Greetings from Chicago –or some suburb just outside of Chicago. According to the hotel writing pad by my bed, I’m in Arlington Heights....

I suppose you may be wondering why I haven’t written after I talked a big game about being more regular about it now that summer has...

Travel is a mystery. Inasmuch as it is an adventure, it is a great and glorious puzzle. Imagine. In a matter of hours you can be...

It’s the title of a kind of disturbing short story I read once for a summer Literature class back in community college. It’s the best I...

Who knows where to start on this past week? Certainly not I. I had fully intended on updating this when I touched down in Vancouver, but...

Touchdown in Chicago was turbulence city. I bet it’s all that wind they keep going on and on about. They’re just blowing a lot of hot...

I don’t think you ever notice just how many people literally fly solo until you’re subjected to open seating on an airplane. Folks are...

So, good first day. I’m writing this blog from my phone, though, as the retreat center I’m currently at is seriously lacking in creature...

A couple nights ago I woke up suddenly out of a shallow sleep in an utter panic because I started thinking about what I would possibly do...

It’s T-minus 4 days until the adventure begins. First stop: My own backyard. Of course not literally, that would be silly. I’ll be...