Traveler’s Guilt: 5 Ways to Shut it Down
I blame Pliny the Elder for the whole ‘home is where the heart is’ claptrap. For providing the ammunition used…
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Ciao for now, Minneapolis
So long, Minneapolis. The AWP conference is over and I head back to Austin, Texas this morning. This was my…
Hello, Minneapolis. Remember Me?
Tomorrow I fly out of my new hometown, Austin Texas, to my old hometown, Minneapolis. The annual AWP Conference for…
A Broad-Ranging Local in Austin
I think I’m done whining about Austin’s winter weather. No one should whine about Austin’s winter weather when they know for…
Making New Friends in Ireland
Earlier this summer while traveling in Ireland I met Mickey, an Irish gentleman who came into Con & Maura’s Bar,…
Irish Whiskey Tasting in Midleton, County Cork
There’s a theory (you can look it up and read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers) referred to as the 10,000-hours rule, which…
Road Tripping in Ireland
I had this vague notion about my first trip to Ireland 15 years ago: that I would seek out some…
Two Tales of Dublin
I lost my map of Dublin in the toilet of the restaurant where I ate breakfast. Or maybe I left…
The Time Dublin Gave Me the Cold Shoulder
I have entered an alternative Irish universe called Dublin and I don’t recognize it. At breakfast this morning at O’Malley’s…
County Cork History and Weighing in
My morning began with an early delivery of beer kegs, rolling down the sidewalk to the door of the pub…