This Side Up
If only instructions for life were this easy: This Place Now. This Job Up. All Arrows To The East. People often make overarching statements about the cultural differences between the West and the East...
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Sure, my train may have been delayed six hours due to engine trouble, and we may have finally rolled into Charlottesville at 30mph. And sure, it’s scary as hell to drive through icy back roads in West...
View ArticlePick Your Own
When I gather articles to share it sometimes feels a lot like wandering through one of those Pick Your Own orchards. When I was a kid we used to visit the strawberry fields, and later blueberries, and...
View ArticlePerhaps “Transmogrification”?
A Sleeping Orchard I can’t believe how many music artists/musicians have produced albums with names like “Metamorphosis” and “Rebirth” and “The Comeback.” I suppose their livelihood does depend on...
View ArticleAmtrak Moments
1. Sunrise in Nebraska 2. Lonely farms 3. New reading 4. Knitting to Impress 5. Chicago Station 6. West Virginia 7. Knitting at Sunset 8. Delayed in Virginia 9. Delayed at Sunset Filed under: Rurality...
View ArticleHow to Get Through A Day (& Even Function) Without Sleep
A Manual Wake up at your usual time… or only slightly later. Basically, don’t sleep all day and mess with your long-term sleep schedule. Make a cup of good, strong coffee and an easy breakfast, i.e....
View ArticleBreak Out the Champagne, I’m Launching a Website!
…and it has a handy web address that’s so easy to remember, you won’t even need to copy and paste: colewardell.com If you subscribe to this blog or follow it via RSS, don’t forget to change your...
View ArticleReminder: The Orchard has Grown!
You know when a forest has a vibrant outer layer of new and mid-sized trees, and then further back there’s the old, mighty, and dying trees? And possibly a witch’s hut? Well, this blog is that old...
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