San Sebastian is what Walt Disney might have created if he’d been God instead of an ambitious American. – Let’s Go: Spain, Portugal and Morocco 1988 The nightmares started soon after Robie booked our flight to Spain. In the dream I’m bundled in a wool coat trudging down a busy sidewalk desperate to reach my … More Looking for a place to call home in Green Spain
Livin’ la Vida Loca – Ricky Martin Robie and I sat in the longest line of traffic either of us had ever seen. Behind the line of cars, we lingered at a standstill and kept time by the dozen or so vehicles that flew at us every 12-15 minutes. But on our side of the … More When the only lifeline is a two-lane highway
It’s the End of the World as We Know it (And I Feel Fine) – R.E.M. The pandemic changed everything. Almost as soon as Robie announced he was thinking of retiring “sometime in the future, in the next few years, eventually but not soon,” I booked a trip to Costa Rica for what was supposed … More When the world stood still
Only in a leap from the lion’s head shall he prove his worth. – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Leaping without looking is the single greatest act of faith I know. Like when I was three and declared for all eternity that my favorite color would be purple. Or the day I packed a … More Life takes a leap of faith
Long you live and high you fly. And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry. And all you touch and all you see, Is all your life will ever be. -Pink Floyd I kept trying to remember how we got here. Not so long ago we were sailing the blue waters of the Caribbean, snorkeling … More How did we get here?
Father Christmas, give us some money, we got no time for your silly toys. We’ll beat you up if you don’t hand it over, give all the toys … to the little rich boys. – The Kinks “I’m out,” was all Robie said when he poked his head inside my office. There was no need … More The story so far…
