I've never really had "peers." When I was in my twenties and having kids, most of my peers were doing normal stuff for 20-year-olds, so I couldn't relate to them. I couldn't hang out with classmates at university, because I had responsibilities at home, and none of my classmates wanted to hang out with me... Continue Reading →
When Men And Mountains Meet
So I rent a car every once in a while, usually for a very short time, and usually for a frantic sprint of errands and chores that leaves no time for the more pleasurable things one can do with a car. But this weekend was an exception. Having scored a little Mazda 3 from Hertz with... Continue Reading →
Plein de Bonheur
They didn't have a lot of money. The added responsibility of a second household strained the seams of an already stretched budget. In the time since he started working in Portland, they'd only seen each other in person three times, twice as a result of airline tickets purchased for him by generous relatives. His job,... Continue Reading →
How Did They Do It?
We've had a lot of car juggling going on the past several months, which all began when the car Matt was using up in Michigan decided that it was no longer interested in bending to our wicked ways. This all started with a flat tire, and that happened when Meg was attempting to drive the... Continue Reading →
Inconveniences
Do you know what part of you is the heaviest? Know how to find out? Stay tuned. For a variety of reasons --- cost being primary among them --- I am doing the bus-and-bike thing out in Portland. For the time being it's without the bike, but even if I had one I wouldn't be... Continue Reading →
Meg Currell 