Day 0 – Getting There A few months before this trip, I was looking around at schooner trips around the U.S. I had taken some friends on a sunset cruise in St. Augustine during a girl’s trip weekend and I learned that there were tons … Continue reading4 Days on a Schooner in the Salish Sea
Oh, a sci fi trope where you don’t have names. It didn’t work in the Road, probably won’t work here. I’m already exhausted. Those kids are going to make noise. Do birds need air? Please don’t let those birds suffocate. Are they just going to … Continue reading79 Thoughts I Had While Watching Bird Box™
Erase Errata – “Galveston, Dark Tides” Bananarama’s “Cruel Summer” meets the Replacements. This is kind of a serious song, though I can’t make out all the lyrics. A flood? I’m not sure. This band broke up this year, sadly. I can … Continue reading10 songs I loved in 2015
Act one: Dipping my toes in Vidalia I wasn’t a terribly picky eater when I was a kid. I ate most everything, save for the strongest of dinnertime flavors, the usual kid-unfriendly suspects such as asparagus and salmon. I didn’t hate onions, though. Bits … Continue readingSketches of Onion: A Love Affair in Three Acts
Introduction In the land of Nerantel, there are three continents: Carida, with wide grassy plains and gently sloping hills that jut directly into the watery underworld of Oceania. After Oceania, there is Rangeland, a continent filled with rocky cliffs and steep mountains. On one … Continue readingThe Nerantel gem or, middle-school Haley shines bright like a diamond