Heartland of America: Last Leg
Hot Springs to Marion, AR – I’d be lying if I said the drive to Marion was easy. I was tired from the heat and listened again to a sweet […]
Love Letter to Arkansas
Branson, MO to Hot Springs, AR – I expected the highway to worsen with every mile I drove into Arkansas. Everything people told me about the state was dismal. Why […]
Branson, USA
WaKeeney, KS to Branson, MO – I decided to stay in WaKeeney and try not blow away that night. I set up my tent in my designated grassy slot between […]
A Good Storm
Denver, CO, to WaKeeney, KS – My radio was tuned to local livestock prices on my drive from Denver to Sewanee, TN, when the public emergency buzz broke into the […]
Sex, Drugs & Rocking Chairs
Denver, CO — What do you say when a 90-year old woman tells you she will give you her bras? They just don’t fit any more. When you get old, your […]
The Man Who Was Ahi
Denver, CO — I had no idea how the stroke survivor group would turn out. Every week is different. One time I asked what was new in the last week […]
What to Expect When You’re not Expecting
Denver, CO — I may have killed my mother, my kombucha mother that is. As I left town, my friend gifted me a honey jar with a little starter juice […]
We’re Number Three
Seattle, WA — I tried my hardest to fit in at the overcrowded conference on traumatic brain injury. I checked in and headed over to help myself to breakfast, picking my […]
Pain is Pain
Denver, CO — I tell myself that all grad programs must be this way. There came a moment during the first day of class when I was surrounded by people […]
Savannah and the Man from Spain
Savannah, GA — When you travel alone, there is an opening in the universe which allows unique relationships to blossom. I found myself with an extra day in Georgia. The […]
Champs Like Us 