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Homeless on my 12th birthday, Rand McNally showed me wilderness
Atlases and their maps are the most truthful books. They offer as well endless untold stories and mysteries for a boy, and an old man. Rand McNally showed me wilderness, and I’ve never been the same. It’s the summer of 1970, and my mom, brother, and two sisters are homeless. We’re staying in a cheap…
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Overcoming a Legacy of Smallness to Be With the Universe in Ecstatic Motion
In the last year plus, I’ve found my voice and the intrinsic motivation to write, and constantly. I’ve been a writer, off and on, here and there, now and then, through most of my life. But the drive always wavered, my heart wasn’t always in it. That, most beautifully, is no longer a problem. I…
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The necessity of analog experience in an increasingly digital world
Covid drove us all inside to go contactless and rely on our digital devices. Those digital and virtual solutions performed a collective miracle by allowing us to continue to work, conduct business, be entertained, stay connected at a distance, follow all the staggering developments on the national and world stages, order food, and so many…
