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.
At least there are no screaming kids kicking my seat
Because of a mix of Covid travel measures and early retirement plans that have been f****d, life as it relates to our living situation and plans for the future have become something we really don’t recognize.
I’m a six shoe person
Notes on reducing, minimizing, and deciding what is important
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.
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.
Yet Another Useless Travel Blog – Zadar
We just ended our time living in Zadar, Croatia for 2 months, and as I sit down to write about it, I honestly can’t remember a single thing about it beyond vague memories and fleeting mental images. So here you go…
Photo Journal – Croatia
A look back at 2 months living in Croatia
The Ins and Outs of Oak
Oak, to a winemaker, is like salt and pepper to the master chef. It’s not the main ingredient, but it matters more than you think. Used right, you get a product of exceptional flavor and quality. Used incorrectly and you are switching to beer. Of the top 100 wines in...
The Theory Of The Witness Wine
When my mother told me I would have to use math when I grew up, this is exactly what I was hoping she meant. The Math: A normal wine bottle contains 750ml of wine, or a little over 25 ounces. Our extraordinary math skills tell us that is equal to five glasses of wine,...
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Yet Another Useless Travel Blog – Zadar
We just ended our time living in Zadar, Croatia for 2 months, and as I sit down to write about it, I honestly can’t remember a single thing about it beyond vague memories and fleeting mental images. So here you go…
Photo Journal – Croatia
A look back at 2 months living in Croatia
Another Useless Travel Blog – Rovinj
Make no mistake, I would hang out in Rovinj any day, and for a quick weekend on the beach or week at a resort, it’s top notch. It’s a really cool town to wander through. The history is incredible, the food is more than okay, and there is no way to not have a good time.
On Youth, Passports, and Consulates
Yeah, we had to visit a consulate to check a passport, but more noteworthy part was the encounter with the other American tourists while waiting in the secure seating area outside the consulate functional area, namely two lovely and young American girls.
Photo Journal – Mexico
A photographic journey and small sample of images from our pandemic life in Mexico
Privileged Enough To Have Critera – On Where We Want To Live
I guess it comes down to this: I’m privileged enough to it have criteria. But, meeting all the criteria does not make life perfect. The right place, be it a dwelling or a physical location, is often a feel more than a place. There has to be a spark. There needs to be an emotion tied to it.
Pilgrim Life – Are we conditioned to pick the easy path
I want to be a person that, for no reason at all, will sometimes take the harder path without there needing to be a benefit. I want to seek the longer path. But, what’s maybe more important is I want to consciously brake the conditioning that makes me always take the easier way, the path of least resistance, simply by default. I want to think about it. I want to at least consider taking the harder path sometimes without it feeling like I’m breaking some hard wired rule.
Notes On Failure – As We Start Pilgriming
I don’t want to fail at this. It’s funny, I think I have reached a place in my life, through experience as well as through elements of privilege (money and health, etc) where the outside world is not what challenges me any more. It’s all inside We’ve chosen our first...
Another Useless Attempt At Travel Blogging – Zagreb Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia. Coffee (and some wine nearby), smoking, a cruffin (daily), and a museum dedicated to relationship failure. A good place to start your journey through Croatia.
Our 53 (now 72) Most Significant Travel Accomplishments So Far
In an attempt to remember what we have done and how lucky we are, we decided to keep a list of where we’ve been and what we’ve done. This is in no way exhaustive, but some of it was exhausting.