Tuesday Photo Challenge – Reflection
One of my customers is in central Louisiana. Being there poses a little challenge to my health. On the one hand, the food is incredibly good. So good that I still make some of it at home. The portion sizes … Continue reading Tuesday Photo Challenge – Reflection
Yurt Years: Early Digital Nomad Life
As my current job ends and I start to look at how my new life might look, I am leaning very strongly toward a work life like I had when we lived in the yurt – a life that I saw summarized in a quote by Tim O’Reilly just this morning:
“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” Continue reading Yurt Years: Early Digital Nomad Life
More from Cleveland – Common Energy
When I was at the library in Cleveland I stopped in a reading garden between the two big library buildings. In it were a number of small sculptures, but the enormous size, bold colours and braille on this one really … Continue reading More from Cleveland – Common Energy
Libraries on the Road: Off to Cleveland
After several months at home, this week it is time to take a business trip and I’m not looking forward to it. While sometimes I’ve been sent to the suburbs of New York City or even Belgium, this time it’s to Ohio. And I’m not just going to Ohio which sounds really boring, it’s in rural Ohio. However, over the course of several business trips I’ve learned ways to even make trips to places I’d prefer to avoid, an interesting experience. It just takes a bit more creativity and a bit of searching. And this trip’s search turned up the unexpected: Instead of flying to the closest airport with a direct flight from Toronto, take on an extra few minutes’ driving time and land in Cleveland. Continue reading Libraries on the Road: Off to Cleveland
Before You Die…
This week I’m on a business trip. But I’m not so busy that I can’t go on some adventures I’ll talk about in the next week or so. In the meantime, here’s a photo of a chalkboard I saw installed … Continue reading Before You Die…
Dutch Goes the Photo Challenge: Birthday
Take yourself back to 1978. OK, for some of you that means imagine 1978. Disco was still king, Star Wars had recently come out and blown us all away, and that Christmas I would find a wrapped copy K-Tel’s “Star Power” under the tree. Continue reading Dutch Goes the Photo Challenge: Birthday
Pastalaya for Dinner
In the centre of Louisiana, just down the road from the dozens of chemical plants that give the region the nickname “Cancer Alley” lies the little town of Gonzales. Before Gonzales was known for its high school football team or the long chains of organic molecules that pay many people’s mortgages, it was known for something else:
India has its biryani, Spain has its paella, and Louisiana has jambalaya. Continue reading Pastalaya for Dinner
