The Places We Go

Why do you go away? So you can come back Terry Pratchet

Hawaii is in the middle of nowhere Paul Theroux

Going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir

Pushing into my 5th decade

Celebrating American style

That men do not learn very much in history, is the most important of all the lessons of history”

‘And this was really the way that my whole road experience began, and the things that were to come are too fantastic not to tell’.

Many people talk of the light here in California. There is something about it. And it came to mind recently, that light has been a…

Part of the reason for our move to California was the feeling we’d got a bit stuck in the city back home — main roads, sirens, traffic…

I need to admit that we don’t hang around when it comes to getting stuff done. Our first month here in California was golden — we slept…

My closet compadres know I’m not one for extreme public sentiment. Neither am I a fan of broadcasting personal political soundbites on…

We needed to alleviate our inner city guilt. We needed to bank some family seaside tales to regale the kids with when they’re smoking pot…