And Time Flies On

*if this is the first post you’re seeing, in which I return to writing after months of silence, please feel free to assume that this is the first You see? That’s the great thing about time. It passes whether you use it or not. Father Time doesn’t need me. He is a strong, confident barista! Read more about And Time Flies On[…]

New Book, Viet Vodka, and Tricky Mechanics

Congratulate me! Not only have I begun my next book. But a person, somewhere in the United States, has bought my first book. But there’s more, there’s more! I have, additionally, figured out how to add “throwback posts” without actually writing extra. I’m writing a fun guidebook to motorbiking Vietnam, from Hanoi to Saigon (HCMC). Read more about New Book, Viet Vodka, and Tricky Mechanics[…]

Pulling the Strings

As one student of writing to… whoever might be listening. I’d like to go over something that has held residence in my skull for the past week or so. And in “explaining” it, perhaps it will come clearer for me. So here it is. Often, when writing, we find ourselves trying excruciatingly hard to paint Read more about Pulling the Strings[…]

Fun at the Office

Alps2Ocean starts at the White Horse Campsite in the forbidding presence of Mount Cook. Rolling out on the wet wind of an alpine snow/rain storm ending on the salty breeze of Holmes Wharf in Oamaru. Between start and stop the trail covers over 300km and passes through several of New Zealand’s many worlds. I made Read more about Fun at the Office[…]