I Was Kind to Myself Today
It’s 9 p.m. and I’m just now sitting down for the hour of creative writing I’ve committed to do each day. I normally do my writing around 2 p.m., just before the dog and I […]
Feeling Good
Am I Home Yet? Actually, I’m Always Home
As I approach New Orleans, some of my friends have been mentioning how amazing it is that I’m almost “home.” The word sounds strange to me. As a camper and traveler, I’m always home, safe, cozy, […]
Am I a Traveler, a Migrant, a Nomad, a Climate Refugee, or a Social Scientist?
And now for some navel gazing. After being out here on the road for 16 months I often wonder what I have become. Am I a traveler, a migrant, a nomad. a climate refugee, or […]
One Year on the Road . . . And Counting
June 30, marked my one-year anniversary of full-time travel. On that day in 2017, I pulled The Tiny—a 15-ft. 2007 fiberglass egg-shaped T@B trailer—out of the driveway of my beloved leased home in New Orleans one […]
Traveling in the Cosmic Flow
Lately I’ve been noticing some eerie cosmic coincidences. I’ve heard mentioned lately that Mercury is in retrograde, whatever that means, and sometimes that causes dissonance. But . . . I have my doubts. Seems like […]
Time to Face Down the Battery Issue
When I bought my 2007 T@B trailer in late 2016, I had no idea about the age or condition of the deep-cell battery that is housed in the “bucket” at the front of the rig. […]