1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
|
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html
class="detail single" dir="ltr" lang="en-US">
<head>
<title>Hasta Luego - by Scott Gilbertson</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<meta name="description"
content="We came to Mexico planning hang out, visit family, live cheap, save money, get some projects done. But sawdust in a hurricane has more permanence than our plans, so none of that actually happened.">
<meta name="author" content="Scott Gilbertson">
<link rel="alternate"
type="application/rss+xml"
title="Luxagraf RSS feed"
href="https://luxagraf.net/rss/">
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="/media/screenv9.css"
media="screen">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/media/print.css" media="print" title="print" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json" />
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://stats.luxagraf.net">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2019/06/hasta-luego" />
<meta name="ICBM" content="33.05109814441148, -96.72073228037601" />
<meta name="geo.position" content="33.05109814441148; -96.72073228037601" />
<meta name="geo.placename" content="Plano, ">
<meta name="geo.region" content="-">
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Hasta Luego" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2019/06/hasta-luego" />
<meta property="og:description" content="We came to Mexico planning hang out, visit family, live cheap, save money, get some projects done. But sawdust in a hurricane has more permanence than our plans, so none of that actually happened." />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2019-06-03T10:21:52" />
<meta property="article:author" content="Scott Gilbertson" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Luxagraf" />
<meta property="og:image" content="/media/images/original/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico.jpg" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/>
<meta name="twitter:description" content="We came to Mexico planning hang out, visit family, live cheap, save money, get some projects done. But sawdust in a hurricane has more permanence than our plans, so none of that actually happened."/>
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Hasta Luego"/>
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@luxagraf"/>
<meta name="twitter:domain" content="luxagraf"/>
<meta name="twitter:image:src" content="/media/images/original/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico.jpg"/>
<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@luxagraf"/>
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"mainEntityOfPage": {
"@type": "WebPage",
"@id": "https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2019/06/hasta-luego"
},
"headline": "Hasta Luego",
"datePublished": "2019-06-03T10:21:52+04:00",
"dateModified": "2019-06-03T10:21:52+04:00",
"author": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Scott Gilbertson"
},
"publisher": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "Luxagraf",
"logo": {
"@type": "ImageObject",
"url": "https://luxagraf.net/media/img/logo-white.jpg"
}
},
"description": "We came to Mexico planning hang out, visit family, live cheap, save money, get some projects done. But sawdust in a hurricane has more permanence than our plans, so none of that actually happened."
}
</script>
</head>
<body >
<div class="wrapper" id="wrapper">
<div class="header-wrapper">
<header class="site-banner">
<div id="logo">
<a href="/" title="Home">Luxagraf</a>
<span class="sitesubtitle">Walk Slowly</span>
</div>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="/jrnl/" title="Stories of life on the road.">Jrnl</a> & <a href="/field-notes/" title="Short stories, snapshots of daily life on the road.">Field Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="/guide/" title="Advice, Tools, Tips and Tricks for Full Time Van or RV Life.">Guides</a></li>
<li><a href="/newsletter/" title="The 'friends of a long year' newsletter">newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="/about" title="About Scott">About</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
</div>
<ol class="bl" id="breadcrumbs" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList">
<li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"><a itemprop="item" href="/"><span itemprop="name">Home</span></a> →
<meta itemprop="position" content="1" />
</li>
<li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem">
<a href="/jrnl/" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">jrnl</span></a>
<meta itemprop="position" content="2" />
<meta itemprop="position" content="2" />
</li>
</ol>
<main>
<article class="h-entry hentry entry-content content" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/BlogPosting">
<header id="header" class="post-header ">
<h1 class="p-name entry-title post-title" itemprop="headline">Hasta Luego</h1>
<h2 class="post-subtitle">Heading back to the United States</h2>
<div class="post-linewrapper">
<div class="p-location h-adr adr post-location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
<h3 class="h-adr" itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress"><span class="p-locality locality" itemprop="addressLocality">Plano</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Texas</a>, <span class="p-country-name" itemprop="addressCountry">U.S.</span></h3>
– <a href="" onclick="showMap(33.05109814441148, -96.72073228037601, { type:'point', lat:'33.05109814441148', lon:'-96.72073228037601'}); return false;" title="see a map">Map</a>
