Abu Halen

Welcome to Abu Halen.

If you listen real heard, you can actually hear the good times roll. Or at least limp. Maybe crawl.

From the Vault: Morocco 2024, In Which I Show Up on My Daughter's Study Abroad, All Like, "Oh, Hey, Was Just in the Neighborhood"

Nov 8

Nov 8 From the Vault: Morocco 2024, In Which I Show Up on My Daughter's Study Abroad, All Like, "Oh, Hey, Was Just in the Neighborhood"

It Was a Small World This Year. It Was a Fine World This Year

Jun 17

Jun 17 It Was a Small World This Year. It Was a Fine World This Year

Ode to Now (or, "A Pretty Face, Time and Space, and Schrödinger's Grace")

Apr 4

Apr 4 Ode to Now (or, "A Pretty Face, Time and Space, and Schrödinger's Grace")

Set Yourself on Fire (And Put it Out Before You Hurt Someone)

Dec 4

Dec 4 Set Yourself on Fire (And Put it Out Before You Hurt Someone)

How to Handle Days That Aren't Beautiful

Dec 3

Dec 3 How to Handle Days That Aren't Beautiful

Never Been to Heaven, But I've Been to Arizona

Dec 2

Dec 2 Never Been to Heaven, But I've Been to Arizona

A Hundred Million Horrible Kazoos

Nov 30

Nov 30 A Hundred Million Horrible Kazoos

Nov 25

Nov 25 Downwinders

Nov 16

Nov 16 Little Things

Home is Where Your Nuclear Onions Are

Nov 13

Nov 13 Home is Where Your Nuclear Onions Are

Bald Eagles Love Jerky (and Other Patriotic Observations)

Nov 10

Nov 10 Bald Eagles Love Jerky (and Other Patriotic Observations)

Happy Trails, Happy Circles

Jul 2

Jul 2 Happy Trails, Happy Circles

Home Enough For Me (and Other Smart Sayings)

May 22

May 22 Home Enough For Me (and Other Smart Sayings)

Moving to Taiwan? That's So Hype (And Other Attempts at a Hip State of Being)

Dec 7

Dec 7 Moving to Taiwan? That's So Hype (And Other Attempts at a Hip State of Being)

The End of the World (or, “People See What They Want to See”)

Oct 17

Oct 17 The End of the World (or, “People See What They Want to See”)

Jul 12

Jul 12 Amazing Grace

Tomfoolery at the Gorge Waterfalls 50k Ultramarathon (or, “Overly Loquacious Race Report”)

May 21

May 21 Tomfoolery at the Gorge Waterfalls 50k Ultramarathon (or, “Overly Loquacious Race Report”)

Die Trying (or, “The Edge of What You Know”)

Apr 8

Apr 8 Die Trying (or, “The Edge of What You Know”)

Give Me Eric Carmen or Give Me Death (or, “Hungry Eyes”)

Mar 18

Mar 18 Give Me Eric Carmen or Give Me Death (or, “Hungry Eyes”)

Miss Universe and Me (or, “Bad Moses in Mexico”)

Jan 27

Jan 27 Miss Universe and Me (or, “Bad Moses in Mexico”)