Category Archives: The Wanderer

A Different Kind of Summer

Like most of the world, our summer plans were a bit changed. Vacations were derailed. Baseball season also came to a complete stop from lack of players available to play. And so… Like many other families. We bought a little camper. The camper and RV industry is busier than it ever has been and if...

The Climb

“I passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel.” This was exact phrase that kept running though my head as I climbed a mile and half through a rocky river bed, over ice and through snow. Starting in...

A Cold Island in the Middle of Nowhere

Live to work. Or work to live. It’s a bit of a mantra for me. I chose the latter. Always have. Always will. That being said, I’m willing to work my fingers to the bone when I need to in order to explore. And I rarely work while I’m busy living. I’ve learned that about...

Mississippi River Dreams

Everyone has a list. Whether you like to admit it or not. Whether you write it down or not. You have a list tucked away in your head of things for someday. Things to see. Things to do. My mom has a little tiny list. Just a few things she’d like to see and do....

MIA

Whenever I pictured Miami in my head I always pictured a city with pink buildings. Flamingos. Teal oceans.  Neon lights. And Don Johnson in a white suite cruising Ocean drive. The sky is pink in the mornings. The buildings are not. There are no real flamingos, but there is flamingo paraphernalia everywhere. The ocean is...