I have, from time to time, made mention of my dislike of the sun god Apollo. I have often felt that his spear focuses unduly on me in many inconvenient ways, usually in some sort of heat or light fashion, often in both. While he has recently aggravated my dislike of him, he is the … Continue reading Darn You All To Heck, Apollo! →

You have no idea how much I wanted to break into a parody version of an R.E.M. song. As musical as I can be, I shall leave that to the professionals, or at least the more talented amateurs. The important bit is that several new caches dropped about a mile from my home a couple … Continue reading Night Caching →

...but, if Mr. Clemens is to be believed (assuming he even said it at all), it rhymes. I got myself an FTF a couple of days ago. Normally, this wouldn't be noteworthy, but this was the second time I had gotten an FTF here. I grabbed another FTF at the beginning of the pandemic in … Continue reading The Past Does Not Repeat Itself… →

This was not the cache I originally intended to get.  I left work to grab my daily cache before going home and noticed one I thought I had gotten previously.  A closer look revealed that there was a nearby cache on the same trail that I had found before, but not this one.  That’s good … Continue reading Not Every Cache →

Austin has been cold for the last few weeks—cold enough that I've returned to cardigans and my favorite wool coat. It has been delightful after the summer we've had. Today, however, it was warm. It got up into the low seventies with cool breezes. While I had the occasional chill outside, it was T-shirt weather. … Continue reading The Sun-Kissed Earth →

Let’s eat turkey in a big brown shoe! I’m sure that those of you who are not in the United States are vaguely aware that Thanksgiving is upon us! No matter where you stand on the question of the holiday’s roots­­—a touching feast of cooperation or harbinger of the twilight of Native Americans—it has become … Continue reading Turkey For Me, Turkey For You →

... are usually inconsequential to me, but them's the breaks, no?A couple of weeks ago, I had some words for those of us who have been doing this for a while. Today, I speak to the newest of us. I have no doubt that I'm talking to the bees here. Then again, maybe we should … Continue reading Rainy Days And Mondays →

I have children who live in another city. Sometimes I go to see them, and sometimes, they come to see me. Every now and then, I meet them somewhere in the middle, pick them up, and bring them back to my home. Conveniently, there is a town about halfway between Austin and Longview that serves … Continue reading The In-Between →

The title (much like the cake) is a lie. I make mistakes all the time. In fact, fairly recently, it was brought to my attention by someone more eagle-eyed than myself that I have been wrong about Connecticut for quite a while. I have mentioned in the past that the state is replacing its current … Continue reading I Don’t Make Mistakes! →

The TXGA puts on two major events every year, the best known of which is the Texas Challenge, Geocaching's first (and now only unbroken) Mega Event. The second, colloquially referred to as Roundup, only reaches Event status but is a lower-key alternative for those who don't want the competitive energy of the Challenge. Just like … Continue reading The Lone Star Roundup →