What’s In a Name?

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Mark Zeiger

I’ve often pointed out that we started this blog to keep our friends and family updated on our life off-grid. It didn’t take long for new friends in the wider Internet world to outnumber the handful of friends, and fewer family members, who read these pages from time to time, so I rarely speak directly to the family. This post is a minor exception. If the rest of you care to bear with, some of what I write here may resonate with you.

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Waste-Land

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Mark Zeiger

When I left on the trip to attend to my ailing parents (see Going Into Stall Mode) I promised myself that I wouldn’t fall into the easy trap of railing against “normal” American life.

Yeah, well I’ve broken a lot of promises in my life, so . . . .

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