The game is like Heads Or Tails, only it’s about whether the avocado pit will be in the left or right half when it’s opened. For another lev...

Let’s say I could afford any replacement for the Rolling Steel Tent I wanted. What would I get? A tricked out 4x4 Sprinter or Transit with a...

I’m in Pahrump. The wind is out of the south. And the sky is weird. There are mountains to the east, the city and mountains to the west, but...

I woke up just before the sun crested the mountains. My first thought: this bed is very, very comfortable. I enjoyed it for another minute, ...

Four 15-packs of cheap-ass beer Three bottles of cheap-ass vodka Two 1-liter water bottles One 1-quart milk bottle One small Pringles can Th...

As I drifted up out of sleep I became aware of a faint repetitive plik… plik… plik… plik…  Huh? What’s that? water dripping? I sat up and tu...

The public land on the east side of Pahrump NV is littered with, well, litter. It can be windy here, so it’s somewhat forgivable when some l...

Way back, during one of my first visits to Pahrump NV, I discovered the Horizon Market, a convenience store out on the west side of town tha...

After a few summery days, fresh snow on Charleston Peak NV

In the previous episode, the power cord on the fan that I like, that isn’t made anymore, broke. I decided to do the ecologically right thing...

Just got off the video call with my radiation oncologist, Dr. Chin. Everything on the scan continues to look good. Yay!

This fan has served me well for nearly nine years. The 12V plug disassembled itself last year and I replaced it. But when I tried to use the...

It was time to complete my schlep to Los Angeles. A little over 160 miles from the south entrance of Joshua Tree National Park to UCLA Healt...

 I violated one of my own rules: Stay off loose dirt and sand. But, you know, there were other tire tracks, so I followed. Like a good sheep...