We finished the final weekend of the Georgia Renaissance Festival, and we now stand at the brink of a great chasm. We have just over two months of time where we […]

[Just before we get started… I generally like to save my whiny-ass attitude for bitching about Jef, but I want to call this out. For some bizarre reason pretty much […]

Taoist Happy Ending Greetings, Tortugaholics! January is all but done, and I am finally back in Apache Junction, Arizona – though not for very much longer. Friday I fly out to Tampa, Florida. […]

What better day to begin my December 2006 journal than on my birthday. That’s right, it’s December 21st – the first day of Winter, the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the […]

  Early birthday gifts from Jef & Sharon (Happy Birthday, Sexy Bitch) Good morning, Tortugaholics! I say good morning because it is 5:57 in the a.m. on this muy frio (cold) December […]

Busy, busy, busy…. Finally in North Carolina where we get to relax, right? Two day work week and a five-day weekend? Ah, those were the days. I much prefer the days I’m having now. […]

Okay… sitting in the Urgent Care waiting room in Burnsville, Minnesota.  Nothing too tragic that led me here – a potential case of Pink Eye.  A friend of mine – yes still – declared […]

The easy-going nature of northeast Ohio has given way to the 24-8 hustle of the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, and Tortugapalooza 2: Spies 2006 rehearsals. We said goodbye to Tortuga Minions and […]

I’m sitting in the New York Renaissance Faire’s front office.  It’s Wednesday at noon, and I’m waiting for Marketing and Public Relations Director Eric Michael – my buddy Emo. He’s done a brilliant lateral move […]

Haven’t I been the busy little Tortuga? The answer to that rhetorical question is yes. Since we last left our intrepid heroes… (Does anybody really know what the word intrepid means? Is it really […]