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I re-read Into the Wild , the story of Chris McCandless. For those who haven't read it, it is the story of an idealistic young man who...

I meant what I said about being on a break from the regular Tuesday posts, but from time to time I may post something unrelated to any of...

When do we learn to fear the dentist? Why do some people fear the dentist and some do't?

Can I get you to read this by including the phrase celebrity nipslip?

Some would say a “live and let live” mindset is admirable…in some case, perhaps. A live and let live approach when running a city is a...

I have friends who voted for Biden and I have friends who voted for Trump. I have friends who voted for neither and friends who didn’t...

There are distortions about what living in a vehicle is really like, some skewed to the positive and others to the negative. Some are...

Have traveled 60,000 miles in thirteen states I have seen a lot of beautiful places...and a lot of trash where trash does not belong. I...

What do you want? I ask because my last three blogs have gotten a mere three views, the videos six views--- So...what do you want?...

I have periods of overwhelming doubt: Nothing seems to be going right, everything I planned is not working out. Right now, I am starting...

The original plan was to scout places to spend the night in the northern Central Valley. If I ever refer to “the Valley” this is the...

This story is fifteen years in the making; I will try to make it so it does not take that long to read… In 2007 my first wife and I were...

Do you enjoy being alone? Do you enjoy it, or are you simply comfortable with it---being on your own, away from other people? After a...

I have established that I am a traveler and not a nomad, someone who needs a “home base.” Reaching that understanding is just the first...

Day two in Bend, Oregon. Since my camp host gig ended yesterday I filed for Unemployment this morning which has become even more...

The three of us walked down a hallway with five doors on each side. Rooms, our rooms. Mine was open even if I didn’t know it was mine at...

ONE We’re all going to die out here! A man had been yelling that in front of the Major Dollar. He didn’t look homeless or crazy. No, his...

I had a thought a few days ago about how creative brilliance is a sort of genetic anomaly. Look at John Lennon, his father was just some...

I described in a previous blog how I have pivoted my approach to being a writer: No longer approaching agents and publishers. Releasing...