A questing weekend in Cottonwood
A weekend of state parks, breweries, camping, and questing in the Verde Valley of Arizona.
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I adopted some new quests during my big trip
In a recent development that will shock absolutely no one, I adopted a few more travel quests during our 100-Day Adventure. Here are five new goals: Smallest Country on Each Continent (3/6) It’s too bad that we had to cut out Maldives from our trip, as that would have been a nice objective to complete. … Read more
Places I’d like to travel to that I haven’t visited—yet
25 destinations I’d like to visit—a response to WeblogPoMo AMA Challenge question in Nov 2024.
Content creators vs influencers
Content creators and influencers are different things—in purpose, activities, and incentives—though people often act as both.
Forums are still alive
Three examples of Internet forums that still serve up quality communities.
Walking Across Phoenix
A project I’d like to tackle in early spring 2026 is a Walk Across Phoenix—from one edge of the city limits across to the other—which appears to be roughly 55 miles in total. I had originally planned on doing this in 2020, but of course we all know how that year went. The general idea … Read more
Five ways to explore where you live
Learning more about your local area can help better connect you to where you live. Here are some ways to spark that.
A scavenger hunt in your neighborhood
A list of 30 items you can hunt for while exploring the local area in which you live.
September 10, 2024
It’s been awhile since I updated this /now page, in large part because I’m not sure that my original vision for this—something updated perhaps every 2-3 weeks—is the right way to go. I’m considering shifting this to more seasonal or quarterly approach, possibly offloading those more frequent distillations as mid- and end-month notes, which will … Read more