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Month: December 2009

  • 2009 Review

    Walking: I began the year struggling with knee and hip pain, wondering if I would ever hike again. After one failed regimen, a chiropractor gave me a therapy program that worked. I managed to hike across Wyoming with Ann and Pete, suffering far more intestinal pain than knee pain. Now I’m experimenting with running again,…

  • Idaho to Santa Fe

    This is a long drive, 985 miles in some remote terrain, but it has never failed to show me something new. We’ve left our stuff and our Subaru, so we can drive together with a mostly empty trailer. This helps us make a lot of miles, for us, well past the “NEXT SERVICES 109 MILES”…

  • Book: Luminous / Greg Egan

    A collection of science fiction short stories that concoct a provocative mix of biotechnology, social issues, philosophy, and physics. The tales are a little heavy on the technospeak, but I found if I just charged on, the story would soon offer some alternate emotional motivation. A nice, highly imaginative holiday read.

  • Holiday Schlepping Family Style

    We didn’t originally have a trip to Idaho for Christmas planned. But there have been factors at work, with more details to come, that would require us to once again free ourselves of our indoor accoutrements. Our bed, my chair, the loveseat, some kitchen things, etc. We figure it won’t be too much since we’ve…

  • Snow Break

    It’s becoming a tradition for us to get covered in snow when driving to Ann’s parents’ place in Nampa, Idaho. This year we make it to Rupert, where we decide to wait out a snowstorm at an RV park on the Snake River. It’s cold, but we force ourselves to go out for a walk…

  • Square Deal Farm

    Sometimes quickie projects are the most fun. Vernal had me write the recipe changer for Square Deal Farm’s new website in exchange for maple syrup. Can’t wait to try it!

  • Casual Hikes Around Santa Fe

    I got a nice email asking me about Santa Fe hikes: Every Christmas we come to Santa Fe – it is the greatest escape from our lives here in Dallas, TX. We always like to go walking/hiking and as I was researching I found your wonderful site. But I was overwhelmed by the amount of…

  • Earthfire Institute

    The crisp design of this wildlife sanctuary and retreat center site is by Free Range Studios. My contribution was to implement some jQuery interactivity, like the expanding footer menu, and a fairly complicated navigation system. No Google maps this time around, but I did work a bit on the fun little sanctuary map. Now I…