Despite the roller coaster weather we’ve been having here in Austin, this is a really fun place to live. Austin City Limits is the annual 2 October weekends of over 100 artists, 6 stages, food, and more. It can be exhausting to try to experience everything ACL has to offer in 3 days, a lesson I learned the hard way… Read more »
I’m looking out of my window and it’s been this weird misty fog every morning here in Austin for the last week or so. Sometimes, it burns off in the afternoon. Sometimes, it lingers all day. Usually the weather in October here is glorious but so far this month, it’s been highly unusual. But maybe this weather is perfect for… Read more »
Today is one of those days that should be uniting us against the darkness of fanaticism and tribalism. I remember for a number of weeks right after 9/11, there was no divisive name-calling across the political aisle. There was none of the rancor and hatred directly towards some group deemed less American than others that we’re mired in now. Instead,… Read more »
So, I’m up in Ohio this week to hang out with my mom and try to be helpful for some of the remaining financial and legal tasks from dealing with my dad’s passing. It’s really weird to be in the house and not have my dad here or at least not needing to get going up to the hospital. I… Read more »
For a period of time in my late teens, I had a thing for Lord Bryon’s work. I mean, I still like it but I’ve not actively read his poems for fun since I lived in Miami. Anyway, the reason why I’m mentioning my proclivity for Romantic poets at all is because there is a line in Byron’s The Island… Read more »
I was trying to answer a message sent to me by a reader and as I was poking around here to find a post that I had written a few years ago, I realized that I was sitting on 249 posts. I figured I would use my 250th post to thank you for reading this little ramble-fest of mine and… Read more »
I woke up the early in the morning after the storm grateful that the air temperature had fallen enough for me to get a few hours of good sleep. I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and got packed up, opting to skip breakfast. I had to catch a ferry and there seemed to be some discrepancy online on… Read more »
I woke up in Ingonish surprisingly well-rested. I decided to get up and explore a bit more of the rocky beach down the path from the lodge I was staying. You see, I had to see if the beach was suitable for something very near and dear to my heart… When my dad lay dying a month or so ago,… Read more »
I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad and trying to cope with the sudden gaping hole his passing left in my life. Even though I’m back in Austin right now, I’m going to be leaving on my bday trip in a few days. Honestly, I really wrestled over whether to even go at all. But one of the things… Read more »
There’s been a rather obvious reason why I’ve been so quiet on the blog… and although I think I’m usually really good at being able to bounce back fairly quickly from life’s hard knocks, losing my dad has really thrown me for a loop. I’m not sure what even is normal in this situation. Today is my first day fully… Read more »