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Month: March 2013

Skippy the Wonder Dog

Skippy the Wonder Dog

Posted on March 30, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

When I was a little boy in Houston a cat and a dog lived with us. Lickie the cat was jet black and…

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All alone

All alone

Posted on March 25, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

I went for a walk yesterday. It was raining a little and the sky was grey and low. A snail was making its…

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Relevance, relatively

Relevance, relatively

Posted on March 23, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

The first time I traveled overseas was the summer of 1973. I was eleven, and my grandmother took my mother and me to…

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Barcelona, Part 2 (Sleeping, eating and moving around)

Barcelona, Part 2 (Sleeping, eating and moving around)

Posted on March 19, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

(CAUTION: Contains graphic language.) Barcelona is an easy city to visit because you don’t really have to plan anything. You don’t have to…

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Self-promotion

Self-promotion

Posted on March 19, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

I’m well aware of the concept of east-is-east-and-west-is-west but I want to commingle two parts of my life here just this once. I…

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Barcelona, Part 1 (the city)

Barcelona, Part 1 (the city)

Posted on March 18, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

This is a travelogue, part guide and part journal of three days in Barcelona. Very simply, it’s a stunningly beautiful city. You can…

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Spring, Part 2

Spring, Part 2

Posted on March 17, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

It’s always been the most interesting to me to live in places where there are seasons. I like the change and I like…

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Spring

Spring

Posted on March 10, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

The sun is out today and the sparrows are making up for a wet, dreary week. There’s a chirpfest happening outside my window….

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Slogging to Mont Saint-Michel

Slogging to Mont Saint-Michel

Posted on March 7, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

Some years ago Calvin and I spent a week 1000 kilometers from here in Brittany, in a charming medieval town called Dinan. During…

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Biking

Biking

Posted on March 2, 2013January 8, 2022 by Clay

Today I went grocery shopping, an activity fascinating enough on its own, but it was the travel involved that makes this story especially…

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