A Vagabond Returns Home

Upstairs, a spent Christmas tree sits quietly in the darkness; all the carefully wrapped gifts beneath having long been looted, and now even the tree itself has transformed from joy to burden as someone has to take it down. Orion is dazzling just outside of my door up in a crispy, winter sky. An occasional satellite arcs quietly [...]

The Outer Banks

Rather than beat you down with a chronological account of vacation, I’ll just share some nifty pics and highlights from our recent trip to the Outer Banks, North Carolina. The tiny strip of islands off the coast of North Carolina was about what I expected. Suburbia families from DC and the northeast piled out of [...]

To the Outer Banks!

I don’t know a single thing about the Outer Banks, North Carolina other than: The drive takes 11 hours. The Wright brothers first did their thing somewhere close to there. I’m going there tomorrow. We leave tomorrow for Family Vacation 2011 extravaganza. The Outer Banks was randomly chosen because it is the one place in [...]

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