Aug. 30 - The Dilemma For A Communications Capacitator, If There's Such A Word

Communication
Happens around the dirt pile
It's the real Facebook

Aug. 29 - Carlita's Church Fundraiser Results In A Fairly Unpleasant Lunch

I don't like nachos
With chicken mush and squirt cheese
But what can I do?

Aug 28 - I Fear We've Adopted A Dog

If I'm giving baths
To strange street dogs I barely know
Is that a bad sign?

Aug 27 - The Organic Fertlizer Workshop Combines With My New Interest In Getting Videos Of Everything

Las Flores, where I
obsess over filming while
the boys make plant soup

Aug. 26 - My Devotional on Accepting Homosexuality Is Fairly Well Accepted

The gay PowerPoint
At least gets people talking
The ripple starts here

Aug 25 - A Dozen Kids And A Scary Big Dog Can Make A Finca Visit Go Sideways

Crazy river day
Crying, dog fears, excess kids
Still, it all ends well

Aug 24 - Just Me And The Downpour

Pool day, but it rains
I swim anyway, the drops
fall like wet jewels

Aug. 23 - We Stumble Onto An Amazing And Intimate Concert With Guillermo Anderson

An evening stage-side
With a gifted guitarist
The pizza's good, too

Aug. 22 - The Dog Dilemma Ramps Up With The Arrival Of A Charming And Super-Skinny Newcomer

New friend on the rug
Paul's fallen for Beagley Dog
Coquetta's not pleased

Aug 21 - Sometimes I Think She's Punishing Us By Staying Away

Coquetta comes back
Two days late, but looking pleased
To see we've returned

Aug. 20 - The Things A Honduran Family Has To Deal With

The teen down the block
Has gone missing; I wonder
How his mother copes

Aug. 19 - Good For Plane Sleeping, Hard For Waking

Ativan spins me
Into a sleepy zombie
Bobbing in the cab

Aug. 18 - Back On That Damn Overnight Flight To Copan

High-end cat litter
Time with Colleen and Keely
Then we're red-eye bound

Aug 17 - Bye 'Til Next Year, Kids!

We're off in a rush
Hustling to Victoria
A Gorge walk soothes me

Aug 16 - Miraculously, We Catch The 12:45 To Duke Point

Ferry woman says
3:15 or later, but
we're lucky she's wrong

Aug 15 - Trying To Make The Best Of The Traditional Vehicle Breakdown

Change of plans when the
brakes blow up; four hours stalled
in Revelstoke

Aug 14 - A Stop At Calgary's Science World And Then It's On To The Rockies

Lake Louise is full
We eat meaty spaghetti
In the overflow

Aug. 13 - I Lose My Cool When The Pizza Fails To Arrive

Pizza guy gets "robbed"
True or false? We'll never know
Hot dogs yet again

Aug 12 - From Athol, Idaho To Waterton National Park

Way too much drive time
But a dip in this cold lake
Almost restores me

Aug 11 - Perfect Day For The Boulder Beach Water Park

Rides and waterslides
Huckleberry funnel cakes
American fun

Aug 10 - Ripping Up Silverwood Amusement Park

Twelve hours of rides
Lineups, pop refills, no food
World's slowest park staff

Aug 9 - Riding The Free Bus In Coeur D'Alene

Crazy bus system
Is beloved by the poor
But hard to plan for

Aug 8 - OK, It's Not Wilderness Camping, But Who's Complaining?

Showers and plug-ins
For all our electronics
Urban-camping joy

Aug 7 - The Upside Of Teenage Grandsons

Can't help but like it
Now that Paxton, Zach and Gage
Are making burgers

Aug 6 - We Settle In At Lake Wenatchee

Eight campers, slow start
But the late, hot sun keeps us
swimming past 7

Aug. 5 - Night One: South Whidbey Island State Park

Bold chipmunks and birds
Roam our campground for food scraps
Misty beach below

Aug 4 - In Which We Prepare For A 5:15 A.M. Ferry

Time in the RV
organizing for the trip
Parking-lot camping

Aug 3 - Cocktail Gathering At The Cedars Grove Lounge

Mom throws a party
Jason brings penguin olives
Babies, family, friends

Aug 2 - I'm Never Going To LIke This Part

Thousands of feet up
My hips ache, my toes are cold
For 12 long hours

Aug 1 - San Pedro to Houston, Houston to Vancouver, Vancouver to Victoria, Victoria to Courtenay, Courtenay to Washington, Washington to Idaho, Idaho to Alberta, And Back

Holidays begin
Fridge emptied, food gone, lights out
Haiku hiatus

July 31 - Getting To Know Julie

We eat, drink, eat more
The most social month ever
Bye 'til next time, girl