Month: September 2007
Salt Lake City = bizarre
Since I am traveling as frugally as possible, I am open to sleeping on anyone’s couch, as long as it’s free. Since I knew I would want to stop around Salt Lake City last night, an old friend from freshman year of college crossed my mind. And since I have no pride and feel no…
Rubber tramp
I am convinced that there are few feelings that can rival the thrill of crossing the border from eastern Oregon into western Idaho, where the speed limit leaps from 65 to 75. I accelerate, accelerate, accelerate, set the cruise control at 80, and FLY. As I drove across the farmland of southern Idaho this afternoon,…
Skedaddle from Seattle
How do you wrap up 7 years of a life? How do you tie off all of the loose ends, the unfinished business, the burgeoning relationships, the tried-and-true friendships, the incomplete conversations? How do you look at this breathtaking city, blue and green and gleaming, and then turn to walk away? How do you say…
Cluck
I have been absent from the blogging world for an entire week, which is quite unusual for me. To be honest, I have been trying to think of something to blog about. But never fear: I have just the topic. Since the beginning of July, I have been living in Laurelhurst with the greatest family….