Tales, trails and tails of a corporate drop-out
Breakfast with the Supreme Court, coffee with Congress and lunch with Health and Human Services. A pretty good week. Not exactly the dining partners I’ve been used to the last few years. I found myself running ahead of schedule all week–that alone makes for a top 10% week–so with time to spare I figured I’d better … Read moreUnexpected Dining Partners
Easy it’s not been. Two big dogs (one very sick, one very active) and all their belongings, household items and clothes (to cover two) for two people, three bikes (shhh….Ames thinks only two are making the trip….a third makes it as far as BenG’s for permanent storage) and affiliated gear and one person to drive … Read more
Moving’s fun. Packing’s not. A terrific by-product of moving around has been a lack of accumulating stuff. I aspire to get to the point of –if I haven’t touched/used/reviewed/worn/dusted/thought about it in a year it’s game for my favorite donation center. I’m close. Sort of. I track donations pretty carefully, most have enough value to … Read morePackRat
Currently the U.S. has more than 43,000 Zip Codes. It’d be close to say I’ve lived in about 25 of them. My personal record is living in four zip codes in one city/general area. I’ve done that a few times, three I believe. It’s become tough to recall how many different addresses it took to … Read moreZip Codes
Over the last several, as many as 25?, years I’ve used various athletics to break into new communities. Softball, volleyball, beach volleyball!, biking, running. Great memories of 48 hour sand volleyball tournaments and softball road trips. Even a couple city league ball trophies! These large team sports helped me crack into group circles—probably because they usually … Read moreLimits Suck