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The first Christmas Jill and I spent in our decrepit former frat house was a disaster. The house was still...

23 December, 2012

Last Saturday, Jill and I held our final yard sale. I say "final" because I don't want to do it...

23 September, 2012

Some years ago, at a party, a friend and I were looking at the array of delectable food laid...

11 September, 2012

The From Our House to Animal House book tour took Cleo and me 10,000 miles, through 40 states over four...

25 August, 2012

It's green in New England -- greener than anywhere I've been on my From Animal House to Our House book...

18 August, 2012

Cleo is in hiding, behind me under the rear seat, because we're in the midst of a thunderstorm. We're camped...

05 August, 2012

When I drove into the Kansas plains last week, I felt an unexpected relief. The heartland, I realized, offered this...

31 July, 2012

Sunday, driving from Spokane, WA, to Missoula, MT, I forgot I was passing into mountain time. Only when I checked...

20 July, 2012

Jill and I have been traveling the Pacific Northwest, which Jill has never seen. Actually, I haven't spent much time...

16 July, 2012

This holiday week, every campsite in California is taken. As I drove up the coasts from L.A. entering the far-west...

04 July, 2012