Category: Just Because

  • Memory Lane

    Memory Lane

    I don’t know where yours is, but I know exactly where mine is. I inadvertently found myself driving through my Memory Lane the other week, about two hours away by car. I wasn’t trying to go back in time. I was just in the area, and suddenly I was noticing what was the same, what…

  • Night Time Roadtrip

    Night Time Roadtrip

    When I was younger, every once in a while I would wake up around midnight, get in the car, and start driving. Where was I going? Nowhere in particular. That was sort of the point. I’d get on the highway and just drive. Back then, midnight was different. Almost every store was closed. There were…

  • Waste an Afternoon

    Waste an Afternoon

    What?! Waste an afternoon? Ridiculous. I’m too busy. I have things to do. Important things. Or at least things that have been sitting around long enough to become important. Besides, isn’t wasting time bad? What does “waste an afternoon” even mean? Apparently, I’m supposed to have something to show for every few hours. “What did…

  • Hands Off the Wheel

    Hands Off the Wheel

    I missed my exit last week because I was arguing with the GPS. I’d like to say, not out loud, but, I was by myself and I was talking to a map! Jesus Take the Wheel? Nah! Most of us say we want guidance until guidance suggests a route we did not personally approve of,…