Right now is a time to be in-between places. Neither here nor there. We’re moving, but our new apartment won’t … More
Tag: Thinky thoughts
El Palmar, the birthplace of paella
El Palmar is a small town near Valencia. It’s in the Albufera National Park and on the shore of the … More
The pro-Joan plan
We know some people who are the antithesis of who we want to be as we get older. (No, it’s … More
New year. Now what?
We don’t make resolutions, but we do mark each big turning of the calendar with a theme or a phrase … More
What a long, strange trip it’s been
Here we are, back in the land of the “free”. How surreal it seems. We’ve been in the US for … More
Optimism and the Covid narrative
I’ve been thinking about the state of the Covid narrative. Not the broader social and economic story, that will be … More
On being unperturbed by lost luggage
This is another rescued snippet from the old Tumblr I’m clearing out. May 2017 We’ve gotten lazy, 7+ months into … More
Head for the hills: in the foothills of the Cévennes
Enamored of our driver’s licenses and motivated by a sense of the clock ticking down on our time here in … More
The 80/20 rule
In the absence of going places, I’m thinking about things again. The Atlantic had an article where a self-proclaimed clutter … More
On stuff and things
Way back when, I had a Tumblr, mostly for pictures of our 9 month are-we-really-going-to-do-this trip. I’d been meaning to … More