Scratching Beneath the Surface of Your Town
We are moving soon from Portland, Oregon to Austin. The one in Texas. The reasons we have decided to move…
Tag: writing
What’s Your Favorite Shark? Curiosity and Creativity
“What’s your favorite shark?” Questions like that one, coming from an eight-year-old boy I’ll call Simon, at 6:00 in the…
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,…
I’m Downsizing While a Bicycling Burglar Cases the Neighborhood
I watched a burglar bicycle past my house today while I sipped cappuccino and watched my dogs wrestle in the…
Reinvention Through Travel and Why I Never Wore Those Stupid Green Pajamas
In a Dispatch a while ago, I mentioned an Irish radio show I listened to one morning while driving from Ireland’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…
Lonely Night in My Irish Garret
Sitting up in my garret room above a pub in the town of Clonakilty, Ireland, I am wishing that the…