It’s Easter morning and Rachael and I are stuffing plastic eggs with candy and coins for the traditional egg hunt for her kids. We are...

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. After a couple weeks...

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. This morning when I...

Hard times are coming. Pain. Suffering. Sorrow. Losses beyond human bearing. All the ills the flesh is heir to, magnified by the...

With much of the country in a deep freeze this week, I’ve found myself digging through the closet for items I haven’t worn for quite some...

“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice. – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Rachael and I rang in the new year last weekend in typical...

I lost another good friend recently. Jerry and I went to high school together and knew each other for more than 45 years. During our...

It’s been a tough holiday season so far for our 90-year-old mother, who has gone through a string of age-related medical issues over the...

In honor of the great American feast of Thanksgiving that will be happening across the country today, I'm reprising a blog post published...

Rachael and I lost a good friend last week. Our neighbor Tammie passed away suddenly a week ago today after falling sick over the...

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. After a gorgeous...

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. Rachael and I (and...

A version of this article originally appeared in HumbleDollar. Last month marked two years since I leapt into the unknown and left the...

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. The farmer was out in...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it is that gets people through the ups and downs of life and I think I’ve figured it out....

Random musings on my vagabond existence in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. Rachael and I spent the...

Random musings on my gypsy existence at my house in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else life takes me. As I write...

I was talking recently to one of my sons (I have three of them) about a distressing allergic reaction he’s been experiencing. For some...

This article originally appeared in HumbleDollar. Call me Solitary Man. I’ve never been much of a joiner. I’ve never belonged to a...

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, / In the forests of the night; / What immortal hand or eye, / Could frame thy fearful symmetry? – William...