Mark Stefan Reinoso
The Feels, Part 2: "Control"
I felt like I had it all: a nice house on the hill, great employees, nice cars....I ate well, took great vacations and generally had a...
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Making Lemonade
Best laid plans sometimes go awry and yet oftentimes it works out for you better. Life should allow for some serendipity, don't you...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
The Feels, Part 1: "Balance"
"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane" Waylon Jennings I got pretty chunky in Portland, like really...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
The Feels
Ever since I've left East Mesa, I feel like I've shed some part of my identity. I moved to Mesa from California 25 years ago, and I've...
Slogging Through
The last few weeks have been busy, but what's new? We are busy people, and to complain about it would be stupid, because obviously at...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
The Condo(the remix)
"Walk some night on a suburban street and pass house after house on both sides of the same street each with the lamplight of the living...
Scallywags
Sometimes I wonder.... If my life was a movie, what movie would it be? At this point I'm pretty sure it would be a musical, but I think...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
The Plan (Definitely)
Just kidding. Is anything ever really definite with me? I haven't even really begun to plan this trip in detail, mainly because I have...
Back to Phoenix
We’ve been officially back in Phoenix for several weeks now. It’s been, in many ways, really nice to be back “home”. The weather is...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
"The Lifestyle"
I have a friend who loves to plan fishing trips. He loves fishing, and he loves talking about fishing. When we would go together on...
Devastated
Something I haven’t wanted to write about is some of the personal things I’ve been going through. I’ve alluded to it, but I’m a very...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
Back Home, Running the Gauntlet
I'm back now in Phoenix, 13 days ago. My wife has been here a week longer. There was a big storm that hit the Siskiyou pass in southern...
Checking In - The Portland Phase
We are now at our 3 month mark in our adventure. Time is flying by! I decided to see what all of us are feeling at this point by asking...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
Portland, Part 7: "The Vespa"
"Four wheels move the body, Two wheels move the soul." ― Anonymous I've always been a fan of alternative forms of transportation when I...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
Portland, Part 6: "Wine for Days"
"My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne." --- John Maynard Keynes When I decided to come to Portland and take a...
Quirks and whatnot
We like to travel a lot as a family. In fact, that was one of the requirements I had prior to getting married. Whoever I married had to...
My "Bitter" Experience
I know, I know....you're probably thinking this is going to be a negative post. It's true I haven't had the best time lately, but that's...
Mark Stefan Reinoso
So far, so good...
My regular readers, all 11 of them, have asked me what I think of my trip so far. My little sister and my wife keep asking me if its...
Reflection
This last week I had to take a trip back to Phoenix due to some previous commitments. I think it was good timing for me, because I...
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