A guide to some of the things I’ve published on Medium and elsewhere. — Conversations with My Wife Chats with Deb My wife and I, just talking about stuff. Formerly "Conversations with My Wife" and with all the old posts.jherlocker.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

Corner Brook, Newfoundland, a lovely spot, then on to Greenland… with icebergs — I stick my head out of the head (our cabin’s bathroom), because I could hear there was a ship’s announcement but I couldn’t make it out. ME: Honey, what did she say? DEB: There’s been a change of plans. The ship won’t be docking at Corner Brook, apparently some cargo…

“Welcome to Rocky Ridge County Park! If you cross this line and die it’s not our fault, have a nice day!” 😊 — My wonderful wife, at the start of COVID, thought it would be a good idea to start walking more. Wander some of the nice level paved rail trails in the area. Take in a few miles a day. Get our legs in shape. So we did. Conversation with My Wife (180) The river is long and the river is wide, but there’s a path running just along the sidemedium.com

Fog, Maine, Fog, Nova Scotia, and [checks notes] Fog — We took a cruise in late July through late August. Chat with Deb—Our Great Northern Cruise, Part 1 Boston, Massachusettsjherlocker.medium.com Departing Boston in rain and fog (with the ship’s horn blasting every two minutes because of visibility—went on through the night, but not loudly enough to be a bother) we…

We get back home, it’s [checks watch] August, and we have Christmas catalogs… — My wife and I like to amuse ourselves by leafing through the junk mail catalogs. We’ve been doing this for a long time. So I should know when Christmas stuff starts showing up. Chat with Deb—Happy Hallothankschristmas! Junk mail catalogs get very strange around the holidays. Which start in September, apparently.jherlocker.medium.com

Sometimes a happy ending just leads to happy beginnings — For Tre L. Loadholt START OF VIDEO Video begins with Alicia and Ed on a couch in their living room. Ed is looking at the camera, but takes his hand away from his watch and looks at Alicia. Alicia is talking while looking at Ed. ALICIA: —un a brush through my hair or…

Departing Boston in fog, rain, and weather — We went on a cruise in July and August of 2023. More background in Part 1: Chat with Deb—Our Great Northern Cruise, Part 1 Boston, Massachusettsjherlocker.medium.com

Boston, Massachusetts — Deb and I splurged last year and invested¹ in a 25-day cruise with Holland America Line (HAL). Seventeen ports of call, not including the departure/terminus port, Boston, Massachusetts. Chat with Deb—Grab the Money and Run Oodles of cash and a suitcase to carry it!jherlocker.medium.com This was a new way of packing for us. Three checked suitcases weighing 47, 36, and 28 pounds (after some creative rearranging…

Time to go ashore — Read Part 3 first: They Met on the Promenade Deck (Part 3) Musing about things that might be, things that could have been. Also mustaches. And pools.jherlocker.medium.com “I can carry one of those for you. Or both, even.” Alicia and Ed were packed and ready, waiting for their departure group to be called for debarkation, sitting together on the bed. “Says the man who has a week’s worth of vacation clothes in one…