Head-hopping

short personal essays woven from a mix of reading and travel experience.

September 8, 2026

Seaworthy

I’m revising my novel about a London kid abducted and taken to Maryland in 1657. “Can you give me a hand?” Stephen asked, “so I can get off the ship before it sails?” The fellow held out his hand without smiling. “Bad news, my friend. It will be some time...

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April 9, 2024

Fire and Snow

We’re in Colorado, enjoying some beautiful late-season snow squalls. There was an inch and a half on the ground when we woke up this morning. We headed out to meet Bill’s son John and grandson Charlie at the playground. We used the snow mounded on the slide to make snowballs...

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