</div>
<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2019-06-03T10:21:52" itemprop="datePublished">June <span>3, 2019</span></time>
<span class="hide" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">by <a class="p-author h-card" href="/about"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></a></span>
</div>
</header>
<div id="article" class="e-content entry-content post--body post--body--single" itemprop="articleBody">
<p>We came to Mexico with a pretty simple plan — hang out, visit family, live cheap, save money, get some projects done. It is hard, traveling and working for someone else, to carve out time for your own work and I had some work I needed to get done.</p>
<p>But sawdust in a hurricane has more permanence than our plans, so nothing we planned to do ended up happening. That’s how these things go. You adjust, tack as it were, and keep sailing. We loved our time in Mexico even if it didn’t turn out at all like we planned.</p>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-03_171328_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-03_171328_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-03_171328_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-03_171328_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-03_171328_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="San miguel graffiti photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-03_171328_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-06_164051-1_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-06_164051-1_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-06_164051-1_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-06_164051-1_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-06_164051-1_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Church, San miguel de Allende photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-06_164051-1_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-07_104137_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_104137_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_104137_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_104137_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_104137_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Streets of San miguel de Allende photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-07_104137_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<p>After I was laid off I went back to doing what I’ve always done, drumming up clients and writing things that made them happy. In my search for new clients I noticed my old friends at WIRED were looking for a full-time writer to do roughly what I’ve done for them on a freelance basis for years. </p>
<p>I applied. I talked to the editors. Some months passed. I talked to more editors. Then all at once I had a job and was hurriedly booking plane tickets back to the United States. While the job is remote, it involves products, shipping physical things to me. If you know anything about customs, you know that’s not something that’s going to work abroad.</p>
<p>We love Mexico, we’ll miss the people, our friends, our family, but this feels like the right thing to do, at the right time too.</p>
<p>The longer, more in-depth projects I’d like to tackle are still there. As I’ve discovered in last eight months, they’re projects that are hard to do without the stability of a regular paycheck. As a freelance writer you are either hustling all the time or starving. I dislike starving. A job with a steady paycheck eliminates the need to spend every free minute hustling up more work. It helps draw a line between work and play, giving you the time and mental space you need to tackle other things in your free time.</p>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-07_125820_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125820_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125820_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125820_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125820_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Las Cuat, San Miguel de Allende photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-07_125820_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-07_125224_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125224_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125224_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125224_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-07_125224_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Streets of San miguel de Allende photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-07_125224_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<p>The last few days in town our friend Mike from San Francisco and a friend of his stayed with us. We showed them around as best we could while trying to pack up. It was good to get out and walk around town, show other people this wonderful little world we found down here. It also gave us an excuse to get out and visit our favorite haunts for the last time now, which always makes you see them differently. </p>
