I’m going to see a corpse flower today. So called because it smells like “a mix of rotting fish, sweaty socks and hot garbage” source It’s an endangered tropical flower that might take a decade between flowering events in the wild, but happens every 2-3 years in cultivation. People have been asking me about the…
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A desert destination for winter desolation
I went to Joshua Tree National Park this weekend with Scott and Shanna for a short trip. It was my first time camping in the winter. It got down to 32F in the evening and Shanna drove through a snow storm on her way out. Luckily, the snow didn’t hit our part of the park.…
Pandemic hermits seek mountain retreat
Gas stations, fast food along the way, groceries, communal bathrooms, and problems with the tiny house you booked—in my excitement for a vacation, it didn’t occur to me how many people you see during a camping trip, especially to a national park. We had booked the trip months ago when there was hope that covid…
Pinapples & Turtles
Last week I was went to the Hawaiian island of Maui. Three weeks ago, I couldn’t even list all the islands. It was a bit of a whim, but I took the time to both learn a little more about Hawaii and do some of my favorite things. With help from Fodor’s Maui (2016), lots…
Empty pictures
Hi. It’s me. I’ve been away, but okay. I’m sorry, but in May I didn’t have the energy to write anymore after work (which was usually late o’clock anyway), nor the desire to look at a computer during my free time. I also went to Barcelona.
Vancouver in a few photos
Last month I popped over to Vancouver for a weekend with a friend. Here are some moments. biking through Stanley Park walking along English Beach lot’s of great food visiting Grainville Island on a foggy day popping over to the art gallery for the exhibition on mashups the gorgeous Capilano (suspension bridge) area new memories
Stateside again
I’m sitting in the dining room of my parent’s house in Nebraska. My month-long trip to Asia is over and I’m trying to catch up on sleep and prepare for moving across the other half of the country. But before I shift into a the next mode, a few words, no? Singapore My first stop was…
A first date with San Francisco
I just spent the last week in San Francisco for the a conference on interaction design. I had a great time at the conference and got a new perspective on a lot of topics. But I’ll talk about about that later when the videos come out about the lectures so that I can really share…
“Summer of happiness” movie
I put together this movie from the very random shots I took this summer. I wish I had held the camera better and that there was a better narrative…but you have to start from somewhere! summer of glück (and luck) from Jacklynn on Vimeo. Igor pointed out that this blog seemed to have veered away…
My Appenzell weekend (and cows)
One of my favorite weekends this summer was when we went to Appenzell. This magical like place in Northeastern Switzerland. Jenny had picked the route and I met her friend Becca during the trip, who I ended up being pretty good friends with during the summer. It was a lovely weekend for the trip…