Stories
Travel, food and wine, life, health, and the occasional sermon on perspective. Here is the latest – the rest, with other categories, is below.
The Latest
Wino Journal
Stories, logs, and blogs on moving on from a life of work and routine.
2023 Year In Pictures And A Few Words
A look not so quick back at our last trip around the sun with some not so random images along with random thoughts and pretty useless observations.
Notes On The Feeling Of Freedom
When I was 18, I left the house to go to college. I took with me all I owned, a duffel bag full of clothes, a guitar, and my bed to set up in my first apartment. For the next few years I lived in the moment. Now I’m over 50, done working, and have spent the last year roaming the world. I’ve gone from having nothing to having everything, and then intentionally back to nothing again.
Adventure
Stories, logs, and blogs on our pilgrim journeys as we grab our backpacks (and a wine key) and walk through Spain, Italy, France, Scotland, and the great wine regions of the world – hopefully including New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Argentina, to name a few.
Photo Journal – Camino del Norte
Photo Journal – A look back at our first thru-hike on the Alta Via 1 in the Italian Dolomites then up into Austria.
Photo Journal – Alta Via 1
Photo Journal – A look back at our first thru-hike on the Alta Via 1 in the Italian Dolomites then up into Austria.
The Story Of The Text-A-Toast
It is with this long story that I present to you the #textatoast. Please share. Make it a habit. And be together, even when you’re not.
Urban Food Adventure London
It’s been over 20 years since we strolled through London. First time was for touristy stuff, this time…pretty much just to eat. How priorities change over the years.
Paris Café Culture
A not-so wise man once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around for a while, you could miss it.” Nowhere is that advice more needed than here in America. Nowhere is that advice more honored than in Paris. Paris is a busy, bustling city of over...
Finally a real wine rating system
The thing I hate most about wine ratings is the thing that makes them what they are. Wine ratings are subjective. They are one person’s judgement of quality and don’t take into account what really matters – how much you drink, what you can afford, when to drink them,...
More Stories
The Story Of The Text-A-Toast
It is with this long story that I present to you the #textatoast. Please share. Make it a habit. And be together, even when you’re not.
Bye America – We hardly knew ya
America, in its form today, really isn’t that old and, thus, much easier to explain the sudden and rapid movement backwards. Technologically advanced, connected, “socially tolerant” and legally protected multi-cultural, multi-gender, multi-race America really has only come about in the last generation.
Photo Journal – Camino del Norte
Photo Journal – A look back at our first thru-hike on the Alta Via 1 in the Italian Dolomites then up into Austria.
Urban Food Adventure London
It’s been over 20 years since we strolled through London. First time was for touristy stuff, this time…pretty much just to eat. How priorities change over the years.
2023 Year In Pictures And A Few Words
A look not so quick back at our last trip around the sun with some not so random images along with random thoughts and pretty useless observations.
Photo Journal – Alta Via 1
Photo Journal – A look back at our first thru-hike on the Alta Via 1 in the Italian Dolomites then up into Austria.
Photo Journal – Camino Portuguese
A look back at 2 months living and walking 800km on the Camino de Santiago from France through Spain.
Photo Journal – Via Francigena
A look back at 2 months living and walking 800km on the Camino de Santiago from France through Spain.
Pilgrim Journal – A Dirtbag Tour Through Tuscany And Other Notes
Here’s an example of one of the more surreal moments experienced on our travels, and other notes on our journey so far…
Pilgrim Journal – The Ritual Of Dirt Bag Laundry
This is the ritual of the nomad pilgrim. The daily sink laundry. Plus, more random thoughts and useless observations.