<p>Then before we really knew it we were stumbling up the street half asleep in pajamas in Elliott’s case, catching a cab to the bus station to catch our pre-dawn ride to Mexico city. </p>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_065841_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_065841_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_065841_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_065841_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_065841_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="bus ride to mexico city photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_065841_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_072602-2_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_072602-2_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_072602-2_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_072602-2_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_072602-2_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Yellow green dawn, road to Mexico City photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_072602-2_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_073055_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_073055_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_073055_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_073055_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_073055_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Yellow green dawn, road to Mexico City photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_073055_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<p>After scarfing a few tacos in the bus station and catching a cab over to the airport, we whisked through security and found ourselves climbing out of the smog, back to the United States.</p>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg" alt="Benito Juarez aeropuerto photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_155239_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_155404_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155404_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155404_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155404_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_155404_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Between the seats photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_155404_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<div class="picwide">
<a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_161127_leaving-mexico.jpg " title="view larger image">
<img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_161127_leaving-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_161127_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_161127_leaving-mexico_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2019/2019-05-08_161127_leaving-mexico_picwide-med.jpg" alt="on the wing out of mexico city photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2019/2019-05-08_161127_leaving-mexico.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" >
</a>
</div>
<p>There are plenty more stories to tell, and I do plan to get caught up eventually. Until then.</p>
</div>
</article>
<div class="nav-wrapper">
<nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top">
<ul>
<li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span>
<a href="/jrnl/2019/04/horses" rel="prev" title=" Horses">Horses</a>
</li>
<li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span>
<a href="/jrnl/2019/07/seven" rel="next" title=" Seven">Seven</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
<div class="article-afterward related">
<div class="related-bottom">
<h6 class="hedtinycaps">You might also enjoy</h6>
<ul class="article-card-list">
<li class="article-card-mini"><a href="/jrnl/2019/01/these-walls-around-me" title="These Walls Around Me">
<div class="post-image post-mini-image">
<img sizes="(max-width: 728px) 100vw, (min-width: 729px) 520px"
srcset="/media/images/2019/2019-02-16_191512_around-sma_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w, /media/images/2019/2019-02-16_191512_around-sma_picwide-sm.jpg 720w"
src="/media/images/2019/2019-02-16_191512_around-sma_featured_jrnl.jpg"
alt="courtyard, umaran, san miguel de allende, mx photographed by luxagraf"
>
</div>
<h4 class="p-name entry-title post-title" itemprop="headline">These Walls Around Me</h4>
<p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p>
<p class="post-summary">
<span class="p-location h-adr adr post-location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
Mexico
</span>
–
<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2019-01-03T22:41:24"><span> 2019</span></time>
</p>
</a>
</li>
<li class="article-card-mini"><a href="/jrnl/2018/10/alborada" title="Alborada">
<div class="post-image post-mini-image">
<img sizes="(max-width: 728px) 100vw, (min-width: 729px) 520px"
srcset="/media/images/2018/2018-09-30_164020-1_alborada-festival_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w, /media/images/2018/2018-09-30_164020-1_alborada-festival_picwide-sm.jpg 720w"
src="/media/images/2018/2018-09-30_164020-1_alborada-festival_featured_jrnl.jpg"
alt="dancers, Alborada festival, San Miguel de Allende photographed by luxagraf"
>
</div>
<h4 class="p-name entry-title post-title" itemprop="headline">Alborada</h4>
<p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p>
<p class="post-summary">
<span class="p-location h-adr adr post-location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
Mexico
</span>
–
<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2018-10-06T14:42:43"><span> 2018</span></time>
</p>
</a>
</li>
<li class="article-card-mini"><a href="/jrnl/2018/09/big-exit" title="Big Exit">
<div class="post-image post-mini-image">
<img sizes="(max-width: 728px) 100vw, (min-width: 729px) 520px"
srcset="/media/images/2018/2018-09-25_192316_la-ciudad-mexico_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w, /media/images/2018/2018-09-25_192316_la-ciudad-mexico_picwide-sm.jpg 720w"
src="/media/images/2018/2018-09-25_192316_la-ciudad-mexico_featured_jrnl.jpg"
