(Note: This is a modified re-post from early on in my blog career. I hope you don't mind.--RDS) Here in the Hinterland, we will drive five miles to my mother's house for an afternoon dinner, a tradition she started to get my father's family together...

Yes, the EMBLOS is in Germany for a week, visiting her mother as a surprise present for the Official Mother-in-law's 75th birthday. The MIL's birthday was last week and she was told to stay home for a "special delivery" on Friday, which turned out to...

So, Monday evening, I'm driving home on the two lane state highway which I take from the town of 2500 souls where I hold forth during my day job. As it happened, I was driving behind one of law partners who happens to live in the same direction as I...

Long-time readers may recall this post from a couple of years back, in which I mentioned inter alia one Dean Potter, an "adventurer" who had decided to climb Delicate Arch in Arches Natural Park, thereby destroying climbing opportunities for the rest...

Via ESPN comes a story for Veterans Day:Deon Taylor, whom I first wrote about on Page 2 a year ago, was an undercover narcotics officer for the New York Police Department. He also was a member of the New York National Guard, serving in Afghanistan. He...