. . . and we did. We’ve made it to Xela, Guatemala, more soon!
Departure!
We’re leaving for the airport in less than three hours. Time for some sleep. Here’s hoping we see a friendly guy named Alberto holding a sign with our names on it when we step off the plane in Guatemala .
Summer Band
This summer I was incredibly lucky to be part of an experiment officially known as “Summer Band” (also referred to as “Meat Buffet”). After hearing a mediocre band play at a Brattleboro venue in early June, I suggested to Rob and Noah,
My Wild Life
By my former, urban standards, my summer life in the trailer is anything but wild. I am out past eleven about one night a week, and in bed by midnight almost every other. Brattleboro, the nearest large town, has enough
The Swimming Hole
On one of Lacey’s rare, precious days off from her job as a teacher and dorm head at the Putney School’s Summer Arts Program, we set out to find “Indian Love Call,” a local swimming hole with a legendary high
The Wedding Party
After a month of shifting from place to place to place, I’ve finally arrived in Vermont, where I’ve quickly moved into the little trailer that sits at the edge of green rolling hayfields, visited local swimming holes three times in
Vermont and New Hampshire
Our first heifer at the annual “Strolling of the Heifers” parade in Brattleboro, VT, near where Lacey and I will spend our summer. Not a heifer. But kind of sweet that Southern Vermont has its own circus group.
New Orleans
Some touristy photos from a short trip to beautiful New Orleans, for my good friend’s bachelor party: Jackson Square. Jackson Square, from within the park. Classic French Quarter balconies. More balconies! Cafe Beignet, where I
Philadelphia, Outside the List
It’s been a longer-than-usual hiatus from blogging, but in breaks from a heavy workload and a frustrating stretch of novel-writing (or non-writing), I’ve been joining Lacey to dream up lists of what we want to do before we leave Philadelphia.
Taking the “I” out of iPod
Last week I took a deep breath and made a major commitment to life abroad: I bought an iPod. I got it used, on eBay, after deciding that I should break it in this summer before introducing it to other