alt="Zocala, Mexico city, Mexico photographed by luxagraf"
>
</div>
<h4 class="p-name entry-title post-title" itemprop="headline">Big Exit</h4>
<p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p>
<p class="post-summary">
<span class="p-location h-adr adr post-location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
Mexico
</span>
–
<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2018-09-29T11:56:19"><span> 2018</span></time>
</p>
</a>
</li>
<li class="article-card-mini"><a href="/jrnl/2017/04/april-fools" title="April Fools">
<div class="post-image post-mini-image">
<img sizes="(max-width: 728px) 100vw, (min-width: 729px) 520px"
srcset="/media/images/2017/2017-04-01_163648_raysville_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w, /media/images/2017/2017-04-01_163648_raysville_picwide-sm.jpg 720w"
src="/media/images/2017/2017-04-01_163648_raysville_featured_jrnl.jpg"
alt="1969 Dodge Travco at Raysville campground, GA photographed by luxagraf"
>
</div>
<h4 class="p-name entry-title post-title" itemprop="headline">April Fools</h4>
<p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p>
<p class="post-summary">
<span class="p-location h-adr adr post-location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
Georgia
</span>
–
<time class="dt-published published dt-updated post-date" datetime="2017-04-01T23:58:12"><span> 2017</span></time>
</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<p class="comments--header">4 Comments</p>
<div class="comments--wrapper">
<div id="comment-4432" class="comment">
<noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="c1242326f3f718a71fc8129de0cb17b7">
<img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/c1242326f3f718a71fc8129de0cb17b7.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Mark Rabo" />
</noscript>
<div class="comment--head">
<span class="who"><b>Mark Rabo</b></span>
<span class="when">September 02, 2019 at 12:44 a.m.</span>
</div>
<div class="comment--body">
<p>Hey Scott, Mark here (we originally talked when I found your site when reaching out to writers for work). Glad to see you’re posting through the mailing list. Your life is interesting and not easy to live but also seems meaningful to you and your family. Its great stories and I hope to see more in the future. Photos are excellent too. All the best.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="comment-4434" class="comment">
<noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac">
<img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" />
</noscript>
<div class="comment--head">
<span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span>
<span class="when">September 02, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.</span>
</div>
<div class="comment--body">
<p>Mark-</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by. </p>
<p>I figured I did build the mailing list, might as well use it even if I’ve never gotten my act together to advertise it. I’m going to be using more going forward. </p>
<p>Anyway, glad you like this one. I’ve got a backlog of stories I’m trying to work my way though. Sometimes it’s hard to live and find time to write about living. In the grand scheme of things though, I think it’s a good problem to have.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="comment-4438" class="comment">
<noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default">
<img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Jake" />
</noscript>
<div class="comment--head">
<span class="who"><b>Jake</b></span>
<span class="when">September 04, 2019 at 2:26 a.m.</span>
</div>
<div class="comment--body">
<p>It was good to read an update, It’d been awhile. Happy to have you back in the States! </p>
<p>Interesting point, “It helps draw a line between work and play, giving you the time and mental space you need to tackle other things in your free time”. I’m actually trying to do the exact opposite, finally blur the line between work and play. I guess the grass is always greener.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="comment-4441" class="comment">
<noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac">
<img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" />
</noscript>
<div class="comment--head">
<span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span>
<span class="when">September 05, 2019 at 8:07 a.m.</span>
</div>
<div class="comment--body">
<p>Jake-</p>
<p>Thanks for the welcome! I will get caught up eventually.</p>
<p>It’s an interesting thing, that work/play. I have not enjoyed blurring the line between work and play as much as I thought I would when I set out to do it. I find attention a difficult thing to divide, especially with regard to very mental work like writing. If I’m thinking about writing something for luxagraf, though I find that an enjoyable thing to give attention to, it takes attention away from, say, playing with the kids around the campsite. </p>
<p>As I’ve gotten older I find that like those hard edges between the things I’m giving attention too, setting aside one before moving on to the next. Maybe I’m getting dumber, less able to concentrate, or something, but I find I like clear divisions. I also find I’m better at writing and being a parent when I have those edge clearly defined to myself. I like it enough that these days I get up early and try to have “work” done by early afternoon and then I have the rest of the day to “play”.</p>
<p>I actually have a whole essay on this, about traveling while working, or working while traveling. I could dig that up and publish it.</p>
