentioned this hope yet for fear of jinxing myself, but all I’ve gone through the past week just to get […]
Wish You Were There Photos
Project Digitize Old Photos has begun! Well, no actual digitizing has happened, but about a month ago I made room in the trailer for this new project; I grabbed a box of pics from my old house in West Virginia; and I bought a portable scanner. That’s as far as I got. Now that we’re […]
Where To Next?
We’re driving south today for the first time since we hit Florida in April and the second time since we left Texas this winter. It’s like we’re sweeping up and down the eastern part of the country, which certainly was not the plan. We’re biding our time, basically, waiting for word from various doctors, to see […]
Two Bands, Four Styles, Several Surprises, One Happy Me
“Is this the The Other One?” I can’t believe I’m about to ask this of a guy who looks to be the dad of the band we’re watching at a park in Upstate New York. The kids in the band are blaring distorted guitar and screaming vocals; they’re metal in every way. There is no […]
Good News on Schodack Island (& More Glen Shots)
I’ll get the good news out of the way and then talk about where we are. The good news is that I do not have a brain tumor. I’m serious, I’ve been wracked with justifiable worry about this, ever since a month ago when my former endocrinologist told me she thought I had one. Since […]
Stormy Inside and Out at Watkins Glen
First, I apologize to any subscribers who got notifications about recent posts that turned out not to be there. I wrote the posts, then thought better about making them public and took them down. More on that at the end here. My excuse is I’ve been waiting for MRI results this long holiday weekend, and […]
The Anxious Camper
Here’s an entry in my new series, GDTRx. I’ll warn you: it’s wordy and personal, the opposite of my photo-heavy travel posts. If you’re still interested and want background, read my previous post, linked above. Update: I do not have a pituitary tumor, hurrah! I don’t know what’s wrong with me yet, but that has […]
The Start of a New Journey
So, here’s the deal. The medical issues I keep indirectly referring to are consuming my time and attention. I don’t know how serious they are exactly, because I’m in the middle of an absurdly frustrating runaround involving three hard-to-contact medical offices. And it’s Friday afternoon before a three-day weekend. What I Know I had an […]
