I’m going walking around Sessions Lake, a reservoir in central Michigan. Want to come? It’s four miles long and winds through the woods and along the shore. And look! Finn’s going to join us. While we’re walking, let’s talk about Finn’s work in physics, in a very basic way. Particle physics is the study of […]
Tag: Finn
Can’t Believe I Cussed at My Son
I had just set up the board game, Sequence, and was explaining to Finn how to play. As I was pointing out that the order of the cards on the board seems kind of random, he popped in with, “I see it. They go in a spiral.” Good grief, I’ve been playing this game for […]
My Full Heart (for three days)
Since I hit the road, I’ve blogged philosophically about my rare visits with Finn. After we part and I sit down with my photos, I get all emotional and start feeling sorry for myself that I don’t see him as much as I thought I would—and not nearly as much as I want to. Right […]
Situating, Helicoptering, Celebrating
Getting Situated in Honeydale We’ve been here about three weeks, but I still stumble when friends ask how I like our new winter digs. They’re asking and I’m stumbling because, several times before we got here, I talked about how this could be the place we pick to come back to each winter. But the […]
Our Flight from Sleepy Hollow’s Halloween
Since we hit the road, we seem to have a knack for staying at creepy-sounding places on Halloween. First was Tate’s Hell, with Rebel and Hook prowling Womack Creek in Florida. We spent the next Halloween in none other than Death Valley, although I remember it because we went out to eat for the first […]
An Hour with Finn > Basically, Anything
You know that line in the Kinks’ big hit: “It’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world, except for Lola.” That’s been our camping experience here north of Lansing, mixed up, muddled up, except for Finn. And poor guy, although not as complex as Lola, he’s got a lot going on, himself. Anything As I described in […]
When the Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few
You know Spock’s motto. “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” (Or, the one, as in The Wrath of Khan when Spock sacrifices himself.) This is also the motto of many parents, and I’m not talking about all that driving around. I’m talking about later, when your child is ready to […]
Dear Diary,
Saturday, June 26, 6:00 am I’ve just woken up on a someone else’s mattress on the floor of an empty bedroom in an apartment I don’t know. And I’m elated! Why, is that, dear diary? Because this empty bedroom is in my son’s summer apartment, and I had a sleepover with him last night. Yes, that could […]
What I Miss the Most
When I first started dreaming of life on the road, I was at the tail-end of about 30 years of being responsible for family members in various settings, from hospitals and nursing homes to my kitchen table early each cold morning before school. The idea of literally driving away from it all pleased me to […]
While We Wait
The country is opening state by state, which—terrible for the health of the people—in our little world is a mixed bag. Opening Consequences Lifting of restrictions is great for the owners of this campground: they’d just bought it in October and have been investing in fixing it since then, but with the influx of spring […]
