In the best of all possible worlds, I would have a poop valet. On our walks around the neighborhood, he would follow a few steps behind Ace and me, keeping quiet, and waiting to spring into action when his services were…
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Ace’s scale of interest in other species
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Observing my dog Ace over the past year – at the beach, in the mountains, in deserts, forests, city streets, suburban lawns and campgrounds all across the USA — I’ve noticed that he is much more interested in some forms of wildlife than…
Highway Haiku: Going in Circles
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“Going in Circles” On a spinning wheel Beasts circle, musically Destination: Joy (Highway Haiku is a regular feature of Travels With Ace. To see them all click here.)
Straddling the grid: The futility of utilities
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One of the best parts of being on the road was being off the grid. For a full year, as Ace and I traveled around America twice, we paid not a penny to electric companies, gas companies, water companies, cable…
Roadside Encounters: Butch
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Name: Butch Age: 15 Breed: Pug Encountered: Winston-Salem, N.C. Backstory: Not long after moving into our new place, Ace and I ran into Butch, who lives around the corner. He’s mostly blind, and mostly deaf, according to his owner, Martha.…
Something to quack about
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A new generation of Woestenducks entered the world Saturday, when the eggs laid by the duck named after my mother cracked open and at least eight — maybe more — ducklings emerged. I was visiting Arbor Acres, the duck-crazy retirement community…
Whose nest is this anyway?
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I was quietly enjoying my new nest the other day when a visitor landed on it. This bird hit the window screen with a bit of a bang, but didn’t bounce off. Instead, it held on, clinging to the side…
A walk in the woods leads to grave concerns
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On the first morning of our camping trip, your intrepid trio — foursome counting Ace — decided to take an impromptu hike, just a slow and casual one, following the Davidson River upstream for a ways to see where it…
No close calls at these waterfalls
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When it comes to waterfalls, I am of the thinking that bigger isn’t always better — especially since our scary experience at Niagara Falls in October. We were following John Steinbeck’s route — that he took with his poodle Charley…
Dirty laundry, dead bodies and my past
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Here in the waning days of Travels With Ace — it has been just about a year since we pulled out of Baltimore some 27,000 miles ago — our journey is going in a different direction. Backwards. We’re heading to…