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I had heard about the mansions of Newport, R.I., for years -- decades, actually -- and I had always wanted...

01 November, 2013

1) The light in New England is very different than the light we get 400 miles south. New England light...

23 October, 2013

Click here to see the video version of this essay: Swimming Walden Pond On the New England leg of my From Animal...

15 October, 2013

For the last three weeks, Jill and I have been cleaning house in preparation for our super big yard sale....

01 October, 2013

Baltimore's last video rental store, Video American, is about to close. I don't want it to go away, but at...

03 September, 2013

I used to have a nice belly button. An innie. On occasion, Jill would inspect it and marvel at the...

22 August, 2013

Yesterday, as Jill watched me bring in the garbage cans from the street -- I was wearing a t-shirt and...

08 August, 2013

Currently, I am living in a house that offers only 55 square feet of habitable space: my camper van. You...

26 July, 2013

This week, Jill and I woke one morning to discover that we had been hit by a drunk driver. That...

08 July, 2013

Due to a last-minute cancellation (because a librarian -- in a city...

27 June, 2013