

This picture makes my day look nice and peaceful looking. My day was not nice and peaceful. But it was very, very satisfying.
Read moreHiking interrupted
Read moreI suppose this is some pretty country, eh?
Read moreIn early August 2022 I decided that, as a 50th birthday present to myself, I was going to walk across the whole of England, from the Cumbrian Village of Saint Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, following the path of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast. I began a journal of the preparation and, hopefully, completion of that […]
Read moreI arrived in St. Bee’s. I begin my hike in the morning.
Read moreDay two in Manchester
Read moreIn early August 2022 I decided that, as a 50th birthday present to myself, I was going to walk across the whole of England, from the Cumbrian Village of St. Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, following the path of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast. I began a journal of the preparation and, hopefully, completion […]
Read moreOver at Cup of Coffee the topic of legislative term limits came up. I wrote this in response. I’m reposting it here for posterity and wider availability. Yesterday I said, in passing, that I oppose legislative term limits. A lot of people both in the comments and on social media asked me why. What […]
Read moreI decided that, as a 50th birthday present to myself, I was going to walk across the whole of England. This is a journal of the preparation for and, hopefully, completion of that effort.
Read moreThis was originally published in my Cup of Coffee Newsletter on February 2, 2023 In our current political age it’s easy to let the nearly daily outrages wash over us, but no matter how desensitized we may become, some things manage to stand out as truly odious, truly dangerous, and truly appalling. Such as what […]
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