Skylar Packing [Announcement: Strangerville Live will be September 16 & 17. You can get tickets and find other info about the storytellers HERE [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strangerville-live-tickets-395946957007]. Please come so we
Travel Ceramic Fish We found it in an art gallery in a small town in southwestern Ireland—a framed ceramic piece featuring small blue fish swimming in a circle. I told Skylar I
EMBARRASSING Tesco We returned from two weeks in Ireland and Northern Ireland last night. It was lovely. We ate potatoes for every meal. Skylar now thinks we are going to name our
Skylar Friends in Ireland We were standing on the side of a street, waiting to cross it, when Skylar was robbed. The culprit was a man in grey sweatpants speeding through a busy thousand-year-old
Skylar Hungary This week's Strangerville story is one I wrote about a very stupid fight Skylar and I had on our first big trip together. Text included below. I had been dating
Skylar A Long Journey I spent the weekend in Portland in an effort to catch Skylar in AFFAIRS and DRUGS and SEX SCANDAL. He claims he's there for four weeks for a "rotation" in
Travel The East Side of the Big Island It seems like there was a time—decades, maybe?—where every sitcom on TV ran a handful of Hawaiian-themed episodes. I know The Brady Bunch did this. The Saved By
Travel The Big Island It was a Christmas miracle that we made it to Hawaii without drama. Well, apart from my unrelenting nagging. Skylar told me that our tropical vacation is probably only going
Skylar Covid Testing Skylar has one more big test next week because Hell is eternal, and then he supposedly has a couple of weeks off. That man has been verging on a nervous
Emily Michigan A few years ago my friend Emily bought a cabin in Michigan. Emily grew up in Michigan and now she lives in Salt Lake City down the street from my
Skylar If We Ever Do Meet Again It Will Be Zion To Me We decided to take the weekend off and drive down to Zion National Park. This was a risky thing to do, we admit, considering our last few attempts to visit
Skylar Treehouse in the Mountain Skylar is turning 31 thousand, or so you'd think the way he complained about his aching "dainty ankles" today when we went snowshoeing for a few hours in some mountains
Ridiculous Airports The most stressful place in the entire world is the inside of every airport. I just looked it up. There are 40,000 airports on Earth. That means there is
Ridiculous Cookie Present I booked a tour with a Japanese company several weeks ago to go see Kayangel, which is the northernmost island in Palau. I had never been, but heard it's beautiful.
Palau The Land of Coconuts Alii, from the land of coconuts. It feels weird to be able to say that again. It's still hot in Palau. Still humid enough that walking feels more like swimming
Palau Have you ever let yourself quit something? We're leaving for Palau in a few weeks and that is feeling very surreal to me. I've started trying to make plans for some activities while we're there. Snorkeling, kayaking,
Ollie Our Snowy Graveyard Last week we went to Vancouver Washington for Thanksgiving. Skylar grew up there and all of his family still lives in Vancouver or across the river in Portland so the
Ridiculous Neck Pillow I don't travel well. Truly. I'm talking about the actual act of traveling. Not being in a different place. I like that part, mostly. Depending on the place. And how
The Siblings It's Raining Men I say that I’m not a cruise person. That doesn’t mean I didn’t have a good time last week with all 6,000 members of my family
Ridiculous ZionSSSS I had a work conference in St. George Utah this weekend, which should have been a hate crime since I was there one week ago for the half Ironman. You
Ridiculous Mud There I was, standing on the side of a street, in front of what looked like an abandoned construction site, barefoot, my legs covered in mud, last Thursday night. We
Meg Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Hey look! Another Pictures & Distractions! Someone give me a baby because I am RESPONSIBLE. We are in Santa Barbara. Skylar has spring break. Did I think my vacation schedule would
Ridiculous Brothers? Skylar and I traveled to visit his family in Portland for Thanksgiving. Matt came with us because he is our child and we are proud of the boy he is
Corey Mock Depositions I got to New York City a few days ago because my law firm decided that I should go to this training class. I decided not to be offended by
Ridiculous Seatmates The universe has required me to take on a substantially larger share of sitting next to not-the-best seatmates on flights. I'm happy to do it. Sometimes. But not every time. It's like a curse. I see the 100-pound sensible-looking elderly woman with a tidy
