The brilliant oranges and reds have started to fade to muted yellows and deep evergreen pines, but I’m sort of loving this new moody vibe. This week in Maine has showed me how the universe works in seriously wonderful ways, if you’re willing to just trust your intuition and say Read more…
It’s a small hole-in-the-wall place, somewhere that doesn’t even make it into Google Maps results. There’s no sign lit outside, no open sign in the window, just a few neon lights and a handful of cars in the gravel lot when I pull over on the county highway. I’m in Read more…
In the past 13 weeks on the road, I have made a concerted effort to stay current on what’s happening in the world — both on a micro, communities-I-visit level and a macro, both national and international level. It’s easy enough to slip into a pattern of skimming the news Read more…
Today, I’m doing something a little different here on the blog — it’s about to get personal. As I think about the route that I want this project to go (more on these changes next week), I’ve been wanting to let you in on more of the quiet, private ends Read more…
How is it Thursday already? I swear, every time I sit down to write one of these updates, I’m blown away by how fast the weeks fly on by. I’m currently writing you from my AirBNB in Maine, state number TEN. It’s been absolutely mesmerizing so far, minus the Noreaster Read more…
We all have them, whether we want to admit it or not. Politics are so engrained within our culture, and along with the “us versus them” attitude comes an accompanying “these people feel X” assumption. — When I was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (or the UP, as locals Read more…