Exploring the Neighborhood

January 14, 2023 Thankfully, I have managed to escape my little whiny slump for now and my outlook and attitude has been brighter and more positive.  I started walking nearly every day.  This may have done the trick.  I’ve mostly been walking around the neighborhood so far and find it fascinating the things I notice when on foot vs. just driving by.  I brought the camera one day, I also brought a bag and gloves so I could pick up trash though I don’t do this every time. Getting out more has also resulted in me meeting more people and damn I just love…

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Exploring the Neighborhood

Celebrate Joy in Others

I didn’t really take many photos this past week and there will certainly be other weeks like that.  In order to keep us all visually stimulated I will share past photos you may not have seen randomly in blogs like this one.  For example, our cover image today is a lighthouse in Howth, Ireland, just outside of Dublin.  Luke and I visited there in 2015.  He was there for a work trip for Salesforce and I was tagging along for a sightseeing vacation.  We took the train out to this seaport one day.  It was grey and rainy, but we were still charmed.  There…

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Celebrate Joy in Others

New Year’s Resolutions are Silly

December 31, 2022 Well, it’s my last day of a complete year of living the nomad life and I must say that despite a difficult start, we are quite happy in our lifestyle.  It seems like everything I read this past week had a them of reflection to it as we humans tend to spend some time doing between the holidays at the end of the year.  It is such a part of our culture that despite my belief that New Year’s Resolutions aren’t necessarily helpful, I cannot help but think about my life and lifestyle and what is important for me to focus…

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New Year’s Resolutions are Silly

The Wonderful World of Tiny Things

December 22, 2022 Today we are just chilling in Cedar City, UT in the customer lounge at the Ram service center while we get some warranty work done on the truck.  Luckily, I brought my laptop and they have a handy guest Wifi network that I am using to bring some ramblings to you.  Do you recall back in July (I think) when we had a ring fall off our drive shaft and it was sliding around making a racket every time we drove?  Well, they finally got the replacement part in for us so here we are.   The cold snap is hitting…

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The Wonderful World of Tiny Things

I am A Baking Machine

December 16, 2022 This past week I made a whole lot of cookies to share with people for the holidays.  Consequently I did not spend time outside exploring and taking photos.  We knew some weeks would be like this in the winter.  After all, we have had lows in the past week in the single digits and the highs have only hit the low 30’s.  I made five varieties of cookies and they are all cookies I have never made before.  They all came out delicious, but I won’t be making the peppermint candy cane cookies again.  Mixing the dough nearly broke my small…

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I am A Baking Machine

The Wonder of It All

December 9, 2022 Well it’s definitely Christmas/holiday season even in remote areas of the country.  We may not be near any big retail establishments (which is so wonderful by the way), but there are still festive happenings way out here.  We started the week by visiting the Christmas market that was happening in Boulder one afternoon.  I was able to get some handmade cards that contain riddles or puns and a few small gifts to send to family members.  Luke got pulled into the photo booth they had to get his Christmas photo.  I just happened to see Santa at the market today and…

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The Wonder of It All

Living Like Normals

December 2, 2022 It’s been a wonderful post-holiday week.  I learned that I do indeed still have asthma when I tried to keep up with our friend and Yonder manager Curtis on a hike to a cool secret house in a cliff.  I survived just fine, but I sounded like an old lady with emphysema for a while.  The secret house in the rock is a place nearby that only locals are allowed to know about.  The story is that at an unknown time, Native Americans in the area paid some folks in town to help them haul some materials up this cliff and…

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Living Like Normals

The Bone Hunter

November 25, 2022 A joyous Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  This holidays is built on lies and genocide, but since we love an excuse to eat rich foods and have dinner parties, we ignore all of that and eat way too much food.  In reality, the advertising industry created most holidays, based on myths, legends, and history, but the traditions we hold around these holidays are by and large created by industries trying to sell us something.  My oh my were they ever good at doing so!  I cooked second turkey ever yesterday.  The first time Luke actively assisted as we brined it and then…

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The Bone Hunter

Because People are the Greatest Thing to Happen

November 17, 2022 This past week was full of delicious food, bittersweet goodbyes, and cold weather.  Last Thursday evening though we found a place with an open mic of sorts and wouldn’t you know…they hold it on Thursdays just like our open mic back home.  Luke got a chance to play and sing some old songs with a few really talented musicians in the area and we had fun.  If you’re in our area, come by The Ranch Dog Kitchen for an early dinner on Thursday evening and join in or just listen. It’s that time of year when the daytime temps are often…

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Because People are the Greatest Thing to Happen

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