I had a disagreement with my church. I’ve mentioned it elsewhere and will forego the details here but to say that the things I was hearing from my pastor, and the actions taken by my pastor, were simply not aligned with the scripture he is allegedly teaching. It took me awhile to come to terms…
Have you ever heard of Pando? Pando is a forest of birch trees in the western US. Burton V. Barnes started studying the forest in the late sixties, and noticed something peculiar: the trees in the forest all seemed to be just alike. Simply based on morphology, what the plants looked and acted like, Barnes…
I have had an idea for some time. It’s a big idea, literally world changing. There have been many nights I’ve lain awake thinking that this is what I’m here for, what I’m supposed to be doing for myself and for the world. It’s a big deal… And I want to get it right. Which…
I first established the jjewell.com domain in 1996. I can’t really remember what it looked like, right at first, and neither does the Internet Wayback Machine. But when 1998 brought the closing of the manufacturing plant where I was working and provided me with a severance package, my fledgling web empire became the home of…
Last update from the road, but only just barely. So why the hell would I stop in Asheville, about 50 minutes from home? Damned if I know, talk to Roberta Verona, it was her idea. The last mechanical problem, that “missing,” or just not wanting to take the gas uphills, particularly after running for awhile,…
I already mentioned the problem with long drives–plenty of time to think of great things to say, but they leave my tiny head before I get a chance to write them down. Another problem is that I keep rolling into campsites at one, two, maybe three in the morning, and really don’t feel like doing…
I did Oregon wall-to-wall in a day yesterday. Roberta Verona has seemed as though she wants to run, so I’ve given in to the request. I went far past the distance I was expecting yesterday, and I’ve already got three hours worth under my belt today. I expect that will be the first of three…
Last night on the Oregon Coast. In some ways, the last night of the trip, because I think the rest is starting to look like one long drive. I had wanted to get to the Northeast, but it’s just not in the cards this time around. I knew it was going to be a long…
Well, I’m still in Newport. Apparently, getting an existential imperative to get out has little practical weight when compared to the necessities of laundry, full holding tanks, and an RV full of junk just tossed around over the past week. And when I told them I was staying one more night, they told me that…
I met a girl today. But actually, that happened pretty late in the day. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Let’s put the horse up front there. The vets in Lincoln City were finally open today, so I took Stray Boy in for a once over. I’d already bought ear mite medicine, and the vet…