The Zuiker Chronicles, by Anton Zuiker
It’s our anniversary today, 30 years since Erin and I exchanged vows (‘grow up and grow old with each other’) in front of our family and friends inside the St. Francis Chapel on the campus of John Carroll University. Here’s how we celebrated: Last month, Erin and I returned to Acadia National Park. It was fun even though I got sick (the lab tested me for every diarrheal illness possible except for…
Last week, Erin and I were back in Maine to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We had honeymooned on Mount Desert Island and in Boston in 1996, and when a special trip to Portugal seemed too hard to shoehorn into this summer’s busy schedule of Oliver at summer camp, a big landscaping project, and Anna preparing to move to her first nursing job, we landed on a return to Acadia National Park. Our…
Last year on LinkedIn I posted an update about how I was benefitting from leadership coaching, therapy, orthodontia, time to read, and opportunity to play pick-up soccer. Here’s what I wrote: So far in 2025, I’ve gotten a promotion at work, redesigned my long-running blog, been in good health (scored two goals in pick-up soccer on Sunday!), finished reading a few novels and memoirs, and started…
Josh Ritter is one of our favorite singer-songwriters, and I’ve seen him perform at least six times, often with Erin but also with Oliver and Malia. Earlier this year, Ritter was scheduled for two nights at the Haw River Ballroom, where I’d last seen him. But Erin and I had plane tickets to St. Croix and we were going to miss his shows, and then a big winter storm came through North Carolina so we…
Last night, I finished reading The Wayfinder , a novel by Adam Johnson. I had started this book on Christmas Day (I give books to each of my family, and when I saw this on the table at Flyleaf Books, I took it home and put it under the tree with my name on the tag), and I took my time reading the 713 pages. Savored them, really. I thoroughly enjoyed this story of Tonga and the royal intrigue that…
Another text message from my local bookseller, Flyleaf Books , came in today saying my order of Unreasonable Hospitality: The Field Guide was in. So, at the end of the day — after annual performance reviews for three of my colleagues, and a group meeting for a project I’m on — I drove over to retrieve two copies of the handbook. I also picked up a copy of the original book by Will Guidara, since…
My uncle, Larry Zuiker, founded a hikers club in Arizona and wrote a book about his treks throughout the western United States and our national parks, and he once lead me on hike near Phoenix when I was there for a conference. Over the last 20 years, Larry has been sending me postcards about his adventures, including in Zion National Park. When we saw him in Boulder for Uncle Denny’s funeral,…