Tag: travel

The Unbelievable Reality of the Pit Toilet

The pit toilet saves people the indignity of scrambling through the forest, burrowing into the brush, risking poison ivy of the ass, and the heart-stopping appearance of a woodland creature to do something that ordinarily requires about a 10-second walk down the hall. It’s… Continue Reading “The Unbelievable Reality of the Pit Toilet”

Blue Smoke and Mirrors

This piece was written in response to an Open Call on Open Salon: How busy are you? Hey, my young friends.  You need to learn.  Most people who say they are insanely busy are snowing you.  The ones who make you feel guilty –… Continue Reading “Blue Smoke and Mirrors”

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

There are few things as strange as having your place burn down.  I know this.  It happened to us.  Yesterday, it happened to the people who own Rainbow Lodge, the motel deep in the deep of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the place on the fabled Two-Hearted… Continue Reading “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

Two Boneheads Go To Dead Couple’s Pass

The Vacation Choices http://vacationchoices.com/ salesman sat down in front of our table, took a pen out of his pocket and started to sketch out the remarkable, life-changing savings we’d experience if only we would hurry up and be the first couple in the room to… Continue Reading “Two Boneheads Go To Dead Couple’s Pass”