It sounded brilliant on paper. Sell the house in Virginia, show up here to rent a house. No, we don’t have a house yet. No problem, right?! We’d seen that inventory was a little thin for the type of house we wanted, but it supposedly opens up some in the…

It’s official, we’re here! After years of discussing something  like this and deciding on Jan 1 that we were going to go for it, it’s great to finally arrive. It was a long, long day, with a 3:20 am wake-up call and a 6 am flight out of Dulles.  A…

I’ve lived in Virginia since 1994.  17 years.  Almost as long as I spent in my hometown growing up.  Despite all the aspects that have driven me crazy over the years, there are still many things that I loved about this area and that I’m going to miss.   This area…

Following your dreams can scare the crap out of you. It doesn’t look like I’m having the time of my life, but I did about 2 seconds after this skydiving photo was taken in Oahu last year. For the jump, all the hard work was done at the point you…