The Sojourn in Pictures: New Mexico

Part 3 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Yesterday: Arizona From a car in the dark with a migraine: In line at the beloved Frontier Restaurant: My parents’ backyard has become home to a small squirrel colony:…

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The Sojourn in Pictures: Arizona

Today marks the beginning of what will be a roughly two-week series chronicling our recently ended odyssey in pictures. I’ve decided to break it up by state, since that divides the pictures into pretty neat little chunks (who wants to…

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Summer Sojourn: Trip in Review

At some point, I will probably feel inspired to write more specific details of the second half of our trip just ended, replete with photographs and witticisms and anecdotes and the like. That day will probably not come in an…

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New: Jersey

We have arrived in Princeton. Our place is just as small as we thought. The floor is not hardwood as advertised, but something like a parquet linoleum. It may be challenging to even get everything in, broken or not, let…

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Spirits in the Material World

Then one day the sky fell in and freedom lost control and ran off the road and hit a pole And it was all and it was nothing at all -Josh Joplin Group, “Dutch Wonderland” Woke up this morning in…

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Wednesday’s Child

I have posted just three prior days this month. Two of them were Wednesdays. As an actual Wednesday’s child, perhaps it’s destiny. Guess what day it is today? I’ve been wanting to write more than I have – I’ve even…

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Catch Twenty-Two Pictures

Yesterday, I wrote 2,944 words about our trip so far. Today, as the old adage goes, I will add 22,000 or so. But you know what I think of that adage. I guess this is for those who disagree with…

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The Sojourn So Far

About a week into the trip and still in the state of California. The smart money says we better get out of here before the state officially secedes by printing its own currency. If you think IOU’s can’t be considered…

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On the Road Again

We have departed from Berkeley for our 6-week, 16-state tour of eastward travel. The last week has been filled with incredibly busy days and nights of packing, shipping, cleaning, and saying goodbye. Sometimes there just isn’t enough time (or a…

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