Jeep Wrangler, My Best Worst Car Ever
One of my favorite cars of all time is the Jeep Wrangler. When I turned 45 and had my first midlife crisis, I bought one. My wife would tell you that I have had a ridiculous number of midlife crises. Read More …
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Pandemic Snacking…I Ate the Whole Thing
The Covid-19 pandemic appears to be winding down, and I’m reflecting on how I survived the quarantine and isolation; pandemic snacking. First, how about a little background. I am tall at 6’7”, and when I was young I played sports Read More …
The Tranquility of a Wilderness Lake…or Not?
My wife, daughters and I were blessed with the good fortune to enjoy the tranquility of a wilderness lake for the better part of twenty years. We built our dream house on a lake in southern Virginia in 1991. Back Read More …
Electric Cars, You’ll Be Able to Drive Yourself…Crazy
Electric cars are the wave of the future. Some car manufacturers and our federal government have decided to replace the current internal combustion engine with electric cars by somewhere between 2035 and 2040. This depends on which lying sack of Read More …
Beautiful or Functional, What Works Best?
We all have to make choices in life, which often raises the question of what is better, beautiful or functional. My wife and I have been together for 50 years, and to a fault she prefers beautiful things while I Read More …
An Unexpected Side Effect of COVID
This past year, we experienced an unexpected side effect of Covid. I’m not talking about growing a tail as the result of one of the vaccines, or some strange side effect of the virus itself like coughing up your liver. Read More …
Last Stop (For the Road Trip Blogs): Madison Wisconsin-daughter’s take
Madison Wisconsin-daughter’s take: After Bozeman, Montana, my dad and I adventured back east. We stopped at parks and sites along the way – Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Custer State Park – until we arrived in the Midwest. My dad is Read More …
Spokane, WA and Bozeman, MT, The Littlest Jessop’s Favorite Stops
Bozeman MT Littlest Jessop. After The Dalles, Dad and I headed to Washington – Spokane to be exact. There is a big cat rescue camp in Spokane, Washington that is one of my favorite attractions I’ve ever visited. Basically, they Read More …
Come Meet the Family, PI Jason Longfellow, Chelsea, and Kids (PLEASURIA AND MURDER BY ROAD TRIP)
I’d like to introduce you to the family, the main characters in our comedy murder mystery series, currently including PLEASURIA: TAKE AS DIRECTED and MURDER BY ROAD TRIP. They are PI Jason Longfellow, Chelsea, his wife, and their three daughters, Read More …
From Tucson to The Dalles, the Correct Account (Read: Daughter’s)
In my dad’s travel blog post of The Dalles he managed to skip part of our trip, the entire state of California. Here is The Dalles, the Correct Account. After Tucson, we drove west to San Diego then up the Read More …