This is about it around here right now. Spending time luxuriating in the grass (Mexico often appears to be completely devoid of green grass), eating popsicles, and hanging out with good friends. Somehow, despite having only spent a grand total of a few months in Portland over the years this … Read More
Just a Trim
We brought our camera in for a cleaning and check-up (just like going to the dentist) and have now felt completely naked and uninterested in my surroundings for 36 hours. Will have it back in the morning just in time to document a trip to the library. Phew. Not much … Read More
Ice Cream and…
I can’t honestly say what our days have been filled up with lately—but somehow we find ourselves just like retirees who say they don’t know how they ever had time to work. Our days are full. Full of nonsense and play, but full nonetheless. “Hey you two, look over here.” … Read More
Portland Life
Probably the single biggest reason that we like Portland over our hometown in Minnesota so much, is the neighborhoods. Sidewalks, unique homes, tons of flowers, one-off restaurants, antique vehicles, cars that stop and wait for you to arrive at crosswalks, parks all over the place, towering trees, local pubs, and … Read More
Royal Baby?
Sometimes I get the impression that people don’t believe just how out of touch we are with television and celebrity and sports and pretty much everything that is unrelated to our own small bubble that surrounds our boat. Then this happens while my mom watches her morning talk show and … Read More
Adiós Tías
It was great having Ali’s sisters out for a few days. The kids don’t see them enough, but when they do they can’t get enough of them. Ali and I will be hearing about their visit for days to come.
Beat the Heat
Portland, Oregon is feeling like San Carlos, Mexico at the moment, getting swept up in the heat wave rockin’ its way through the West. Instead of hibernating with the air-conditioner cranking we spent most of the day at a couple of different parks around town. Mexico needs more of these … Read More
Oh, Hey Papa
My bus eventually rolled in to Tucson at 3:30 in the morning. I got to the airport and found out right off the bat that my flight was delayed. Then delayed again, and again. I was supposed to have a three-hour layover in San Francisco, but it was now looking … Read More
Midnight Border Run
The other day I asked the owner of this café if his son would be interested in watching Mango the fish—we’d pay him of course. The kid said he would but then realized he was going to the States in a couple of weeks and it wouldn’t work out. That’s … Read More