- Grateful and Proud: Writing-on-Stoneby ShellyHere starts a new series in the blog (yes, I know, yet another, but I hope this one will stick). I’m calling it Grateful and Proud because it’s a retrospective… Read more: Grateful and Proud: Writing-on-Stone
- Add “What if” to Our House Remodelby ShellyHere’s the sitch. That leaves us with a window to get work done in. But, Our search has turned up additional big questions: We have interviewed (aka walked around the… Read more: Add “What if” to Our House Remodel
- Is the Shadow Only a Small and Passing Thing?by ShellyI woke up this morning with Tolkien in my ears, specifically my favorite recorded books version of The Lord of the Rings by Rob Inglis. If you enjoy listening to… Read more: Is the Shadow Only a Small and Passing Thing?
- Musings Four Months after Calling It Quitsby ShellyOn the non-linear nature of time, in my life, at least.
- Leafy Daytrip and New Podcast Episodeby ShellyFirst off, Finn and I have released the third episode of our podcast, How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You? that we made when I visited him a… Read more: Leafy Daytrip and New Podcast Episode
- Banjo’s Resistanceby ShellyYou guys have asked so nicely how Banjo is adapting, and she really is doing fine. Don’t ask her though; according to her the world is just not right. And,… Read more: Banjo’s Resistance
- This Old (Weird) Houseby ShellyWhen we were trying to find a house to buy, we looked at many beautifully restored old houses, and we even got it in our heads that that was exactly… Read more: This Old (Weird) House
- Confessions from a Sticks and Bricks by ShellyThat last post I wrote was pretty lame: all the what and whens and none of the feelings behind our current transition. Here goes my attempt at getting back to… Read more: Confessions from a Sticks and Bricks
- “Adjust”? Ain’t Nobody Got Time for Thatby ShellyPrepping for house closing, planning for renovations, buying stuff for the apartment and the house … egads this pretzel is making me thirsty.
- What the Cool Kids Are Up Toby ShellyI never run out of ways to write about spending time with my son, Finn, because he never runs out of cool stuff to share with me: fascinating work projects,… Read more: What the Cool Kids Are Up To
- This Porch Is Your Porch, This Porch Is My Porch (updates on the Airstream, the apartment, the house)by ShellyThe Airstream, First It is now parked behind a locked, electrified fence in an auction lot. We left the keys inside as well as Tracy’s Airstream baseball cap. What should… Read more: This Porch Is Your Porch, This Porch Is My Porch (updates on the Airstream, the apartment, the house)
- On the Brink of Our Next Adventureby ShellyIt’s been a grueling couple of months, for me at least. Tracy, ever the stoic, has remained calm, while my psyche has run a marathon over mountains and through swamps,… Read more: On the Brink of Our Next Adventure
- The Magic Spell that Made the Airstream Grow and the Apartment Shrinkby ShellyI’m sitting in the apartment on The Red Couch (capitalized because it’s the most expensive thing we’ve bought, a whole $100), very early in the morning during a thunderstorm. Tracy… Read more: The Magic Spell that Made the Airstream Grow and the Apartment Shrink
- Yay for the Good Peopleby ShellyI mean that universally in this time of craziness around our country; there are a few good people doing good works, still. Thank you if you’re one of them. In… Read more: Yay for the Good People
- Finn and I Made a Podcast!by ShellyThe first two episodes of How Many Times Do I have to Tell You?
- Mystery Turns Measurableby ShellyWhy I pulled the plug on the nomad life and why I’m still grieving for it.
- Time for Your 2026 Banjo Wall Calendarby ShellyBack by popular demand! It’s the lovely, the unique, the second edition Banjo wall calendar. Now, believe me, I know this is strange. I myself have never even used a… Read more: Time for Your 2026 Banjo Wall Calendar
- Countdown to the Switcheroooby ShellyYou know our move out of Tracy’s house into the Airstream was bumpy because it was right when Covid started. Of course, this move out of the Airstream into a… Read more: Countdown to the Switcherooo
- The Seeds of Some Who Wanderby ShellyEver since I began keeping this blog, at the very start of our adventures on the road, friends have suggested that it would make an interesting book, and I agree.… Read more: The Seeds of Some Who Wander
- Things I Want to Remember about Living in the Airstreamby ShellyI’m sitting in my seat at the dinette very early this morning, looking around at the trailer while Tracy and Banjo sleep. I’m thinking about all the things I don’t… Read more: Things I Want to Remember about Living in the Airstream




















