no longer at ease

USA Triathlon National Championships, Tuscaloosa AL 08/22/2009 1.5k mostly upstream swim, 39k bike, 9.8k run "The tumult and the ...

We dragged our children up a mountain for a backpacking trip , assuring them it would be fun. I'm not sure if our enthusiasm has quite t...

"Cars are cars, all over the world  drive them on the left, drive them on the right  susceptible to theft, in the middle of the night  ...

James Fallows has his quixotic struggle against the boiled frog cliche. In solidarity, I am now taking arms against the stupid, mendacious,...

C (7) hurt himself in some fashion, rooting around in the basement in pursuit of a special Lego piece. He refused consolation from his mothe...

Memorial Day weekend turned into four days straight: working construction in Palisade, to get the deck down and yurt up. I forgot the camer...

Here in Seattle-by-the-Rockies, it's been raining for what feels like a month. The grass is lush and soggy. Taking Artie for a walk on t...