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One of the longest trips I ever took was just a short hop from Mid-Coast Maine to Boston. It was the final act in the drama between my first wife and me. The summer had been spent in a little cabin on the west side of the island; daily I commuted by bike to either …
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My shop, at present, is taken up with drying herbs, sage, rosemary, thyme, and, of course, catnip. On the porch are a few of the pumpkins. There are a load of unpicked tomatoes, zucchini up the wazoo, and other squash. We also picked about a half bushel of pears. The grapes not consumed fresh were …
You want travel advice from me? Travel advice from a former road-tripping, thumb-out Pius Itinerant? You gotta be kidding. Beyond what type of pack to choose and canned or prepared foods to have on hand for emergencies, I'd advise that the best budget tip is to always keep a twenty in reserve. You can pull …
Even though he's not the most fleet-footed of cats, our favorite has to be Garfield. No, it's not quite an agape love, just an enjoyable feeling that, as far as cartoons go, he is the top. Always a snappy comeback to his realistically clueless human foil, a dedication to gourmet cuisine, and a love of …
During my years as an itinerant folksinger, I was careful in my choreography of where I stayed and how long for any particular location. Sometimes I was simply homeless. I spent a particularly nasty week in March once residing on a rooftop mattress.Not to place too much emphasis on it, but my first actual small apartment was a true …
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Something critical happened to me in the mid-1990s. My job at the Department of the Interior was "reinvented" away. The result was several years of family poverty because I insisted on searching for "professional" employment. That ended in 1997 when I walked into a United Parcel Service hub and began loading packages and freight for …
Max: First of all, Lou, tell that no good mailman to step up to the plate! The UPS man always leaves me a treat when he delivers a package. That cheapskate mailman makes me scowl, and that's not easy for a dog's face to do. Tell the bum to get with it! And I'm not …
Many of us have genres we avoid or particularly love to the exclusion of others. I'm not too fond of the mystery genre, but I love science fiction. There are exceptions, though. One of my favorite science fiction novels of all time was Frank Herbert's Dune. And my least favorite series was all the add-on …
Airports and I have a distant relationship. Distant because I am rarely near enough to them to have a relationship. Best? Worst? Those are qualities that I am not well enough versed in to venture educated guesses. For many years, my primary means of transport was by highway, by way of using my thumb to …
A genre of stories, tales, novels, and movies is the "on the Road" variety. Before I began my life as a Pius Itinerant, I consumed lots of the genre in movies and television. The series Route 66 was required viewing for any young teen at that time who had dreams of adventure on the road. …
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