I’m in a nice little campground about a half mile from my previous spot. I moved because of highway noise—especially from big trucks—and bec...

I drove to Quartzsite this morning to pick up a package at my mail forwarder. Another shipment is supposed to arrive next Tuesday. The sensi...

Are you hitting your head here, hoping you’ll wise up? The solitaire app on my iPhone is kind enough to inform me when a particular shuffle ...

Temperatures have been in the mid 60s to the low 70s, with the nights in the mid 40s. And the harder the wind blows the cooler it gets. But ...

I was back in town and in the mood for a burrito. So I asked Google Maps for the closest ones near me. At the top of the list, with rave rev...

One would think finding an exceptional burrito in the Southwest—particularly within visual distance of the border—would be very easy. Of cou...

It has been a couple of weeks since I gouged my forehead on the corner of my cabinet door, accidentally scrubbed off part of the scab, then ...

It was a little past noon when I realized I hadn’t eaten all morning. Because I hadn’t been hungry. And I wasn’t in the mood to cook. But no...

It’s human nature to notice coincidences. Sometimes we bestow special meaning on the coincidences. Well, for some reason, the past couple of...

The fold-down cabinet door that serves as my table has a corner very much like a woodcarving chisel. I’ve had a few very minor collisions wi...

As I was walking into a grocery store a disheveled man pushing a shopping cart filled with his possessions said something to me I didn’t und...

Once again this morning I heard the term mindfulness . I’ve had a vague notion what it was about, but I decided to look it up. Mindfulness i...

I’ve worn jeans nearly every day the past 50 years. I had eight pairs when I started as a nomad. After I lost nearly 100 pounds during cance...

History review: In 1588 the English navy faced 130 massive Spanish warships. England defeated Spain, and one of the reasons was the English...