While we’re waiting to see if I have the inclination to post my journal from last year’s India/Nepal trip, I figured I could trot out the rest of the Stanford 2002 filmed rounds as a recurring set of content for…
Category: A Day in the Life
All Wide-Eyed Like the Rest
It was a weekend to examine youth. Em and I have been watching the Up Series, a continuum of documentaries about 14 British children who turned 7 in 1964. In the first film, they are shown expressing their hopes and…
And a Star to Steer Her By
When I lived in Oregon and wasn’t attending sixth grade, somewhere between my acting life and my speech and debate life, I opened a play directed by a friend of my parents with a recitation of “Sea-Fever” by John Masefield.…
The Sojourn in Pictures: New Jersey
Part 16 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Thursday: Pennsylvania We missed the entry sign for Jersey amidst construction. However, this is almost as good – the other half of the sign (not pictured) says The World…
Raining in Baltimore: Return 2 APDA
I spent the weekend at my first APDA tournament since Nationals 2007. In my new role as coach of the Rutgers team, I was ensuring that the team could get there (they have significant transportation challenges) and getting an early…
The Sojourn in Pictures: Pennsylvania
Part 15 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Tuesday: Ohio I think this highlights the problem with putting gubernatorial names on state entry signs: PNC Park! We had amazing seats – the closest I’ve ever been to…
Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine
Today (defined loosely as from noon yesterday till right now), I: Took delivery on a flat-screen television, which will hopefully never have network or cable TV thereon. Spoke to my parents on the phone. Listened to Barack Obama’s speech and……
The Sojourn in Pictures: Ohio
Part 14 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Sunday: Michigan The only Lt. Governor to get their name on a sign in America? Faint moonset over our hotel in Cleveland: Cuyahoga Valley “National Park”, in its one…
The Sojourn in Pictures: Michigan
Part 13 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Thursday: Indiana If only they were the “Good Lakes”: Mmmm… baseball…. Those are some fierce cats: In case you were wondering where we are: Emily attempting to high-five the…
Six Hours Good, Eight Hours Bad
Last night, I threw in the towel early after about 1,200 words. Not a bad output – way better than zero – and I even felt pretty good about them. I was actually reading my early chronicles of writing Loosely…