We’ve been spending a week in a house, a real house, with a life-size kitchen and hot running water and actual bedrooms with doors that close and a hair dryer in the bathroom. A hair dryer! In other words: comfort. Yes, I’ve really enjoyed this house. The soft sofa, especially welcome the day after we both got […]
Tag: Banjo
Banjo Has More Than Enough Character
As we prep to leave Brownsville, I realize Banjo’s been largely absent here, so you might be wondering how she’s fared during this super-busy winter stay. Rolling with Routine The deal with Banjo is that, lacking a stable territory, she gloms onto routine. I mean, I know almost all dogs appreciate meals and walks at […]
Unglamorous City Camping
I feel guilty about having written three whole posts about New Orleans and not complaining in any of them. Who is this person blogging and what’d she do with Shelly? We did enjoy Nola, that’s not an exaggeration. If you’re reading this post before the previous positive ones, I recommend you scroll to those first. […]
Banjo’s Big Day + Reunions and Sookie on the Water
When our days are this full with friends and special events because we’re in a town where we know people, I have a hard time organizing this blog. You’d probably appreciate it if I waited for a week to pass, then threw each topic into its own post so you could see (or skip) the […]
Banjo Special Edition II
(This edition is brought to you by our new weekend neighbors who come out to the middle of the north woods, where people seek the delicate sounds of nature, and run their generator for six hours at a time. Hence me sitting inside on a lovely evening.) It’s time for another focus on our rootin’ […]
The Dumpsters Moved! (And Even More Exciting Campground Headlines.)
Yes, we’ve been here for 55 days. 55 days. So when rented construction vehicles start moving large loads of gravel right in front of our trailer, it’s news. Dumpsters The view below is from our bedroom window. Campground Employee is on the tractor, Campground Owner is on the backhoe, and Campground Daughter (not pictured because […]
Wildlife Update
Big news in the pastime of Wildlife Spottting for us, although not as we would have expected it. We were driving home from an exciting trip having picked up groceries curbside at Walmart when Tracy perilously braked and pulled the truck as close to the edge as you can get on these curvy, shoulder-less country […]
One-month Anniversary
As of today it’s been one month exactly since: I retired from the magazine. We left our house in Maryland. We started our dream of living in the Airstream. We parked here at this campground in Virginia, not realizing we’d be here much longer than a weekend (kind of like a three-hour tour). There’s a […]
Campground Wildlife
Those of you who live in the country will make fun of my enthusiasm here, but it’s been ages since I’ve lived in the middle of nature, and each time I spot an animal I haven’t seen in a while I get all excited and rub my hands together. Birds Tracy’s had his eyes to […]
Banjo’s Story
Chapter 1: My Puppy Days I grew up on a farm in southwest Virginia, about a day’s trot through the woods from where I am now. My sister and I used to roam the farm, and we’d have a hoot chasing all the livestock—which we got yelled at about a lot. I loved it though. […]
