It's that time of year when the countdown to Back-to-School begins. We have just three weeks until Albert goes back to school (Kindergar...

This year... I just don't have the tools to do a year in review. I would source that out to AI. Some useful tools I found are listentoyo...

It's hard to put into words the magical mama's visit I had with my sister and aunt recently. It was just so wonderful that it's ...

This summer I am taking two long-distance trips on Amtrak: Empire Builder and Southwest Chief. I took a plane from Los Angeles to Portland a...

The last few weeks have been busy! I'm feeling like I've reached the slide into finals week. Or maybe I'm still in push towards ...

I wanted to share a few experiences I've had with attending conferences on my bicycle, using the network of trains and buses that weaves...

We had a wonderful 5-day (4-night) vacation in Grover Beach this New Year's.  My panniers weighed about 26 pounds.  The raingear was no...

We got our Smart Car in August 2011.  Since then, we've taken it on many trips.  We've had to do little things to maintain the car ...

Having taken a bike on Friday afternoon, a car on Friday night, and a walk to the bus on Saturday (both ways), we knew we had to take a tra...