A guide to some of the things I’ve published on Medium and elsewhere. — Conversations with My Wife Conversations with My Wife (collection) The collected conversations, in case you liked some and want to read more.medium.com Lessons & Observations I Like Being Married One weird guy’s experience being married to his best friend(s)byrslf.co Start With a Partnership Romance is good, friendship is good, but a romantic relationship has got to be a working partnershipmedium.com

Glaciers are freakin’ big. Yes, I KNOW they mention that in the brochure, but still… — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska vacation: Chat with Deb—Raining in Alaska! It Happens! We knew it had to happen eventuallyjherlocker.medium.com We’ll be pulling into Juneau “mid-morning,” so we get up at our “usual time”¹ and have a nice leisurely breakfast. Once back in our cabin, we mosey out onto our verandah to check out the area and the weather.

We knew it had to happen eventually — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska Vacation: Chat with Deb—Dolphins and Orcas and Whales, Oh My! Sometimes you see things… sometimes you talk about things…jherlocker.medium.com We woke up at… I was about to say “zero-dark-thirty,” but that far north in May, sunrise was four-something, and we were on vacation, dammit, so we slept in until 6:00AM. Which was really more like 7:00AM, because we’d switched time zones during…

Sometimes you see things… sometimes you talk about things… — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska Vacation: Chat with Deb—All Aboard! Getting on board the Nieuw Amsterdam for points northjherlocker.medium.com As part of the double upgrades we’d been given for delaying our cruise twice, our wonderful cabin had Neptune Lounge privileges, which meant we could walk a few feet down the passageway to a door discretely labeled “Neptune Lounge.” Inside was a nice…

Getting on board the Nieuw Amsterdam for points north — Previously, on Deb & Jack’s Alaska Vacation: Chat with Deb—The Not-Rain, the Park, and Other Things Flexibility is the key to a successful vacationjherlocker.medium.com DEB: (calling into the shower) JACKSTER! IT’S COMING IN! This was a little after 6AM local time; we had both woken up early. By this point I had just jumped in the shower, Deb was getting dressed, but keeping an eye on Vancouver…

Flexibility is the key to a successful vacation — Previously, on Deb and Jack’s Alaska vacation: Chat with Deb—Vancouver in the Springtime! Did you know it rains every day in Vancouver, BC in the spring?jherlocker.medium.com DEB: (sitting at breakfast, watching another cruise ship that has appeared on our doorstep since last night) So there are museums in Vancouver, but now the forecast says that there is a reduced chance of rain for today. Maybe we could walk down…

Did you know it rains every day in Vancouver, BC in the spring? — Previously, on Deb and Jack’s Alaska vacation: Chat with Deb—Heading to Alaska (Really!) It took a long time, but it was really happening!jherlocker.medium.com DEB: (opening the curtains of our hotel room after we rolled out of bed) Oh, Jackster, come look at this view! We had slept in a little that morning, having gotten into our room rather late. Fortunately we had our sleep stuff and…

It took a long time, but it was really happening! — Deb and I are sitting in O’Hare Airport, watching the rain fall outside the window. It’s May 5, 2022. DEB: It’s really happening! ME: Yes! It is! (pause) You mean the trip, right? DEB: After twenty-two years…