<p>Anyway, thanks for stopping by.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="comment--form--wrapper comment-form-border">
<div class="comment--form--header">
<p class="hed">Thoughts?</p>
<p class="subhed">Please leave a reply:</p>
</div>
<form action="/comments/post/" method="post" class="comment--form">
<input type="hidden" name="rder" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="content_type" value="jrnl.entry" id="id_content_type">
<input type="hidden" name="object_pk" value="294" id="id_object_pk">
<input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="1596833296" id="id_timestamp">
<input type="hidden" name="security_hash" value="a4f72f99f340afbade73270060caa41909624c4c" id="id_security_hash">
<fieldset >
<label for="id_name">Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" required id="id_name">
</fieldset>
<fieldset >
<label for="id_email">Email address:</label>
<input type="email" name="email" required id="id_email">
</fieldset>
<fieldset >
<label for="id_url">URL:</label>
<input type="url" name="url" id="id_url">
</fieldset>
<fieldset >
<label for="id_comment">Comment:</label>
<div class="textarea-rounded"><textarea name="comment" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="3000" required id="id_comment">
</textarea></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset style="display:none;">
<label for="id_honeypot">If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam:</label>
<input type="text" name="honeypot" id="id_honeypot">
</fieldset>
<div class="submit">
<input type="submit" name="post" class="submit-post btn" value="Post" />
<input type="submit" name="preview" class="submit-preview btn" value="Preview" />
</div>
</form>
<p style="font-size: 95%;"><strong>All comments are moderated</strong>, so you won’t see it right away. And please remember Kurt Vonnegut's rule: “god damn it, you’ve got to be kind.” You can use Markdown or HTML to format your comments. The allowed tags are <code><b>, <i>, <em>, <strong>, <a></code>. To create a new paragraph hit return twice. </p>
</div>
</main>
<footer class="bl">
<ul class="footer-nav">
<li><a href="/blogroll" title="Sites that inspire us">Blogroll</a></li>
<li><a href="/contact/" title="contact luxagraf">Contact</a></li>
<li>Follow Along:
<ul>
<li><a href="/jrnl/feed.xml" title="RSS feed">RSS</a></li>
<li><a href="/newsletter/" title="Luxagraf Email Updates">Email</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/luxagraf" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Instagram">Instagram</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<div class="support">Support luxagraf:
<div class="donate-btn">
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="HYJFZQSBGJ8QQ">
<input type="submit" name="submit" title="Donate to luxagraf via PayPal">
</form>
</div>
<div class="donate-btn">
<a class="liberapay-btn" href="https://liberapay.com/luxagraf/donate"><span>Donate</span></a>
</div>
</div>
<p id="license">
© 2003-2020
<span class="h-card"><a class="p-name u-url" href="https://luxagraf.net/">Scott Gilbertson</a><data class="p-nickname" value="luxagraf"></data><data class="p-locality" value="Athens"></data><data class="p-region" value="Georgia"></data><data class="p-country-name" value="United States"></data></span>.
</p>
</footer>
</div>
<script>
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
var leaflet = document.createElement('script');
leaflet.src = "/media/js/leaflet-master/leaflet-mod.js";
document.body.appendChild(leaflet);
var lightbox = document.createElement('script');
lightbox.src = "/media/js/lightbox.js";
document.body.appendChild(lightbox);
leaflet.onload = function(){
var detail = document.createElement('script');
detail.src = "/media/js/detail.min.js";
document.body.appendChild(detail);
detail.onload = function(){
createMap();
var open = false;
}
}
lightbox.onload = function() {
var opts= {
//nextOnClick: false,
captions: true,
onload: function(){
var im = document.getElementById("jslghtbx-contentwrapper");
var link = im.appendChild(document.createElement('a'))
link.href = im.firstChild.src;
link.innerHTML= "open ";
link.target = "_blank";
link.setAttribute('class', 'p-link');
im.appendChild(link);
}
};
var lightbox = new Lightbox();
lightbox.load(opts);
}
//delay loading of gravatar images using noscript data-hash attribute
dataattr = document.getElementsByClassName("datahashloader");
for(var i=0; i<dataattr.length; i++) {
var c = dataattr[i].parentNode;
var img = document.createElement("img");
img.src = 'https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/' + dataattr[i].getAttribute('data-hash') + '.jpg';
img.className += "gravatar";
img.alt = "gravatar icon";
c.insertBefore(img, c.childNodes[3]);
}
});
</script>
<script>
<!--
// Register our service-worker
//if (navigator.serviceWorker) {
// window.addEventListener('load', function() {
// if (navigator.serviceWorker.controller) {
// navigator.serviceWorker.controller.postMessage({'command': 'trimCaches'});
// } else {
// navigator.serviceWorker.register('/serviceworker.js', {
// scope: '/'
// });
// }
// });
//}
//-->
<!-- Piwik -->
var _paq = _paq || [];
_paq.push(["disableCookies"]);
_paq.push(['trackPageView']);
_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
(function() {
var u="https://stats.luxagraf.net/";
_paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']);
_paq.push(['setSiteId', 1]);
var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
})();
<!-- End Piwik Code -->
</script>
<noscript><p><img src="//stats.luxagraf.net/piwik.php?idsite=1" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript>
</body>
</html>
|
