Stuck in the wild without WIFI

Published: Fri, 04/11/25

Updated: Fri, 04/11/25

Apr 11, 2025Somewhere in Namibia: “What happened? Feels like everyone who lives here is shopping for groceries at the same time!” (Can’t read the full…

Small 3rd World café implements profit tactic with aplomb

Published: Thu, 04/03/25

Apr 3, 2025Windhoek, Namibia “Would any of you care for a nice lemon meringue pie, freshly made just now?” (Can’t read the full email – click here for…

Mole to die for in Arizona?

Published: Fri, 03/28/25

Updated: Sun, 03/30/25

Mar 28, 2025Tucson Arizona: “Whoa – the bill is that much? Those were some e pensive Margaritas!” (Can’t read the full email – click here for the…

Spring Equinox brings heat and uncertainty

Published: Fri, 03/21/25

Mar 21, 2025Tucson Arizona: “Is Tim Horton’s still a Canadian Company?” (Can’t read the full email – click here for the online version.) “May you live…

Local restaurateur about to be disappointed

Published: Fri, 03/14/25

Mar 14, 2025Tucson Arizona: “Where is this place? It’s supposed to be right around here.” (Can’t read the full email – click here for the online…

Crackpot Economics and Stupid Policy

Published: Thu, 03/06/25

Updated: Thu, 03/06/25

Mar 6, 2025Grand Junction, Colorado: “Det som göms i snö, kommer fram vid tö. (What is hidden in snow, is revealed at thaw.)” ~Old Norse Saying (Can’t…

Rubbing elbows with the rich and famous at pennies on the dollar

Published: Thu, 02/27/25

Updated: Thu, 02/27/25

Feb 27, 2025Vail, Colorado As I was thinking over what to write about this week, I perused what I wrote last year at this time. I came to the…

Posh resort proves old-school marketing not dead yet

Published: Thu, 02/20/25

Updated: Thu, 02/20/25

Feb. 20-25Vail, Colorado “Do you happen to know this mountain well?” Can’t read the full email – click here for the online version.We were riding a…

Super Bowl disappoints - again!

Published: Thu, 02/13/25

Updated: Sat, 02/15/25

Feb. 13-25Park City, Utah “Well, that was one major let down of a game” Can’t read the full email – click here for the online version. We’re back on…

Sometimes you gotta break the rules…

Published: Thu, 02/06/25

Feb. 06-25Grand Junction, Colorado “Not only have I broken all the rules I learned about – I have broken rules I didn’t even know e isted.” ~Martin…