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Siesta in Guatemala

February 16, 2026• Travel

Anysecondnow has been on pause for a few weeks as its author works on Spanish and visits volcanos,...

My Favorite Freelance Article Headline

January 26, 2026• Fitness

Freelance writers don’t usually come up with headlines for their articles, although most editors welcome suggestions. I always take a shot, but I think coming up with good headers is an elusive gift and I have, at best, only a partial gift. However, I did suggest the headline below. That’s why …

The Fine Art of Baksheesh

January 19, 2026• Transitions

For instance, instead of holding lion cubs, how about exclusive early access to Angkor Wat? I got to the Cambodian mega-tourist site before sunrise along with probably a thousand other eager tourists looking to get iconic sunrise shots of the temple reflected in its foreground pools. Behind the clo…

Playing with FIRE

January 19, 2026• Finances

We did not have those financial pressures. Or, more precisely, those pressures were far less in our case. The reason they were less in our case was a result of family financial habits that matched up well with FIRE principles. To be candid, we made some of these decisions before I’d ever heard o…

How many National Park sites can I visit in 3 days?

January 12, 2026• Travel

Nearly 20 years ago, while visiting one of my very favorite National Parks, Zion, I bought one of those geeky National Park Passport books. Every time you visit a National Park Service (NPS) site – over 400 of them now – you get to stamp your book. I love getting stamps in things (yes, sometimes …