August 31, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
In the American west I remember how big the world is. How insignificant I am on her skin. What a blip on the radar of geologic time humanity is. How […]
August 21, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
Our little apartment is not in a great part of town. We’re upstairs from a hispanic daycare that seems to be closed for the summer and sandwiched between a dental […]
August 16, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
Waking in a tent is a womb-like experience. Or perhaps more like that of metamorphosis, in which I am protected from the outer world by a thin veil and the […]
August 7, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
Today I awoke in a house full of love. A house filled with friends and family, in the mountains of Washington, on the shore of the Hood River. A beautiful […]
August 4, 2014 in North America, Travelogue
As I sit to write this you are floating in the bay in front of Uncle Josh’s house, slipping out across the surface of the black blue sea […]
July 22, 2014 in North America, United States
If traveling with small children earns a mother a gold star for bravery, then traveling with teens should earn a girl an extra life, like finding the mushroom and chasing […]
July 17, 2014 in North America, United States
I woke to the west wind’s whispering. A ghostly sound: dry, with the faint crackle of sandstone beneath bare feet. Soft, the hushed caress shared by nodding seed heads in the […]
April 5, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
My Uncle Dick has a saying: “I’m not overwhelmed, I’m just damned near whelmed!” The first time I heard him say it was when he had two preschool aged children […]
March 27, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
I have to admit that I cried when we woke up and Hannah was sick on Friday morning. I’m not much for crying, but we’ve had this girl’s weekend to […]
February 15, 2014 in Inspiration, North America, Travelogue, United States
Valentine’s Day has come and gone, leaving in it’s wake every manner of pink and red foil garbage for the landfill and enough dying rose petals drown in. Cheap chocolate […]
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