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12 Months of Microposts: 2023

Dec 17, 2023
I celebrate the little details of every day in my Microposts. In this post I somewhat arbitrarily chose one micropost for each month of 2023.

In the Footsteps of Border Raiders, a Saint, and Vera

Sep 11, 2023
Next week, my partner, two friends, and I will be hiking a section of the Reivers Way in Northumberland, England, from inn to inn over five days. The Border Reivers were notorious for terrorizing communities in the area around the border between Scotland and England from the 13th to the 17th centuries. Some of them… Continue reading In the Footsteps of Border Raiders, a Saint, and Vera

Passport Covers

Jul 15, 2023
Travel influencers urge us to buy unnecessary gear, such as a document organizer, a hotel room blacklight, or an in-flight clip-on cup holder. I add passport covers to that list.

Avoiding Russia

Jun 5, 2023
In normal times a flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo would take us through Russian airspace for several hours. This is no longer possible.

Japan Loose-Ends List

May 28, 2023
Here’s a list of planning details that needed attention as we got closer to traveling to Japan with our nephew and his dad.

A Soldier in Occupied Japan

May 8, 2023
My partner’s uncle was a soldier in occupied Japan at the end of the Pacific War. The story could’ve been so different.

My Atomic Superpower

Mar 7, 2023
Will a radioactive drug give me atomic superpowers?

Twitter Migration

Jan 7, 2023
I needed to get as far away as possible from Elon Musk. It was time to migrate all my Tweets to my Web site.