works of wanderlust

Month: January 2021

  • I Don’t Know Much About Buddhism but…

    I’ve been using the name Bardo as a username for a few years, and it turns out that this is a word that I inadvertently borrowed from Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. I write “borrowed” because in real life my name is Brad. Brad becomes Bard becomes Bardo just so easily. Yet, having used it for a

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  • Single Track Somebody

    Sunday Runday. Still locked into my solo routine from an abundance of pandemic lockdown caution, I veered from my planned course yesterday. I left the house thinking of a simple suburban streets run, my typical get-er-done route. Instead, I turned ninety-degrees at the trail access, and trotted into the river valley to tackle a stretch

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  • Saturday Chocolate Chip Pancakes

    My twenty inch cast iron grill pan sees service at least once a week (when we’re home, that is) on Saturday mornings as a pancake making workstation. For at least a decade our family tradition is a fresh batch of these simple breakfast treats. 1 1/3 cups of all purpose flour3 tablespoons of granulated sugar1

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  • Looking for Treasure with Help from a Satellite

    Does anyone geocache anymore? More than a decade ago I bought myself a little handheld GPS unit. The Garmin took a pair of AA batteries, warmed up for at least five minutes, and hung on a little lanyard. I would connect it to the computer after downloading a small selection of local cache coordinates, send

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  • Book: Campfire Cuisine

    For Thursdays I was thinking about starting a regular feature called Tuck & Tech that would let me muse about gear, books, recipes, and other kit. I’m neither sponsored nor provided any of these things. I just find them interesting or useful. A curious recipe book showed up in my stocking this past Christmas: Campfire

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