covid stimulus II / early relo?

Looks like I’m going to be in the large group of folks that won’t get the stimulus directly. For those of that don’t get it by Jan 15, apparently: If your stimulus payment does not come by Jan. 15, 2021, the only way you can claim it is to file a tax return for the

3rd Thanksgiving in the campervan

It’s only been 27 months, but because of when I started (Aug 2018) this is the third Thanksgiving. My gratitude has been so fundamentally recalibrated that I feel grateful pretty much every day — Thanksgiving doesn’t seem particularly special, but just another day to appreciate a good life. I find myself continually grateful for: solitude

Frederick Douglass and the fourth of July

Frederick Douglass is one of the finest Americans who ever lived.  This speech is magnificent and is well worth the full read.   It reminds us of the gap between our founding ideals and our reality. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852 Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens:

holiday-delayed relo

I’m right at the end of my 14day full pull here in the Fort Pearce area.  Planned to pick up a package today and relocate but then realized it was a holiday….  Probably not a terrible thing since I was up all night with terrible lower back pain (skeletal, not kidney).  Ugh. Will organize tonight

Thanksgiving 2018

Started the day early at the shelter, scooping poop and washing dog feedbowls.  Met this skinny, lovely pit.  Like many, she craved human interaction but was skittish anytime hands were near her head. She’ll put on weight while she’s waiting for her adoptive parents.  She ended up in my lap after about 10mins.  Maybe just